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6 Lessons From Haiti's Rebuilding That Give Us Hope

6 Lessons From Haiti's Rebuilding That Give Us Hope
Eleanor Goldberg
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Business Reporter, HuffPost

** ATTENTION PATRICK SISON - TO GO WITH HAITI OUTSOURCING AID BY MARTHA MENDOZA ** A Haitian woman, carrying a bucket with goods to sell, walks by a house damaged by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday Dec. 11, 2010. The Associated Press has found in a review of contracts since the earthquake that out of every US$100 of U.S. contracts now paid out to rebuild Haiti, Haitian firms have successfully won $1.60. Among the reasons for the disparity are that US AID is more familiar with some U.S. contractors and gave out some no-bid contracts out of urgency, fears of corruption that is rife in Haiti and the limited understanding of U.S. government practices by Haitian companies. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
** ATTENTION PATRICK SISON - TO GO WITH HAITI OUTSOURCING AID BY MARTHA MENDOZA ** A Haitian woman, carrying a bucket with goods to sell, walks by a house damaged by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday Dec. 11, 2010. The Associated Press has found in a review of contracts since the earthquake that out of every US$100 of U.S. contracts now paid out to rebuild Haiti, Haitian firms have successfully won $1.60. Among the reasons for the disparity are that US AID is more familiar with some U.S. contractors and gave out some no-bid contracts out of urgency, fears of corruption that is rife in Haiti and the limited understanding of U.S. government practices by Haitian companies. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—In the five-and-a-half years since an earthquake killed more than 220,000 people here and displaced 1.5 million more, most of headlines from Haiti’s capital have been about dysfunctional projects, mismanagement, and the overall slow pace of reconstruction.

Yet some innovative urban development work is going on here, often under the radar. The government, in partnership with a number of non-governmental organizations, is leading a variety of rebuilding projects targeting Port-au-Prince’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. With a mix of reconstruction, infrastructure upgrades, and social programs, these projects are aimed at building safer and more resilient communities for the future.

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