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Originally Posted by gast30
what is happening with that 3 BILLION DOLLAR that people have given for haiti
the lastest news is that 'mister i didn't inhale' bill clinton is keeping an eye on the money
GIVE THE HAITIANS THE 3 BILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE THEIRS
GIVE THE HAITIANS THE 3 BILLION DOLLARS
GIVE THE HAITIANS THE 3 BILLION DOLLARS
GIVE THE HAITIANS THE 3 BILLION DOLLARS
GIVE THE HAITIANS THE 3 BILLION DOLLARS
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Haiti is so mercilessly corrupt, no body would dare give them cash. Cash is not what they need, cash it what aid agencies need to distribute goods and services across Haiti. One of the biggest mistakes, either for Haiti or any developing countries but in Africa in particular, has been the blank check philosophy of dumping billions of wasted dollars on harshly corrupt governments and hoping for the best. That helps nobody.. You have to actually manage and implement the work, not just pay for it unsupervised. Further, it benefits donors to use their own staff for a lot of logistical positions, and so it creates a cycle of donor confidence that snowballs donations. The 21st century is not about giving out cash anymore, its about doing what has to be done with the cash, and so long as Haiti remains functionally worse than Somalia, the money can hardly be spent in any meaningful way. Is this corruption on part of NGOs, yes partly, because they are more than likely benefiting from a flood of capital, which no doubt is accruing interest in their own bank accounts for their own profit, however in the scheme of things, these are better recepients of corruption than others, as they will inevitably bring some accountable, more transparent results to Haiti or anywhere, where as the corrupt governments continue on as ever..
Its the old adage, give a man a fish or teach him to fish..