So then why are you comparing unbridled funds to build infrastructure given to local business in Japan and Germany to AIDE raised by the AIDE organizations, who funds are generally used and managed by US ran and organized organizations? Look up the Clinton Global Initiative you dumb fukking idiot. Very little of ANY AIDE dollars actually gets used for the average citizen. That fat fukk Billy Clinton is using that Haiti money to build fukking resorts that his company is managing! Meanwhile shanty towns in Haiti are proliferating at a ridiculous rate.
So the lesson is unlimited support and funding is FAR different than AIDE packages you stupid moron. Pull your head out of your ass and get a clue.
So all of this isn't enough? How much help do these people need?
U.S. economic and development assistance
Political insecurity and the failure of Haiti's governments to invest in developing the country's natural and human resources contribute significantly to the country's current state of underdevelopment. U.S. efforts to strengthen
democracy and to rebuild Haiti's economy aim to rectify this condition. The U.S. has been Haiti's largest donor since 1973. Between the
fiscal years of 1995 and 1999, the U.S. contributed roughly $884 million in assistance to Haiti.
Among the initiatives United States funds have supported are:
- Food assistance programs that include a school lunch program that feeds around 500,000 children daily
- Agricultural development programs that have endeavored to revitalize Haiti's coffee sector and to help thousands of Haitian farmers adopt sustainable agricultural practices and protect the environment
- Teacher training programs that have included 6,000 educators at the primary and secondary level
- Population programs that have expanded modern family planning practices in many rural areas
- Health care programs that have supported child immunization and have helped provide primary care to nearly half of the Haitian population
Human Resources
In addition to financial support, the U.S. provides human resources. Many private U.S. citizens travel regularly to Haiti or reside there for extended periods to work in humanitarian projects. There is currently no Peace Corps program in Haiti, and Peace Corps volunteers living in the neighboring Dominican Republic are prohibited from crossing the border.
Economic development
Haiti has been plagued for decades by extremely high unemployment and
underemployment. The precipitous decline in urban assembly sector jobs, from a high of 80,000 in 1986 to fewer than 17,000 in 1994, exacerbated the scarcity of jobs. To revitalize the economy, U.S. assistance has attempted to create opportunities for stable, sustainable employment for the growing population, particularly those who comprise the country's vast informal economy. A post-
intervention transitional program of short-term job creation, principally in small towns and rural areas, provided employment to as many as 50,000 workers per day throughout the country. More recently, programs that help to increase commercial bank lending to small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs, especially in the agricultural sector, have helped to create jobs and foster economic growth.
Additional U.S. efforts in economic revitalization include the establishment of the U.S.-Haiti Business Development Council, an
Overseas Private Investment Corporation commercial loan program, and inclusion of Haiti within the
Caribbean Basin Initiative. These efforts provide greater market opportunities for American and Haitian businesses. Current
Congressional prohibitions on providing assistance to or through the Haitian government has accelerated the move to private voluntary agencies as contractors to oversee the use of U.S. aid funds.
Throughout the 2001–2004 time period the
United States Chamber of Commerce backed a government aid embargo upon Haiti's elected
Aristide government. This led to economic decline and innumerable suffering. Haiti's government budget was approximately 30-40 percent dependent on the cut-off aid.
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