Haiti, the country HLD serves:
Sharing the Island of Hispanola with the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Haiti occupies 27,700 square kilometers of land on the western part of the Island.

Haiti became independent in 1804, thus making it the first Independent Black Republic in the Western Hemisphere. Thirty years ago, Haiti was a major exporter to the international market.

Today, Haiti imports the most basic food products. Thus, this creates a system of dependency that further impoverished the country.

Its 9 million people are the poorest in Western Hemisphere. Their per capita in come is less than US $400-one tenth the average Latin American countries.