Quake crushes Haiti’s economic revival

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Fri, 01/15/2010 - 07:01

Decades of political upheaval that thwarted economic development in Haiti began giving way last year to a semblance of stability.<br /><br />But a push to promote jobs in industries like garment manufacturing was dealt a serious blow by this week's devastating earthquake.<br /><br />The earthquake that flattened Haiti’s capital and left thousands dead also crushed hopes that the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation was beginning to dig itself out of abject poverty.


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