Haiti, earthquake, natural disaster, international aid, economic activity, Haitian government, political insecurity, economy, emergency humanitarian action, financial system, labor market
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake of January 12, 2010, which crushed Haiti, was a devastating calamity that further worsened the already deplorable productive pillars of the country. Hundreds of thousand deaths, 300 thousand injuries, and more than 1 million left homeless are the rough estimates that have been recorded with the calamity. This natural disaster has destroyed not only the houses and facilities but also the economic base and competencies people have utilized. A devastating earthquake, with an epicenter just 16 kilometers from the capital city of denoted population, caused the downfall of so many buildings. It broke utility services, hospitals, schools, transportation networks, production facilities, and other important economic infrastructure. Port-au-Prince metropolitan area lost whole neighborhoods as the strong temblor fell, 1.5 million people were sent to the streets, and all sectors' businesses were destroyed (Doukellis & Bourassa, 2021).
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[...] All these had a catastrophic effect on Haiti's industrial parks, manufacturing hubs as well as economic zones; leading to a drastic reduction in its previously minimal production base, and the overall business activity. Among Haiti's largest manufacturing job and export sources were the Ouanaminthe Park Industry and the Leogane Park Industry. However, those two industries were completely destroyed after the catastrophic quake that struck Haiti (Lines et al., 2022). Many clothing assembly factories that had been the foundation of Haiti's export business did not survive in addition to the merchandising centers, workshops and other capital that had previously been the major employers in the urban areas. The huge number of Haitian production facilities destroyed thus weakened the ability to recover the country's sparkling productive capacity. [...]
[...] Not possessing diversified economic systems, and having only consideration to bad infrastructure, weak domestic structures and zero social security systems, the economy lay weak and could not sustain any shock immediately before the earthquake (Kolpakov et al., 2024). The ineffable scale of destruction wrought by the earthquake did not mitigate but rather amplified the vulnerabilities that had been existing all to the economy. Even though most of the capital Port -Au-Prince, from which Haiti produces more than half of the total GDP, was destroyed, the rich economy, constituted of manufacturing, construction, services, and other industries concentrated on the epicenter area, have been heavily damaged. [...]
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