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Haiti Earthquake Aid Facts
January 12, 2011
Last year after the earthquake in Haiti, I posted graphs of aid and other financial flows to Haiti in recent years. This post continues in that tradition, focusing on post-disaster aid. A spreadsheet with all data and graphs is here.
The graph above excludes debt relief. “IDB” = Inter-American Development Bank. “OCHA” = U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Source: U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti.
The graph above excludes debt relief. “OCHA” = U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “Pledges” refers specifically to promises to deliver aid in 2010. Keep in mind that many factors can slow the delivery of aid, some beyond the control of donors. Source: U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti.
The graph above excludes aid from international organizations such as the UN and World Bank, even though their aid ultimately comes from national governments. It also excludes debt relief. Population for the European Commission is that of the European Union. Sources: U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti, U.S. Census Bureau International Database.
The graph above shows the face value of debt relief. The financial value of debt relief also depends on the interest rates on the cancelled debt, which are not factored in here. Sources: U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti, Inter-American Development Bank. Last year I argued that the value of debt relief for Haiti was exaggerated.
Source: U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti, List of all commitments/contributions and pledges. Judgments of which projects are public and which private are mine. In-kind donations are listed as having zero dollar value.
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January 12th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Great charts and good info. I would like to see also a chart showing how much aid was delivered per person in Haiti, and which proportion of people actually got something. The best would be an info similar to the income distribution charts, showing how much actually reached the most in need.
Do you think some one has such information?
Good job!
January 12th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
thank you for your information i have tried for many months to ascertain the expenditure from UK charities but to no avail can you help or is this part of your figures many thanks alan
January 12th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Roberto, I agree—it would be excellent to know that. I would think that collecting that kind of data is also very expensive, although perhaps if donors were really committed to it, they could incorporate geotagging into everything they do. At any rate, I am unaware of any such information.
January 12th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
Beautiful graphs, though you have to be careful with UN records of this (I made a few calls). See this piece on missing aid to Haiti:
http://motherjones.com/politic.....s-promised
January 13th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Why do you include OCHA but not WFP, UNDP or any of the other UN agencies?
And: Is the Red Cross Red Crescent movement included in what you list as “private”?
Thanks!
January 13th, 2011 at 9:12 am
Timo, good questions. As for the first, I’m just using the data I’ve got, as linked above:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/haiti_.....iginal.pdf
I don’t know why UNDP and other UN agencies are not included, and hadn’t noticed it. I’ll try to learn more.
Yes, I counted all the Red Cross Red Crescent contributions as private. Does that seem right to you? My codings are in the main spreadsheet, linked from the top of the post.