
How Two Countries on the Same Island Get Vastly Different Economic Results | National Review
Explaining the tragedy of Haiti and the thriving of the Dominican Republic comes down to property rights and incentives.

Except for the Haitians speaking French part, this guy nailed it. It echoes what I've heard from other businessmen.![]()
How Two Countries on the Same Island Get Vastly Different Economic Results | National Review
Explaining the tragedy of Haiti and the thriving of the Dominican Republic comes down to property rights and incentives.www.nationalreview.com
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By DOMINIC PINO
March 22, 2024 1:44 PM
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The horrific events unfolding in Haiti have caught the world's attention. Haiti is an unusually poor country compared to the rest of the Western Hemisphere. It tends to make international news only for terrible events, such as violent uprisings or the 2010 earthquake.
But Haiti is on the same island as the Dominican Republic, a country with an entirely different reputation. The Dominican Republic is a tourist destination that produces top MLB players and has had one of the fastest-growing economies in the world for years. Its GDP per capita is now almost as high as Mexico's, making it one of ...
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Except Haiti has no government at all. I agree that being on an island is not the issue.For the same reason things are different between the USA and Mexico, the USA and Cuba, Greece and Albania, Israel and Jordan, North Korea and South Korea (with this one the two countries are identical all the way down to the people, but each governed by different governments following different ideologies and development strategies), Colombia and Venezuela…
I really don’t see what “being in one island” has to do with it. You have two countries that follow different policies for years, whatever the results are they will be different. Duh…
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It isn’t. It would had been interesting if both countries followed the same developmental path and the results were still vastlly different. Some difference is understandable given the two places have a different culture and that influence the outcomes of many things. If Haiti and the DR started from about the same place and followed the same developmental path, results shouldn’t be very different.Except Haiti has no government at all. I agree that being on an island is not the issue.