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Foreign Aid's Bad Record in Haiti
After a devastating earthquake in 2010, Haiti received billions of dollars in foreign aid. Jake Johnston, senior research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks about why foreign aid can sometimes exacerbate a county's problems and how a newly besieged Haiti could be better helped.
Jake Johnston recommends the Haiti Response Coalition.