This NYTimes oped perfectly describes what needs to happen to haiti. Haiti fundamentally has a broken culture and it needs to be fixed.
Op-Ed Columnist - The Underlying Tragedy - NYTimes.com
quotes:
..it is time to put the thorny issue of culture at the center of efforts to tackle global poverty. Why is Haiti so poor? Well, it has a history of oppression, slavery and colonialism. But so does Barbados, and Barbados is doing pretty well. Haiti has endured ruthless dictators, corruption and foreign invasions. But so has the Dominican Republic, and the D.R. is in much better shape...
...We?re all supposed to politely respect each other?s cultures. But some cultures are more progress-resistant than others, and a horrible tragedy was just exacerbated by one of them...
Op-Ed Columnist - The Underlying Tragedy - NYTimes.com
quotes:
..it is time to put the thorny issue of culture at the center of efforts to tackle global poverty. Why is Haiti so poor? Well, it has a history of oppression, slavery and colonialism. But so does Barbados, and Barbados is doing pretty well. Haiti has endured ruthless dictators, corruption and foreign invasions. But so has the Dominican Republic, and the D.R. is in much better shape...
...We?re all supposed to politely respect each other?s cultures. But some cultures are more progress-resistant than others, and a horrible tragedy was just exacerbated by one of them...