Haiti, a nation of approximately 10.7 million people located in the western Caribbean,1 is a low-income country, with 59% of its population living below the poverty line (less than $2.41 per day), and 24% living in conditions of extreme poverty (less than $1.23 per day).2 Haiti has a history of political instability and natural disasters, and remains the country with the highest rate of poverty in the Americas.2
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