Foreign aid to Haiti has failed before. There are various historical, political, economical and humanitarian reasons why. I originally meant to rant about the aid following the 2010 quake, but it doesn't feel right. Instead, here's a paper from the National Academy of Public Administration on Why Foreign Aid to Haiti Failed, from 2006.
It's pretty comprehensive and should explain why billions of dollars of foreign aid didn't actually work. After reading this, it shouldn't come as a surprise how added billions in 2010 didn't and won't help even if they were rushed there. Haiti was one of the least developed countries of the world ruled by a long line of dictatorial regimes, and we shouldn't expect that to change any time soon.
http://www.napawash.org/haiti_final.pdf
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