NA217-Most countries fail to deliver on Haiti aid pledges – CNN.com

Most countries fail to deliver on Haiti aid pledges – CNN.com

Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, most governments that promised money to help rebuild the country have not delivered any funds at all, a CNN investigation has found.


Donors promised $5.3 billion at an aid conference in March, about two months after the earthquake -- but less than 2 percent of that money has been handed over so far to the United Nations-backed body set up to handle it.


Only four countries have paid anything at all: Brazil, Norway, Estonia and Australia.


The United States pledged $1.15 billion. It has paid nothing, with the money tied up in the congressional appropriations process.

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