The earthquake on January 12, 2010
has caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormous
repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond
the area... Afficher plus +
s directly affected by the catastrophe. Over 200,000
lives were lost. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians have been
left homeless and have fled the affected area to find refuge
in the provinces, adding to an economic situation which was
already difficult in these regions. In order to respond to a
catastrophe of this scale, this assessment has been designed
to go further than traditional post-disaster assessments.
The objective has been to lay the foundations for a fresh
start in the country's development efforts, as well as
to reconstruct the damaged areas and contribute to a long
term national strategic development plan, in order to begin
rebuilding Haiti. In addition to the damage and loss
assessment which usually constitutes the central part of
this type of assessment, an analysis of short-term
rehabilitation needs and an analysis of the needs to rebuild
the country have led to costed assessments for eight
essential themed sectors: governance, the environment,
disaster risk management, social sectors,
infrastructure-related sectors, the production sector, a
macroeconomic analysis, and cross-cutting sectors (youth,
gender, vulnerable persons, employment). The government led
each of these themed teams, which had the responsibility of
collecting and collating information on damage, losses, the
impact of the earthquake on human development, and
post-disaster needs for reconstructing and rebuilding the country. Afficher moins -