"post-tsunami reconstruction in Thailand appears on the surface to have been conducted overall in a speedy and efficient, if at times over zealous and authoritarian, manner. The government did produce Master Plans for the rebuilding of various beach resorts. However, the private sector, criticizing the government for inaction, has started to rebuild tourism amenities. Much of the rebuilding (for example on Ko Phi Phi) is theoretically illegal because laws on buffer zones and building regulations have been ignored, just as they were before the tsunami."
For more on the aftermath, read Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine. Or, check out this page with sources on the economic shock therapy countries faced in the aftermath: Chapter 19 Blanking the Beach
"AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESHAPE HAITI'S LONG-DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY"
While speaking to an audience in New York Wednesday night, Naomi Klein addressed the crisis in Haiti:
"We have to be absolutely clear that this tragedy--which is part natural, part unnatural--must, under no circumstances, be used to, one, further indebt Haiti and, two, to push through unpopular corporatist policies in the interest of our corporations. This is not conspiracy theory. They have done it again and again."
Postings by the Heritage Foundation indicate that those looking to further privatize Haiti and further violate the public sector in Haiti (which is already severely damaged) are lurking in the shadows and ready to find a way to sneak certain policy changes in possibly as an attachment to any disaster relief legislation Congress passes in response to the earthquake.
Klein told an audience that the Heritage Foundation published the following less than 24 hours after the earthquake:
"In addition to providing immediate humanitarian assistance, the U.S. response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti earthquake offers opportunities to re-shape Haiti's long-dysfunctional government and economy as well as to improve the public image of the United States in the region."
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