| U.S. Government’s Haiti Earthquake Response
U.S. Department Of State, January 2010"
We are trying to meet the humanitarian needs in this period, while at the same time working with the Haitian Government, the UN, and other countries and organizations to plan for the longer term."
--Secretary Clinton, Jan. 26, 2010
Haiti Earthquake: Crisis and Response
Taft-Morales, Maureen; Magesson, Rhoda
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, January 15, 2010, online edition, 30p
“The largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on January 12, 2010. The quake, centered about 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, had a magnitude of 7.0. A series of strong aftershocks followed. ” The focus of this report is on the immediate crisis in Haiti as a result of the earthquake and the U.S. and international response to date.
Maureen Taft-Morales is a specialist in Latin American Affairs and Rhoda Margesson is a specialist in International Humanitarian Policy at CRS.
Haiti's Recovery: What Comes Next?
Mendelson Forman, Johanna
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), January 25, 2010, online edition
“The United Nations estimates that with almost a third of Haiti’s population of 10 million affected by the quake, the humanitarian dimensions of this disaster will require at least six months to a year of emergency food and shelter assistance, and more than a decade to rebuild a nation that has at best been a fragile state. So what will it take to rebuild Haiti?”
Johanna Mendelson Forman is a senior associate with Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Mission to Haiti
Donnelly, Thomas
The Weekly Standard, February 1, 2010, online edition
“The U.S. military effort alone will soon have 33,000 troops ashore or in direct support of the relief operations. Private donations and international pledges of aid are in the billions. The question now is not about the level of effort, but how it can be organized and sustained.”
Thomas Donnelly is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Beyond Emergency Relief for Haiti: The Challenge of Effective Development Assistance
Kaufmann, Daniel
Brookings Institution, January 19, 2009, online edition
“The devastation, death toll and suffering in Haiti pain us all. With the exception of the tsunami in Asia, the extent of this tragedy is unprecedented for a country not at war. With current technology the scope of human and physical destruction has been immediately transmitted and broadcast globally. Such technology has also facilitated the outpouring of private financial contributions to charity (like the ease by which one can contribute to the Red Cross by texting the number 90999 and typing “Haiti”).”
Daniel Kaufmann is a senior fellow in Brookings’ Global Economy and Development program.
Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention
Keefer, Philip et al.
The World Bank, January 19, 2010, online edition, 38p
" Governments can significantly reduce earthquake mortality by implementing and enforcing quake-proof construction regulation. The authors examine why many governments do not. Contrary to intuition, controlling for the strength and location of actual earthquakes, mortality is lower in countries with higher earthquake propensity, where the payoffs to mortality prevention are higher. Importantly, however, the government response to earthquake propensity depends on country income and the political incentives of governments to provide public goods to citizens." Philip Keefer is a Lead Research Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank.
H13/01-10 posted January 2010
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