By By Ryan Mahon Jan 20, 2010 in Business On January 25, 2009, the Haitian Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, will meet with Hillary Clinton and others in Montreal, Quebec to assess the damage, how much it will cost and who will pay for it. Who will pay may be an entirely different matter. Mark Schneider, former director of the Peace Corps, has been cited by the According to the The Summit is being billed as a Haitian Marshall Plan by some experts, according to the Ottowa Citizen . This term is an allusion to the economic plan to rebuild Western Europe following World War II, and as they point out, it will be a matter of rebuilding the country from the ground up. Like Europe following WWII, Haiti has largely been reduced to rubble by the quake. Ironically, channeling these funds through the Haitian government has all but been ruled out, due to the rating of the government there as one of the most corrupt in the world. The task of rebuilding will most likely fall to charity organizations already operating in the country.Who will pay may be an entirely different matter. Mark Schneider, former director of the Peace Corps, has been cited by the [url=http:// t=_blank]Council on Foreign Relations as indicating that simply putting Haiti back on its feet may be missing an opportunity to build what he calls a “New Haiti”, one that will fundamentally transform the lives of Haitians, and actualize their potential. Failure to do so may be setting them up for another disaster in the future. He estimates the cost of rebuilding Haiti as ‘some multiple’ of $6 billion, the US estimate of the damage done during the quake. He further estimates that this endeavor will take a decade or more to complete.According to the Huffington Post total private and corporate donations made as of January 20, 2010 total approximately $43 million dollars. This seems to indicate that the vast majority of the direct cost of rebuilding will come from the US and other governments. Other costs of reconstruction are indirect, and will certainly be paid by the US tax payer; including but not limited to the military presence already in place, the re-patriation and migration of Haitians to the US, and medical and food aid to stabilize the country prior to reconstruction. More about Haiti, Rebuilding, Tax More news from haiti rebuilding tax