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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Haiti: NGO’s Republic

Author : Alexandra Jayeun Lee

Published in: Resilience by Design

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Images of the collapsed presidential palace circulating amongst the world media suggested the chaos within the Government of Haiti, but the dysfunctional characteristic of the Haitian government preexisted the earthquake since its establishment as the republic in 1805. The administrative remnants of the 2010 earthquake is but a byproduct of many years of economic and political turbulence which precipitated in erosion of trust in government by Haitians themselves, disengaging them further. The phenomenon of “10,000 NGOs” had outgrown the influence of the Government of Haiti long before the disaster. The complexity of Haiti’s social, cultural, environmental, and political dimensions reveal that the physical realities of disaster and the construction of “the Republic of NGOs” are closely interconnected, yet contradicts the aspirations of “Build Back Better Communities” international design campaign. Nevertheless, the earthquake served as a turning point for humanitarian aid agencies in that the international media limelight and subsequent influx of talented disaster professionals have galvanized both the international aid sector as well as those in the community sector whom elect to engage with these international agencies.

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Footnotes
1
This sum only includes public sector pledges at the 2010 New York donors’ conference, “Towards a New Future for Haiti”, which are exclusive of individual and private sector funds or those pledged for direct humanitarian relief activities.
 
2
ALNAP, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action is a global interagency forum that works to improve the quality and accountability of the humanitarian sector.
 
3
MINUSTAH is the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilization en Haiti), a multi-national military agency established in 2004 to maintain national security and political stability.
 
4
Bati Byen, in Haitian Creole, translates to “Build Better”.
 
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Metadata
Title
Haiti: NGO’s Republic
Author
Alexandra Jayeun Lee
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Resilience by Design

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-30639-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-30641-4

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30641-4_4