In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com

In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com.

 The New York Times shows that such post-disaster idealism came to be undercut by the enormousness of the task, the weakness and volatility of the Haitian government, the continuation of aid business as usual and the limited effectiveness of the now-defunct recovery commission that had Mr. Clinton as co-chairman.