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How corruption slows disaster recovery

  • Written by Juliet S. Sorensen, Harry R. Horrow Professor in International Law, Northwestern University
How corruption slows disaster recoveryHurricane Irma demolished Sint Maarten in the Dutch Antilles, in September 2017. The island has yet to recover.AP Photo/Carlos Giusti

The 2018 hurricane season has now begun. It’s a good time to think about lessons learned from last year’s historic storms.

Hurricane Irma, which raged across the Caribbean from late August to early...

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