Why We Should Worry About Haiti’s Rebuilding Process: A Historical Lesson

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Michael Neil in Op-Ed, [Inter]national

With the news that over one million Haitians remain homeless and that efforts are shifting away from the construction of permanent housing in favor of do-it-yourself wooden and, occasionally, steel structures, concern over the future of Haiti’s rebuilding process abounds.  Even the International Organization for Migration sees few permanent structures emerging in less than five [...]