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      "date": "2005-11-17",
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      "title": "Haiti: International Assistance Strategy for the Interim Government and Congressional Concerns",
      "summary": "Haiti and its multilateral and bilateral donors developed an international assistance strategy,\nknown\nas the Interim Cooperation Framework (ICF), to address Haiti\u2019s short-term needs between\nthe\ncollapse of the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004 and the initial\nphase of a new government scheduled to be inaugurated in February 2006. The World Bank, the\nInter-American Development Bank, the United Nations, and the European Union co-sponsored the\nInternational Donors Conference on Haiti in Washington, D.C., on July 19-20, 2004. The objective\nof the conference was to garner international financial support for the ICF, which outlines\nHaiti\u2019s\npriority needs and programs for 2004-2006.\n \n The Interim Cooperation Framework establishes priority needs and projects that fall under four\nbroad categories, or \u201caxes\u201d: political governance and national dialogue; economic\ngovernance and\ninstitutional development; economic recovery; and access to basic services. For each of these four\nstrategic axes, the Framework provides a strategy, priority objectives, and monitoring indicators. \n \n Many congressional concerns regarding Haitian development are addressed by the priorities and\nprograms outlined in the Interim Cooperative Framework. The main congressional concerns\nexpressed regarding the Donors Conference strategy is the rate at which funds are being disbursed\nand the effectiveness of the aid being provided. International organizations and governments\npledged $1.085 billion, to be disbursed over a two and a half-year period, from July 2004 through\nSeptember 2006, eight months into a new administration, if elections proceed according to schedule.\n \n Initial disbursement was slow. According to the World Bank, however, the rate of\ndisbursement began to improve after about six months. At just under the halfway point of the\nDonors Conference time-frame, a little less than half of the pledged funding had been disbursed, a\ntentative estimate of $500 million as of July 2005. Disbursement has been uneven among donors. \nThe United States has disbursed about half of its pledged funds.\n \n Some progress has been made toward the objectives outlined in the Interim Cooperation\nFramework, including voter registration, improvements in fiscal transparency, jobs creation, and\nbroader access to clean water and other services.\n \n Current law related to funding of U.S. assistance to Haiti includes  P.L. 108-25 ,  P.L. 108-199 , \n P.L. 108-324 ,  P.L. 108-447 , and  P.L. 109-13 . Pending legislation related to funding of U.S.\nassistance to Haiti includes  H.R. 611 ,  H.R. 945 ,  H.R. 1130 ,  H.R. 1213 / S. 704 ,  H.R. 2601 ,  H.R. 3057 , and\n S. 600 .\n \n See also  CRS Report RL32294 ,  Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current\nCongressional Concerns,  by Maureen Taft-Morales, and  CRS Report RL32733 ,  Latin\nAmerica and\nthe Caribbean: Issues for the 109th Congress,  Mark P. Sullivan, Coordinator. This report will\nbe\nupdated as warranted.",
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