Haiti

Question 1

Year?

Deaths?

Richter Scale?

Cost?

GDP/capita

Answer 1

January 2010

230,000 deaths +cholera

7

$8 billion

$660 per person/year

Question 2

Preparation?

Answer 2

Poor planning -> limited infrastructure due to corruption

Shortage of health workers

Housing made out it mud walls

Question 3

Short term response?

Answer 3

Government building collapsed -> 25% of staff die-> poor control

Priority given to security troops over emergency aid teams

Poor coordination and inefficient response

Question 4

Impacts?

Answer 4

60% of infrastructure destroyed
70% of buildings destroyed

20% of jobs lost due to infrastructure damage

98% of rubble uncleared after 6 months and 1.5 million still living in camps

Question 5

World bank?

Answer 5

200k children provided with food

140k funded schools

Question 6

Long term?

Answer 6

6 Water Supplies Built to prevent urbanization

Huge Reliance on NGOs and workers may leave with them after -> Brain Drain

Development of manufacturing industries + health workers