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“A simmering dispute with all the World Bank and reconstruction leaders is threatening the pace of rebuilding efforts in Haiti,” reports the Miami Herald. The paper reports that nearly seven months after the country’s devastating earthquake, “only 18 percent” with the $5.3 billion pledged by international donors “has been disbursed.”
Former President Bill Clinton and Haitian President Jean-Max Bellerive, co-chairs of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission, “have been expressing frustrations not just with donors,” who’ve not followed through on pledges, “but also using the World Bank – the trustee in charge of managing a multidonor trust fund dedicated to the reconstruction.” Based on the newspaper, each leaders “say that the fees charged by the bank” for administering the donor money is “too high for small-scale projects” and the Bank’s procedures are “too bureaucratic and further threaten to slow down the rebuilding by adding months towards the approval process.”
The issues are “expected to come up” subsequent week when two Globe Bank leaders will “visit Haiti to meet with Bellerive and others to review progress.” In accordance with the Miami Herald: “The Globe Bank check out comes as concerns mount inside the U.S. Congress over rebuilding efforts in Haiti and at a time when hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars are becoming available for Haiti.”
The write-up includes comments from Pamela Cox, the Globe Bank’s vice president for Latin America along with the Carribean, who said, “The last thing any of us want to see is actually a entire bunch of money going into Haiti and nobody knows where it went or what it results in.” Cox also “said the bank’s goal is to balance results along with the want for accountability,” and discussed Haiti’s require for “carefully planned” infrastructure (Clark/Charles, 8/3).
Senate Passes Bill To Ease Haitian Adoptions
Congressional Quarterly reports that the Senate passed a bill that would “clarify rules to assist ease the method for children born in Haiti to be adopted inside the United States.” The legislation (HR 5283) would grant up to 1,400 orphans permanent residency in the United States if “certain conditions are met.” CQ reports that the original bill passed within the House on July 20 and could be cleared when the House reconvenes for a unique session subsequent week (Lesniewski, 8/4).
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