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Haiti: The Negative Impact Of Globalization In Haiti

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Globalization is when the markets of different countries merge into an international level and as a result become borderless. Globalization allows rich and poor countries to have access to goods and services not available locally or produced domestically. Countries around the globe can have access to other markets; they can trade all kind of goods, raw materials and can be introduced to services that are new or nonexistent to their territory. My country Haiti being part of the undeveloped countries is very exposed to globalization and international trends. Located in the Caribbean, Haiti tends to get influenced by the trends of the countries such as USA, Canada Republic Dominican, China and others. According to Economywatch (2010) more than 75% of Haiti’s goods, raw foods (rice, beans and vegetable oils) for consummation, machinery, fuel and transport equipment are imported. The United States being the number one country from which Haiti’s importation and trades come from then follows Dominican Republic and China. From a political view we can note that globalization had had a negative impact as …show more content…

Communications and technologies sectors and business have grown and expanded giving the population the possibility to choose and purchase tablets, phones and laptops at affordable prices all around the globe. The population has learned about e-commerce and online business and this is all due to the impact of globalization. Socially, globalization had a positive impact on Haiti population. The population is more aware and more open to the new trends. They are informed on what is happening in the world and they are learning everything about business competitiveness, innovations that are happening in different sectors such as scientific, technology and

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