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I think Jesus would be in Haiti all the time.
This is a report from the World Bank
Haiti occupies the rocky western third
of the island of Hispaniola. It is one of the most densely populated
and poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. With a GDP per
capita of US$460 (1999), its economic and social indicators compare
unfavorably with those of many sub-Sahara African countries and are
far lower than the average for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Income distribution is highly skewed and poverty is widespread
(about 80 percent of the rural population lives below the poverty
line). Life expectancy is only 54 years, compared to a regional
average of 70. The total fertility rate is 4.8 compared with a
regional average of 2.8. Infant mortality is 71 per 1,000 live
births, more than twice the regional average. Malnutrition affects
about half of children under the age of five, and half of Haitian
adults are illiterate. And rising poverty in Haiti is directly
linked to long periods of economic stagnation (per capita GNP has
stagnated during the past four decades and actually fell at an
average annual rate of 5.2 percent between 1985 and 1995)
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