Haiti is on the Failed State List

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Haiti is ranked #14 in the top 20 failed state list, looking at how a failed state is defined here are Haiti's weakest points:

#1 and #2 Reasons for Haiti being in the top 20 failes state list are the following:

Reason #1

I-12 - Intervention of Other States or External Political Actors

Haiti Grades 9.6 out of 10 (1 is good, 10 is bad)

Definition:

- Military or Para-military engagement in the internal affairs of the state at risk by outside armies, states, identity groups or entities that affect the internal balance of power or resolution of the conflict

- Intervention by donors, especially if there is a tendency towards over-dependence on foreign aid or peacekeeping missions

Reason #3

I-7 - Criminalization and/or Delegitimization of the State

Haiti Grades 9.0 out of 10 (1 is good, 10 is bad)

Definition:

- Massive and endemic corruption or profiteering by ruling elites

- Resistance of ruling elites to transparency, accountability and political representation

- Widespread loss of popular confidence in state institutions and processes, e.g., widely boycotted or contested elections, mass public demonstrations, sustained civil disobedience, inability of the state to collect taxes, resistance to military conscription, rise of armed insurgencies

- Growth of crime syndicates linked to ruling elites

Here is the Map of the list of Failed States

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For full details as to why Haiti is a Failed state visit the link below

fundforpeace.org/web/index.php?opt...

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Prevalhaiti.com, December 29 2008, 6:21 AM

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