Photograph above: Rebuilding in Port au Prince, source Claude Andre Nadon/UNOPS
For this post I want to reference an article written by Patricio Zambrano, specialist on housing and urban development issues at the IDB, dealing with some of the lessons [and re-learnt] as Ecuador now faces a difficult road ahead in reconstruction in the country. The intent is to move forward and more effectively transition from relief to reconstruction, and learn form past experiences- in this case the lessons drawn come from Haiti.
The article was released in the IDB Blog HERE, as well as the Habitat III Ecuador page HERE
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Para este post, quisiera hacerle referencia a un artículo escrito por Patricio Zambrano, especialista de desarrollo urbano y vivienda en el BID, con relación a ciertas lecciones de procesos de reconstrucción que se pueden transferir y adaptar al caso de Ecuador. El objetivo es de crear una transición efectiva y eficaz de ayuda humanitaria a reconstrucción y desarrollo a largo plazo, aprendiendo de otras experiencias- en este caso de Haití- para no caer en los mismos paradigmas y errores de corto plazo.
The article was released in the IDB Blog HERE, as well as the Habitat III Ecuador page HERE