Talk:Economy of Haiti

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Delisted version: December 29, 2005


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[edit] Help needed

This article needs dividing up, the text is one big huge section. Need more information about ideas to repair the economy. More information is needed in general.--MateoP 23:21, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Willing to resort

If no one objects, I would like to go through this article and sort it better. --MateoP 01:57, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Not ready for featured

I have contributed to this article some, I added the Labor section at the bottom and the graph, for example. However the majority of the text is copied from a public domain resource (not sure where) so I don't think the article is ready yet. I'm going to check out a couple of books from the library this weekend and hopefully contribute a little more. --MateoP 02:55, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I hope that there is a problem with the line:

"A legal minimum wage of 36 gourds a day (about U.S. $1.80) applies to most workers in the formal sector."

Please tell me you were typing too fast, that it is 36 Haitian dollars= 180 gourds = 4.89 USD.

Please?

It appears the 36 gourds figure was correct for 1995, and was later raised to 70 gourds. [1][2] -- Beland 18:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Off-topics

[edit] Capitalism or socialism?

The WTO et al try to make Haiti to follow their restrictions, obligations and programs so that Haiti would be able to realize growth and modernization of it's economy. I ask: Why wouldn't Haiti create a democratically controlled economy independent of the global capitalist system? It isn't fully part of it now, so they would only have to choose to develop a socialist system instead of a capitalism one. It would be easier than in other countries, where the private ownership and utilization of the resources is already in place. Haiti would need democratic reforms and political apparatus to enable worker's control over the means of production, rather than a typical representation system, which makes bious agreements with the global capitalists. Teemu Ruskeepää 16:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a forum for political debate. We simply document the history, existing conditions, and notable proposals, and let readers decide for themselves what policies are best. -- Beland 18:49, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GDP chart requested

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A chart showing the history of the country's GDP would be informative. -- Beland

18:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Updated stats

Updated economic statistics are available from the CIA World Factbook. -- Beland 19:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Factbook

Much of this is copied directly from the CIA factbook (word for word). Is that allowed?