Haiti's trajectory of permanent poverty
jeudi 22 septembre 2016 à 02:00Haiti has cut down its forests; the Dominican Republic has preserved them. This makes a big difference.
However, don't think that Haitians chose the wrong path because of some absurd fault of theirs. The heavy burden of reparations, imposed by France in exchange for recognizing Haiti's independence, probably helped direct Haiti into a trajectory of permanent poverty, which the US has helped perpetuate ever since.