In addition to creating economic aid and loan packages for nation-states, The World Bank also gathers data that measures governance indicators useful to political risk analysts and businesses alike, but instead of gathering the data first hand, the World Bank aggregates these scores scores from a litany of other think-tanks such as Freedom House, the World Economic Forum, and the Gallup World Poll. Rating aggregate government effectiveness scores from 2014, Haiti ranks in the lowest 0.18th percentile in the world. Additionally, Haiti ranks in the lowest 7.7th percentile in both control of corruption and rule of law aggregate scores according to the World Bank. Also important to the discussion about Haitian prospects for democratization is political
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Of the twelve indicators that the index surveys, Haiti’s worst scores were in external intervention, demographic pressures, state legitimacy, human flight, and uneven economic development, respectively. Of note, Haiti is the only western hemisphere country that makes the top 40 on the index, highlighting the need for external and internal stakeholders to implement policy changes and socioeconomic development within the …show more content…
Lack of Foreign Direct Investment, Weak Economic Institutions and Human Development
Haiti is consistently losing foreign direct investment, likely as a result of the political instability and rampant violence that plagues the country. Employment figures are dismal and a large percentage of the population lives below the poverty line. Worse still, Haiti’s economic conditions will not ameliorate without addressing the political and societal problems which are also going unaddressed. A thriving democracy requires a healthy civil society; one that is fed, housed and given adequate access to drinking water and sanitation.
To ensure that Haiti is given the proper tools to democratize, the international aid must toe the line between distributing humanitarian aid, and allowing the Haitian populace to become reliant on aid. To be sure, Haiti does require the assistance of the international aid community, with their resources, Haiti would be much worse off than it is today. Still, the aid community should be cognizant that they should be both disbursing aid while at the same time giving Haitians the tools to succeed for themselves when the international community leaves. If Haitians know that the international aid community will always support them, they may not have any incentive to alleviate certain issues by
Of the twelve indicators that the index surveys, Haiti’s worst scores were in external intervention, demographic pressures, state legitimacy, human flight, and uneven economic development, respectively. Of note, Haiti is the only western hemisphere country that makes the top 40 on the index, highlighting the need for external and internal stakeholders to implement policy changes and socioeconomic development within the …show more content…
Lack of Foreign Direct Investment, Weak Economic Institutions and Human Development
Haiti is consistently losing foreign direct investment, likely as a result of the political instability and rampant violence that plagues the country. Employment figures are dismal and a large percentage of the population lives below the poverty line. Worse still, Haiti’s economic conditions will not ameliorate without addressing the political and societal problems which are also going unaddressed. A thriving democracy requires a healthy civil society; one that is fed, housed and given adequate access to drinking water and sanitation.
To ensure that Haiti is given the proper tools to democratize, the international aid must toe the line between distributing humanitarian aid, and allowing the Haitian populace to become reliant on aid. To be sure, Haiti does require the assistance of the international aid community, with their resources, Haiti would be much worse off than it is today. Still, the aid community should be cognizant that they should be both disbursing aid while at the same time giving Haitians the tools to succeed for themselves when the international community leaves. If Haitians know that the international aid community will always support them, they may not have any incentive to alleviate certain issues by