Haiti wants more information on foreign aid

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Source: Reuters

Matthew Bigg
PORT-AU-PRINCE
Wed Mar 3, 2010 6:44pm EST


PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's prime minister demanded more information on Wednesday about foreign aid pouring into the earthquake-stricken country and urged that his government not be sidelined in reconstruction efforts.

The issue is sensitive for international donors who considered corruption a major problem before a January 12 quake that killed as many as 300,000 people, according to government estimates.

The quake also killed many civil servants and left government structures in ruins.

Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive decried a lack of coordination by aid donors with his government but stopped short of saying all bilateral aid should be funneled through the government.

"We don't know who has given money to NGO's (nongovernmental organizations) and how much money have they given. ... At the moment, we can't do any coordination or have any coherent policies for giving to the population," Bellerive told a news conference.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6225UO20100303

[bemildred]

1. GINO

"Government In Name Only."

An acronym that could have a lot of applications elsewhere, now that I think about it.