Farmers and Doctors can’t compete with free food and free medical care.
The Foreign Aid creates a permanent Cycle of Dependency.
Frankly, the only solution would be to colonize Haiti for a period of twenty years, build the infrastructure and then turn it over to the Haitians. Yes, it would be expensive, but at least the money we’re throwing at them would actually improve the quality of life. But of course it will never happen.
How well has that worked in Puerto Rico? Putting aside the recent hurricanes, the island has never been able to complete an electrification program. The work was supposed to have begun eighty-five years ago.
Who would d the O&M to keep the infrastructure running?
In 10 years it would all be in ruins.