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Haiti: From The Ground UpThe Current Outlook For The Millennium Development Goals
Erina McWilliam, Zia MacWilliams, Melissa Summers
and Elizabeth Carlson-Bast
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Progress Report Before the Quake
� #1: Poverty and Hunger³ insufficient progress
� #2: Universal Education³ no progress
� #3: Gender Equality³ insufficient progress
� #4: Child Health³ on track
� #5: Maternal Health³ insufficient progress
� #6: HIV/AIDS³ no previous data
� #7: Environmental Sustainability³ insufficient progress
� #8: Global Partnership³ no previous data
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Current Situation� Currently a relief effort
� Haiti·s previous debt diverted
funds from development issues
� Haiti Recovery Act, 2010
� Inter-American Development
Bank forgave 479 million in
debt
� Pressure on other debtor countries to forgive remaining
debt and offer grants instead
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Initiatives To Move Forward
� reco ends contin ation of relief efforts for
several ore ont s
� J dges and J stice xiliaries will receive training to
eet increased de and d e to loss of doc entation
� ddress needs of o eless and dis laced
� NP L to train fe ale officers for National Police to
foc s on gender- ased violence
� NFP distri ting flas lig ts and tents to wo en to set
´safe s acesµ
�
i nizing t o sands in ca s
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Looking Forward
� If current trends continue Haiti will not meet goals
� Message:
� International donor community needs to provide financial support
� Programs must be reoriented to address post-earthquake conditions
� Leadership must develop good governance
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Opportunity For A ew Direction
� Challenge previousdevelopment model
�
Build better infrastructurefrom ground up
� Possibility to be an e amplefor a new approach todevelopment
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