The Washington Post has reported that the United States plans to spend an additional $1 billion to rebuild Haiti's infrastructure and re-create its fragile government.

The Post said that secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to announce the plan, which has not been made public, Wednesday at an international conference for donors to relief efforts in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation.

The broad effort comes after an internal Obama administration assessment found the U. S. government had provided $4 billion in aid to Haiti since 1990 but "struggled to demonstrate lasting impact," the newspaper said.

The plan differs from past efforts to help the nation through its emphasis on building a strong government and training its officials while helping create building codes, regulatory systems and methods to root out corruption.

Cheryl Mills, Clinton's chief of staff, told the Post, "We are completely focused on how to build the capacity of the Haitian government effectively. That is something everyone has recognized as being one of the failures of aid in the
past."

The Post further informed that former President Bill Clinton, the U. N. special envoy to Haiti, is to co-chair a commission of Haitian officials and donors overseeing billions of dollars in foreign aid.

Ciro de Falco, head of the Haiti task force established by the Inter-American Development Bank, said, "The U. S. government is playing a leading role. It's not by accident Mr. Clinton is down there. They are committed to seeing
this earthquake turn into an opportunity." (With Inputs from Agencies)