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Thriving black markets in Haiti aid

2012-05-30 11 Dailymotion

International efforts to help Haiti recover are still gaining pace as the World Food Programme distributes about 680 tonnes of food each day.<br /><br />But aid agencies believe that 10 per cent of the donations are being sold on the black markets in Haiti - including donated second-hand clothes and aid items meant to be distributed for free.<br /><br />As a result, food prices, including those of rice, have doubled. Indeed, the economic situation is so difficult that a lot of donations are not reaching their destinations.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports from Port-au-Prince.<br /><br />[February 7, 2010]

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