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Farewell, CIDA
(April 2, 2013) Now-abolished foreign aid pork barrel won’t be missed. Patricia Adams’ epitaph for CIDA. Continue reading
Haitians becoming weary of NGOs
(February 15, 2011) Foreign NGOs in Haiti have been coming under increasing fire from both Western media, and from Haitian political elites. But as William Booth of the Washington Post writes, ordinary Haitian citizens are also getting fed up with the NGOs. Continue reading
NGOs in Haiti face new questions about effectiveness
(February 1, 2011) In the days after the earth shook and the government collapsed, the municipal nursing home here because one of the most desperate sights in Haiti, as old people lay swaddled in dirty sheets, huddled in cramped tents, begging visitors for water. Continue reading
Patricia Adams: Haiti needs rights
(January 11, 2011) One option for Haiti is to make it a U.S. territory like Puerto Rico, writes Probe International’s Executive Director, Patricia Adams. Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Aid, Haiti
Tagged Bill Clinton, Corruption, development assistance, Foreign Aid, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Haiti Reconstruction Fund, IHRC, Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, Monroe Doctrine, ODA, Patricia Adams, Port-au-Prince, Probe International, property rights, Puerto Rico, Rene Preval
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One year after the earthquake, foreign help is actually hurting Haiti
(January 7, 2011) Alex Dupuy, a native of Haiti, is a professor of sociology at Wesleyan University, talks about why foreign aid has continually failed Haitian citizens–and this time it’s going to be no different. Continue reading
Haiti: ‘The Republic of NGOs’
(November 24, 2010) As Haiti looks to the future, Probe International’s Executive Director Patrica Adams questions a reliance on foreign aid, writes Alanna Wallace from The Cord. Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Aid, Haiti
Tagged Dam, Foreign Aid, foreign aid and development, Haiti foreign aid, Patricia Adams, Probe International
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How to Best Help Haiti: Reduce Foreign Aid
(November 19, 2010) A speech given at the University of Waterloo by Probe International’s Executive Director, Patricia Adams, on the failure of foreign aid in Haiti. Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Aid, Haiti
Tagged Bond market, Corruption, Dam, environmental harm, fraud, Haiti foreign aid, Patricia Adams, Probe International, property rights
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Miami rice: subsidizing poverty creation in Haiti
(November 15, 2010) Food aid in Haiti is the real reason the country is struggling to feed itself. Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Aid, Haiti
Tagged Corruption, Food aid, Haiti foreign aid, Probe International
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