When one “helps” in a place like that, the devil is in the details.
If government is dysfunctional, throwing money at it gives that place some well funded dysfunction.
Missions are what’s needed.
“Missions are what’s needed.”
Don’t disagree with that at all.
On the other hand, if I were running the government, what I would propose to countries like Haiti is that we would solicit American companies to partner with Haitians and start businesses there. It would be mandatory that those hired were Haitians, and the government would have to agree that any and all tax revenues generated from such an endeavor would go directly to infrastructure and modernization of the country. The benefit to the American business? Tax breaks in the US. The entire program would be voluntary. There are a significant number of additional ‘rules’ that I would demand be accepted and put in place by the Haitian government, but I’m convinced that this type of partnership would go a much longer way to helping modernize Haiti than just sending money.