Look, although I disagree with some of your ideas, the reality

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Addressing the video, Haiti is NOT open for Business, Haiti is TOO Expensive - Frustrated Haitian, Look, although I disagree with some of your ideas, the reality is Haiti is NOT open for business.
Life in Haiti is not only expensive, it is impractical and untenable.
Allow me to go a bit deeper into the problem.
In Haiti, all business is conducted in US dollars, yet the country runs on a gourdes economy.
According to the Central Intelligence Agency (2013), unemployment rose from 9.61 percent in 2009 to 40.6 percent after the 2010 earthquake.
As a result, more than two-thirds of the labor force does not have formal jobs. Of those that do work, 38.1 percent are in agriculture, 11.5 percent are employed by manufacturing industries, and 50.4 percent are in the service industry (CIA, 2013).
Further, I am of the opinion that these numbers are unrealistic.
I am sure most of you will understand when I say that that only a portion of the population is likely reported in the census; thus, in the employment forum.
This suggests that the unemployment rate is even more frightening.
That said, how can a country with such a high percentage of unemployment be expected to sustain a living on the meager monies they scrape together to survive?
How can the majority of the people afford to live in their own country?
The fact is, the country will never be open for business; that is, not until the people can properly care for themselves and their families.
Only then will the country of Haiti be able to afford to welcome visitors and others.
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Posted by Michel-ange Chevry on June 24 2014 at 11:58 AM
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I guess I am about to find out next month just how expensive! I'm lucky to be able to stay with my dad; he lives with just the groundskeeper more »
She is very right and if anyone doesnt agree with what she said its probably because they havent been to haiti to expensive hotels and rental more »
Look, although I disagree with some of your ideas, the reality is Haiti is NOT open for business. Life in Haiti is not only expensive, it more »
You are absolutely right! Haiti is too expensive for the quality of service they are providing, but they will learn that soon enough. However, I more »
HAHa This girl is crazy. She is the one destroying the country. How much are hotels in the states? Why people going in with 6 mallet's because more »
I agree with you that Haiti is very expensive for vacation. As part of our visit we are spending only one day in Jacmel because the hotel price more »
TRUE I WANT TO VISITE ALL OVER HAITI NOT ONLY IN THE HOTEL FOR WHAT I WANT ENJOY MY HAITI MANGE GRIO LAN LA RUE ALLE LAN MONTAGNE YO RIVIERE more »
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