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Prime Minister Garry Conille admitted that "aid is too scattered, (and) there is a lack of coordination," It's also way short of amounts needed to rebuild and address human need.
"Housing for the hundreds of thousands made homeless by the quake remains a crucial issue." So do poverty, unemployment, vital unmet needs, and appalling living conditions.
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Things remain so bad that economist Michael Clemens believes escape is the only way to escape poverty.
On October 14, his Center for Global Development article written with Tejaswi Velayudhan headlined, "Migration as a Tool for Disaster Recovery: US Policy Options," saying:
America has no ameliorating policy. As a result, "(t)here is scant sign of economic recovery, and a cholera (epidemic) has infected hundreds of thousands."Washington simply doesn't care. Migration remains Haitians' best option. "Four out of every five Haitians who have escaped destitution did so by leaving...."
On January 9, Foreign Policy contributor Charles Kenny agreed in his article headlined, "The Haitian Migration," saying:
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