One year after the earthquake, Haitians wonder whether international aid is keeping their country poor. (2) - By Maura R. O'Connor - Slate Magazine

One year after the earthquake, Haitians wonder whether international aid is keeping their country poor. (2) - By Maura R. O'Connor - Slate Magazine:

"According to critics, USAID's initiatives, which focus on crops such as mangoes, lettuce, cabbage, and peppers, ignore a problematic reality. Haiti spends 80 percent of its export earnings to import staple foods like rice and sugar that the country—with 700,000 hectares of underutilized land and millions of farmers—could be growing itself. But U.S. agriculture subsidies and aid policies have flooded Haiti with American food for three decades, sinking the local economy and leaving Haiti one of the most food-insecure countries in the world."