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Transnational_issues of Haiti

Disputes - international:since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic and sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island
Illicit drugs:Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis

Haiti Quickstats

  • Population: 8,706,497
  • Area: 27,750 sq km
  • Density: 292.7 /km² (38th)
  • GDP (total): $14.560 billion (124th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,800 (148th)
  • Literacy: 52.9%

Languages of Haiti

Useful to know

  • Currency: Gourde (HTG)
  • Dial code: +509

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Haiti Internet

  • Usage: 500,000
  • Penetration: 6.1 %
  • Top Domain: .ha

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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