Donors And Corruption In Haiti

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Haiti hosts one of the largest and best-funded international aid deployments in the world. Haiti has an estimated 12,000 non-governmental organization deployments from all over the world, yet 2,500 people died of cholera which is a disease that is easily controlled. In Haiti there is poor governance and they have a weak judicial system. The President controls the judiciary, with consent of Parliament. Donors have tried to assist the Haitians in reforming their judicial system. Its shortcomings are serious. Therefore, corruption is imminent in the country. The corrupt leaders embezzle funds that is supposed to be used for aid. From 1990 to 2003, Haiti received more than $4 billion in aid not including remittances from Haitian expatriates who contribute $1 billion annually—from bilateral and multilateral sources.

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