Search Results for: Haiti

BY KEITN NUTHALL

RUSSIA is so corrupt, it is regarded as having more graft than earthquake-shattered Haiti, the 2010 corruption perceptions index of Transparency International has declared. It placed Russia at 154th out of 178 countries in its corruption rankings, level with failed narco-state Guinea-Bissau and worse than Haiti (146th) and Pakistan (143th).…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD, KARRYN MILLER, GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE, KEITH NUTHALL

FOR niche spirits, obscure can be good – and so products made in countries not renowned for their spirits production can gather export market cache. Latin America and the Caribbean are regions where effort by buyers can pay dividends.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

DEFINING a niche drink is an arbitrary matter and what may pass as niche today may well be considered mainstream tomorrow. Flavoured vodka, for instance, had a relatively specialised following in Europe until a few years ago – now it is classified as an official spirit drink under European Union (EU) regulations.…

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TURKEY

This was the year when Turkey really came into its own. With a well-established and successful clothing and textile industry, supping Europe, Russia and the Middle East, its industry this year laid claim to becoming a fashion centre. August’s Istanbul Fashion Week caught a lot of global attention with 21 catwalk shows, an audience of 40,000, and more than 500 overseas guests.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ON January 12, Haitian accountant Kenny Laforest, 32, was having a normal day in Port-au-Prince. He had just started driving home having left his office when the earthquake that devastated his country struck. Speaking to Accountancy Age from the Haitian capital, he recalled: "I had just finished working.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MAJOR emerging markets Brazil and India have told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) they are fulfilling commitments to open their markets duty-free to the 49 poorest countries worldwide (called ‘least developed countries’ of LDC) mostly sub-Saharan African, Asian and Pacific islands.…

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE

WHEN an earthquake of a magnitude of seven on the Richter scale struck Haiti in January, it destroyed most of this 9 million population Caribbean country’s infrastructure, including ports and airports. Many businesses have suffered, including the tobacco sector, with many retail outlets ruined, especially in the capital Port-au-Prince whose central business district was shattered by the quake.…

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE

The property market of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince was decimated by the earthquake and has yet to even start recovering. Its entire central district can no longer really be called a business centre. Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive has estimated that 30,000 businesses have been lost in Haiti, with Port-au-Price suffering the brunt of the quake.…

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE, EMMA JACKSON and ALAN OSBORN

THE DOORS of Little Europe and other high-end boutiques in Haiti’s ravaged capital city have not experienced much traffic since an earthquake with the magnitude of seven on the Richter scale struck in January.…

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE

WHEN an earthquake of a magnitude of seven on the Richter scale struck Haiti in January, it transformed the poorest county in the Western Hemisphere to its largest construction site.

As the country’s leaders unveiled a US$14 billion reconstruction plan for the battered country, international excavation and construction companies, including some from Great Britain have lined up for contracts to rebuild the hundreds of commercial and residential properties that were destroyed.…