Progress in Haiti’s recovery

The World Bank is reporting that Haiti has been making progress in several critical areas two years after the country was struck by a massive earthquake.



According to the Washington-based financial institution progress has been made in the areas of human development and relief for families who lost their homes and income.



It says programmes addressing education, housing, disaster prevention and job creation in the private sector are also top on Haiti's reconstruction agenda.



Meanwhile, about one million displaced Haitians have left temporary camps in the capital to return to their homes.



The World Bank says almost half of about 10 million cubic meters of rubble from the earthquake have been taken off the capital's streets in the past two years.



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