Tuesday, January 26, 2010

REAP THE BENIFITS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

Here are some very interesting data for your comparison.


As always, Haiti is in the news for all the wrong reasons.


One island is shared by two different countries put juxtapose.


The eastern side is occupied by Dominican Republic and the western side by Haiti .


I have put Sri Lankan Data too there in the chart below for our easy comparison only.


Do you know why the Dominican Republic is doing well when Haiti the next door neighbour is doing so badly?


The Dominican Republic has a relatively good governance.


No

Country

GDP (Nominal)

USD Millions

Per Capita Income

(USD)

Population

(Millions)

Land Area

(square miles)

01

Sri Lanka

40,000

1900

20

25,000

02

Dominican Republic

45,000

4900

10

18,000

03

Haiti

6,900

800

10

10,000


I hope you got the message.

Sasanka De Silva blogging from Oman.

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