Editing Haiti (section)

===Foreign aid===
{{Further|Foreign aid to Haiti}}

Haiti received more than US$4 billion in aid from 1990 to 2003, including US$1.5 billion from the United States.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation|url=http://www.trust.org/item/20090928173400-eslm0/|title=Haiti's aid controversy|author=Anastasia Moloney|date=28 September 2009|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722215735/http://www.trust.org/item/20090928173400-eslm0/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The largest donor is the US, followed by [[Canada]] and the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/world/1-billion-is-pledged-to-help-haiti-rebuild-topping-request.html|title=$1 Billion Is Pledged to Help Haiti Rebuild, Topping Request|author=Christopher Marquis|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 July 2004|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-date=12 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912080404/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/world/1-billion-is-pledged-to-help-haiti-rebuild-topping-request.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2010, following the earthquake, US President [[Barack Obama]] promised US$1.15 billion in assistance.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jonathan M.|last=Katz|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/11/haitis-police-struggle-control-ravaged-capital/|title=Haiti's police struggle to control ravaged capital|agency=Associated Press|date=11 April 2010|work=Fox News|access-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015232317/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/11/haitis-police-struggle-control-ravaged-capital/|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The European Union pledged more than €400 million (US$616 million).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100118/twl-haiti-fears-grows-despite-surge-in-r-4bdc673.html|title=Haiti fears grows despite surge in relief effort|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=18 January 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Neighboring [[Dominican Republic]] has also provided extensive humanitarian aid to Haiti, including the funding and construction of a public university,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=272087|title=Universidad de Haití donada por RD se llamará ahora 'Roi Henry I'|work=El Nuevo Diario|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806181826/http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=272087|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> human capital, free healthcare services in the border region, and logistical support after the 2010 earthquake.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://es.globalvoices.org/2010/01/16/republica-dominicana-ayuda-a-su-vecino-haiti-despues-del-terremoto/|title=República Dominicana: Ayuda a su vecino Haití después del terremoto|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-date=12 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912080411/https://es.globalvoices.org/2010/01/16/republica-dominicana-ayuda-a-su-vecino-haiti-despues-del-terremoto/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The United Nations states that US$13.34 billion has been earmarked for post-earthquake reconstruction through 2020, though two years after the 2010 quake, less than half of that amount had actually been released. {{As of|2015}}, the US government has allocated US$4 billion, US$3 billion has already been spent, and the rest is dedicated to longer-term projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/what-does-haiti-have-show-13-billion-earthquake-aid-n281661|title=What does Haiti have to show for the US$13 billion in earthquake aid?-NBC News.com|website=[[NBC News]]|date=January 2015|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704074958/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/what-does-haiti-have-show-13-billion-earthquake-aid-n281661|url-status=live}}</ref>