SANTO DOMINGO -- The $5 billion in short-term aid for Haiti, and the $10 billion pledged for its long-term reconstruction at the International Donors’ Conference on March 31, is a vote of confidence in the potential of collective international action. The question, however, is not only one of money; it is about whether Haiti’s agony is to be addressed as just one more humanitarian crisis or as a structural problem of state building – a long-term quest for institutional stability and sustainable development.
圣多明哥——对海地50亿美元的短期援助，以及3月31日国际捐助者会议承诺的100亿美元的长期建设资金是为世界各国可能采取的集体行动投下了信任票。 不过钱还并不是问题的全部，真正的问题在于是将海地的痛苦仅当作又一次人道主义危机还是国家建设的结构性问题——也就是追求体制稳定和可持续发展的长远目标。