“What was done to save lives was justified, but from a practical point of view this money could have been used in other ways to contribute to sustainable development” of Haiti, ensuring that it is not” time to blame anyone,” but to look ahead.”
I think he mixes up emergency and development. When the government has no money at all emergency aid is necessary for safety, education and health. Most of the donor are at the end of their money now and the emergency flow should be replace by a development effort.
But how ? The government is virtually absent. There is no land for building, setting up a company will cost you months, the “free education” initiative has everybody baffled with uncertainty about what it means and so on… The speeches of Martelly often look more like exercises in “Image building” than that they contain concrete plans.
Look at the article in Le Nouvelliste for a slightly more elaborate background. (French)
