Thursday 12 January 2012

Haiti disaster help lags badly – USATODAY.com

"There's been a remarkable lack of progress," says Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, which has followed Haiti's recovery.

As Haiti today observes the second anniversary of a disaster that leveled 300,000 buildings and left its economy and government in ruins, half a million people still live in tents, the United Nations reports.

Few have access to water, sanitation and other basic services, 60% are jobless and the world's largest cholera outbreak has killed 7,000 people and infected 500,000 more, the U.N. and aid groups say.

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