From the Article:
But whether it’s from Canada or any other donor, aid hasn’t led to the kind of economic development that would allow multitudes of poor Haitians to help themselves. As economist Michael Clemens of the Center for Global Development has noted, 82 per cent of Haitians who have escaped poverty have done so not by receiving direct aid but by migrating to the United States. And it’s conceivable that donors can curtail aid gradually and prioritize cuts in ways that avoid disastrous shocks for the Haitian families who, for better or worse, rely on aid for subsistence.
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