Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

One thing that you see all over the internet is the cost of doing business in Haiti.  From the purchase of food in some areas, to the cost of attractions (mainly at Labadae), to the cost of hotels. Selling things extremely high, just because you might get someone to pay higher, isn't a good strategy.  Keep in mind that people will vote with their money.  I have experienced this with buying honeybees.  The cost of what a Haitian beekeeper was selling the bees, I could have bought two hives in the US.  Just because someone can pay more, doesn't meant THEY will.  The function of the co-op is to cut out the price gouging, as it also impacts other peer Haitians as well.  High hotel costs, even as the luxury ones, doesn't help anyone either.  Keep in mind most resorts in the Dominican Republic are better known and cheaper than many of the hotels that are considered luxury. This isn't an attack on Haiti, or Haitians.  This is saying that the me...

As I have been told and even expereienced, the cost of doing business in Haiti is too high.  This can be said when doing business with the private and public sector.  I will focus on the private sector. Given that Haiti is one of the poorest places in the world, and given that it is the poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere, the cost of doing business is very expensive.  I live in Seattle, WA where the average house price is $500,000 US.  The average apartment (1bdrm) is about $1,400 to $1,800 and we are talking a very small space of 480 to 650 sq ft.  With that said Seattle also has many billionaires who call it home.  It is the world headquarters of Expedia, Costco, Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon, and Warehauser, to name a few.  Also the worlds richest man, Bill Gates call Puget Sound home. So it is understandable that America's fastest city is expensive to live and do business.  Haiti on the other hand is also very pricy to do business....