re: #479 freetoken

How does a nation with very little in-country wealth and a shortage of natural resources handle the near instantaneous displacement of about 1/5 of their population, at a time when what little government infrastructure that existed has mostly been demolished?

Good question. In theory, Haiti will have to start with the basics— reforestation of the land, infrastructure and agricultural rebuilding, etc.

In practice? I don’t think anyone really knows how all of this will turn out. So many things have gone wrong in Haiti for so long that fixing them all will be a nightmare.