Haiti Reconstruction Corrupt And Inefficient

And it's just the way Bill Clinton likes it.

He said hundreds of thousands of Haitians would find new permanent housing next year and many more would move out of the tent and tarp camps that have been home to more than 1 million people since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

But such promises have been made before. The house-less believed they would start getting new homes — or at least sturdier temporary shelters — months ago. Only $897 million of the more than $5.7 billion pledged for 2010-11 has been delivered.

Clinton also expressed confidence in Haiti's much-criticized provisional electoral council to find a solution to the electoral crisis.

Three presidential candidates believe they should advance to the two-person runoff set for January, with competition fiercest between the ostensibly eliminated popular singer Michel Martelly, in third place, and second-place candidate Jude Celestin, who is backed by the unpopular President Rene Preval.

Three days of rioting followed announcement of the preliminary results and it is feared more violence will erupt if a solution is not found.

Clinton endorsed the eight-member electoral council's plan to re-count tally sheets under international observation and hold a more-transparent January runoff, but then said he did not want to involve himself further in Haitian politics.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/2010/12/bill-clinton-asserts-confidence-fed-haiti#ixzz18Hc7lPeT