Although anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a strong link between shelter activities and the improvement of non-house related social conditions of beneficiaries, rigorous studies assessing this link are still very limited and not available in the case of Haiti. Furthermore, rigorous evidence-based guidance for the decision makers (government and international partners) on the most effective resource allocation in the shelter sector is still missing. Shepper and Hill (2005) in “The Economic Impact of Shelter Assistance in Post-Disaster Settings”, provide one of the few available studies that looks into the impact of emergency shelter programs in the development of post-relief economies, building incomes of the affected populations and taking the first steps towards rigorous measurement of the impact of these programs on the incomes of the beneficiaries.