development – Justin B. Fung

On Haiti's reconstruction: Obama and Sachs

by Justinjustice, links, other people's words 17 January, 2010No Comments

Photo: Catherine Lainé Check out these essays on Haiti. First, President Obama’s Newsweek cover essay, “Why Haiti Matters.” An excerpt: In the aftermath of disaster, we are reminded that life can be unimaginably cruel. That pain and loss is so often meted out without any justice or mercy. That “time and chance” happen to us …

Haiti

by Justinjustice, links 13 January, 2010No Comments

Thousands are feared dead in the wake of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, with millions more affected and displaced. Haiti is the most impoverished nation in the western hemisphere, with a heartbreaking history rife with slavery, despotism, disease and disaster—in 2008, the country was hit by four hurricanes, which killed hundreds. Please …