Recent economic of Haiti by IMF

Here is a super detail report by International Monetary Fund, showing recently economic of Haiti, such as GDP growth, banking system, external sectors, etc. I have attached a few graphs from the report, if you want to take a look at the full report, you can download from the link below

https://www.yousendit.com/download/WTNLTG01Qk5tNEpjR0E9PQ

Deforestation in Haiti

"Deforestation in Haiti is a severe environemntal problem. In 1923, over 60% of Haiti's land was forested; by 2006, less than 2% was. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Haiti

Roughly two-thirds of Haiti's employment are in agriculture, it is due to the lack of education and technological resource. However, the environment in Haiti is very difficult for vegetation to grow due to soil erosion and under cultivation. In a result of that, in spite such a large population are in the agriculture industry, it only produces one-fourth of the GDP.

One major caused of deforestation is that most of the Haitian depend on wood and charcoal as the primary fuel source. While there was very few regulations on cutting trees, the amount of trees decline drastically.

Deforestation also lower the capacity of protection when storm and hurricane comes

Debt Relief for Haiti: Savings for the Future

A saving debt system supported by IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the world bank. It will then allow Haiti to save 50 million a year to spend on health, education and property.

Haitian Voodoo

A documentary of voodoo ceremony. It doesn't make too much sense to me, but at least it shows how they are concern and deal with spiritual issues.