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I don't see how lack of infrastructure isn't caused by the debt they had to pay off. Infrastructure takes extremely long to build up and lasts usually pretty lo
by legulere 5y ago
I don't see how lack of infrastructure isn't caused by the debt they had to pay off. Infrastructure takes extremely long to build up and lasts usually pretty long.
Also I find it peculiar how the damage incurred by the Duvalier family was not mentioned directly in the article.
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- ethbr0 5y agoAlso, both Haiti and the DR are frequently (~every 5 years?) hit by hurricanes, with earthquakes and flooding also mixed in. Consequently, if there's a difference in the rate at which infrastructure is built, it's going to more heavily affect Haiti. Or, to put it another way: a hurricane knocks out a power line that took Haiti 5 years to get in place, vs DR 3. Haiti loses 10 years of infrastructure (initial + rebuild) while the DR only loses 6. To say nothing of the lost economic activity while replacing.