During that time Haitians have developed a dependency on humanitarian aid rather than relying on the Haitian government for even the most basic public services.

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This money will be spent to restore the capacity of basic public services such as water supply, electricity importation, water sanitation, heating plants and road repair.

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The development of infrastructure and access to education and basic public services are not only necessary for sustainability and development in the long-term but also to serve as the foundation and catalysts for entrepreneurial opportunities today.

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The meritocratic assumption is that public provision of basic services, particularly education, does enough to counter this advantage to give everyone a reasonable start.

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Labour's manifesto - Ambitions for Britain - set out the party's goals until 2010 promising changes to public services but no rise in the basic or higher rates of income tax.

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Cash transfers have been successful in Latin America, he says, because they are "seen as a complement, not a substitute, for public provision of health, education and other basic services".

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Why use the most expensive inflationary system available (by which I mean the insurance system, whether public or private) to take care of those with the least money and most in need of basic services?

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