Top donors to Haiti

In just around 35 seconds, the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010 left thousands dead and ravaged already-shoddy infrastructure, causing massive destruction in one of the world’s poorest countries.

Donors have been quick to respond to the huge humanitarian crisis that unfolded. The march of nongovernmental organizations to Haiti is just one indication of the aid rush to the Caribbean state. Recently, the emphasis has been on dealing with Haiti’s more long-term development challenges — a struggling agriculture sector, for example — but hurdles to addressing the issues that were exacerbated by the earthquake, such as the continued lack of decent housing for many Haitians, remain.