Share & Connect January 12th 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake
struck Haiti and reduced much of its capital, Port-au-Prince, to
rubble. February 27th, a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake
struck Chile, setting off a tsunami which threatened a quarter
of the globe. March 11th 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake
occurred in northern Japan and resulted in a major tsunami. The
same phenomenon but three very different post-disaster
scenarios. Here is an example of why a cause-and-effect
relationship is a very simplistic explanation for the events
that occur in the complex world we live in. Why have Japan and
Chile almost recovered while Haiti remains a no-man’s land? In
the days after a humanitarian catastrophe, we worry about the
people who have lost their family and the scarcity of food,
water and medical aid. Nevertheless, though this is important in
the short-term, in countries with huge political instability
such as Haiti, the priority in the mid-long term should in fact
be to stabilize and reconstruct the poli