Abstract

The earthquake has disrupted Haiti's plans for poverty reduction, schooling, health promotion and the radical restructuring of public accounts. It has destroyed wealth and financial resources, but it has attracted a large amount of money from international organizations in the form of aid and investments. Haiti has to set its future course of action. Reconstruction is a driver for growth, but it involves clamping down on corruption and violence, or gangs and criminal organizations will deplete the country's natural, human and financial resources.