[EQ] Building a More Resilient Haitian State

Building a More Resilient Haitian State

 

Keith Crane, James Dobbins, LaureL e.MiLLer, CharLes P. Ries, ChristoPher s. Chivvis, MarLa C. Hims, MarCo Overhaus,Heather Lee SChwartz, ELizabeth

2010 RAND Corporation

Available online PDF [209p.] at: http://bit.ly/aOBdeM

“….This report appraises past and current plans and policies to improve the provision of public services in Haiti and, drawing on this appraisal, provides recommendations on how those plans and policies might be improved.

 

The report focuses on setting priorities and suggesting how programs and initiatives might be refocused so as to provide palpable improvements in the provision of public services in Haiti over the course of the next few years. It is designed to be useful to the government of Haiti as it develops detailed plans for policy and institutional reforms and to the international donor community as it determines how to support the government’s efforts.

 

 

The research described in this report was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Smith Richardson Foundation and was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD). NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the defense agencies, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Intelligence Community, allied foreign governments, and foundations….”

 

Summary

CHAPTER ONE Introduction

CHAPTER TWO

Background
Haiti’s Challenges

Economic Development
Society

State Administration

Politics

Consequences of the Earthquake

Haiti and Donors

CHAPTER THREE Governance and Public Administration

CHAPTER FOUR Justice

CHAPTER FIVE Security
CHAPTER SIX Economic Policy

CHAPTER SEVEN Housing and Infrastructure

CHAPTER EIGHT Education.

CHAPTER NINE Health

The Challenges

Long-Standing

Consequences of the Earthquake

Appraisal of Plans and Initiatives for Addressing the Challenges

Plans and Initiatives Before the Earthquake

Revised Plans

Recommendations Focus on Strengthening Policymaking, Planning, Regulation, and Oversight

Establish Performance-Based Contracting Mechanism for Provision of Services

Reorganize Decentralized Health-Care Operations .

Build Human-Resource Capacity

Examine Health-Care Financing Options

CHAPTER TEN Donor Cooperation and Building the Haitian State

CHAPTER ELEVEN Conclusion .

Strategic Framework

Priorities
Political Prerequisites

Bibliography .

 

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