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Here is an example of the hard working Haitian at work. In this picture, two construction workers are involved in the building of a home following the 2010 earthquake

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This is the picture of the area in Haiti that will become part of economic engine of the country.

Ganthier is the target for the next Industrial Park in Haiti. This new industrial park will be located Outside of the Haitian Capital, Port-au-Prince and will be able to provide employment to many who are currently unemployed in the region

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Here is a picture of a street vandor in Haiti selling grilled peanut to the people. Grilled peanut in Haiti is something that you will see every morning where the vandors would offer it with yellow banana. Most people eat Grilled Peanut for breakfast

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President Joseph Michel Martelly participated in the Inauguration of the new marche in carrefour-Feuilles in Port-au-Prince.
Marche Savane Pistache is located in the center of Port-au-prince and has been built to deal with the ungoing problem of Jobs in Haiti.

March Savane Pistache will be able to house over three hundren Haitian merchants and provide services to close to 25,000 people in the area

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Here is a tablle of Haiti's economy. As it shows hereHaiti is projected to grow 6 percent in 2012, followed by 7.5 percent GDP growth in 2013. This is based on an Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012

Haiti was expected to grow at a faster rate, specifically arount 8 percent

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A new concept in creating jobs in Haiti. Since the 2010 earthquake, there is a project called Cash for Work that has been established to give something to the people affected by the earthquake something to do as well as to provide some financial support. Many of the projects involve the removal of earthquake rubbles. The Cash for Work Project has been focused on Haitian women as some of these projects are managed by women organizations in Haiti

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The Haitian president Michel Martelly is trying to lunch his new campaign "Haiti Means Business" in an attempt to get Haiti to move forward economically. He will be in Miami to June 25, 2011 to meet with the Haitian Diaspora whom he believes should be an integral part for the economic development of the country. Since his inauguration as the new President of Haiti, Michel Martelly has visited Miami on several occasions. However, this is the first time he will be in the city on an official capacity to promote his new economic campaign Haiti Means Business.

Michel Martelly will be meeting with the Consulate General of Haiti in Miami, the Former Miami Heat Great Tim Hardaway, Chazz Woodson, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime, Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness, North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre & the City Council.

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Haiti is considered to be a consuming society. Most of the products consumed in the country are imported and consequently cost the country a lot of resources. Some of the most frequently imported products by Haiti in 2008 include: Rice: $199.3 million, Wheat: $64.6 million, Pharmaceutical preparations: $40.3 million, Meat and poultry: $33.8 million and tther foods: $26.8 million

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According to WikiLeaks Haiti, Haitian business organizations and members of the country's elite used the Haitian police as their own private army after the 2004 coup D'Etat that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

This was based on secret US Embassy cable. It reported that Fritz Mevs told the Embassy that the president of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Reginald Boulos, had distributed arms to Haiti national police and had called on others to do so in order to provide cover to his own actions.

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Here is a picture of Michel Martelly and former president Rene preval at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration.

Haiti is officially inaugurating the Caracol Industrial Park with the expectation to become a job creator in the country

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