RESULTSStatistics:• 222,570 people died and 300,572 were injured• 1.5 million children under 18 were directly or indirectly affected by the earthquake• The total value of damage and losses caused by the earthquake is estimated at US$7.8 billion — US$4.3 billion represents physical damage and US$3.5 billion represents economic losses — approximately 120 percent of Haiti's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 • 60 percent of government, administrative and economic infrastructure was also destroyed, such as Parliament and the judicial sectorSource: Report of the United Nations Special Envoy in Haiti from October 1, 2010Haiti: A government with very little power and resourcesThe lack of preparation of the Haitian government for earthquakes, despite the fact that earthquakes are common in the region, is indicative of the incapacity of the government and the lack of resources to properly plan for and protect its population against natural disasters. This lack of preparation is not an isolated incident. Before the disaster, the World Bank and other agencies were working with the Haitian government to integrate disaster risk management into Haiti's development strategy and to develop its disaster response capacity. This capacity building was in its infancy when the earthquake struck on January 12, 2010 and was primarily focused on hurricanes, which are the most common cause of natural disaster on the island (Margesson, 2010, p. 4 ). Historically, the Haitian government has not been a provider of services to its population. One study found that even before the 2010 earthquake, NGOs provided 70 percent of health care and private schools funded by NGOs accounted for 85 percent of national education (Ramachandran, 2012, p. 2 ). Charities and NGOs have become the middle of paper...... B., & (January 7, 2013). Hundreds of thousands homeless in Haiti three years after the earthquake. Dissenting voice. Retrieved April 2, 2014 from http://dissidentvoice.org/Rodgers, L. (January 11, 2013). Earthquake in Haiti: why is aid money not going to Haitians? BBC News. Retrieved April 4, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-americar Sontag, D. (December 23, 2012). Reconstruction in Haiti is lagging behind after billions in post-earthquake aid. The New York Times, p. 1-14. UNDP Haiti National Human Development Report, 2002 Watkins, T. (January 13, 2010). Problems with Haiti's building standards described. Retrieved May 1, 2014 from http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.construction/Zanotti, L. (2010). Cacophonies of aid, failure of state building and NGOs in Haiti: preparing the ground for disaster, considering the future. Third World Quarterly, 31(5), 755-771.