For most of the 1987-1994 period, major donors had turned to the already-vibrant NGO community to provide basic services and safety net programs, given the inability of a series of haitian regimes to do so. An estimated $100 million of official development assistance was administered by NGOs from 1992-1994, following the coup d’Etat against President Aristide. In 1996, there was a peaceful democratic transition to the government of President Preval. Following agreements with international agencies, this government is attempting an ambitious program of economic and public sector reforms. In the context of these reforms, the future role of the NGO sector in Haiti’s development has been a subject of considerable debate.