Report scrutinizes US efforts to rebuild post-quake Haiti

By DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal audit has found that the U.S. Agency for International Development built only half of eight major projects meant to help Haiti recover from a devastating 2010 earthquake. The U.S. Government Accountability Office also said in its audit that most of the agency’s projects were delayed, had to be scaled back or turned out to be more expensive than planned. The report released Thursday is the newest one to scrutinize how billions of dollars were spent to help Haiti in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government estimates killed some 300,000 people. USAID says it has taken steps to make improvements.