| World donors approved $1 billion in aid projects for Haiti on Friday, promising to repair its roads and rebuild its battered power grid, in an effort to help the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation as it prepares for fall elections. The relief is a confirmation of money pledged last summer, but diplomats attending the one-day summit said assigning specific projects to each nation would increase accountability. In July, donors pledged $1.3 billion for Haiti but less than a fifth of it has been disbursed. "If a project isn't going well or according to plan, you'll know who to ask," Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew said at the summit organized by France and held in French Guiana's capital, Cayenne. |