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Saturday, March 6, 2010

ARTICLE:Look at Past Aid Efforts Before Throwing More at Haiti

BY JOEL BRINKLEY; MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Dozens of governments and aid groups are scheduled to meet at the United Nations later this month to pledge millions, perhaps billions, in assistance to Haiti. My advice to many of those donors: Stay home.

Sure, everyone wants to help rebuild Haiti and finally turn the country into a thriving, self-sustaining state. But after decades of effort, many of the donors themselves have concluded that it’s a Sisyphian task without end.