Haiti Political Planning

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Development is the process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology. Development is when a county is constantly trying to improve health and prosperity of all people within the boundaries of their country. Location for development is where a country is located and whether or not their location affects them. Location does not affect the development Haiti, since Haiti has a water port and neighbors the Dominican Republic which is a wealthy nation. The development of Haiti is not affected by their location which is exhibited through political leadership and the corruption in their president, their connection with the world economy through their earlier colonization, and economic relations …show more content…

Haiti has a presidential election every two years, which makes accomplishing anything in Haiti challenging. Haitian presidents have diverse views on how to get Haiti caught up with developed nations. Therefore after a presidential term ends and another president is chosen a lot of policies are removed, confusing Haitian people. Parliament has been dissolved multiple times forcing people to question the authority of Haiti since without a parliament a president is able to make any law as they see fit. Since Haiti has a hard time agreeing on a type of government, programs that help people in poverty are unable to be made in Haiti. There is not enough time for one president in Haiti to create a working system of government with no corrupt leaders consequently, Haiti’s tax money continues to be wasted on failed attempts for government. Hospitals are government owned, but since Haiti’s government keeps wasting money, they are unable to have proper medical material. Haiti has 1.3 beds for every 1,000 people, which shows that the government is unable to focus on helping the people of Haiti due to the limited amount of time each president

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