Interesting book. I have been interested in the author since reading Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains. This is Farmer's account of trying to 'build back better' in Haiti after the earthquake. He makes a compelling arguement for how foreign aid should be done. Basically he argues that aid should be channeled through the government institutions, rather than as an ad hoc outside whim. After reading this book, I see his point. It's worth considering as NGOs tend to duplicate and rarely leave an institutionalized change for the better behind them.

The book is part report, part history, part personal narrative of the earthquake. Well written (and incredibly dense).

Fly far little book!

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