France wanted revenge for Haiti's independence and to send a message to its other colonies. So, Haiti had to pay huge amounts of money to France until 1947. In order to fund this, they began harvesting wood at an unsustainable pace which led to deforestation. This in turn led to a decrease in agricultural output which started a cascade of other problems.
It has been essential for the development of almost every country in a similar situation, to initially rely heavily on agriculture. If you remove that, then that's a recipe for disaster.
There wasn't knowledge/investment in the country to jump to an industrial economy so they got stuck in their developmental phase, because of the massive deforestation.
It has been essential for the development of almost every country in a similar situation, to initially rely heavily on agriculture. If you remove that, then that's a recipe for disaster.
There wasn't knowledge/investment in the country to jump to an industrial economy so they got stuck in their developmental phase, because of the massive deforestation.