Why the discrepancy between the Dominican Republican & Haiti

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

Hope springs eternal.

[Siam_Sam]

@RickJay

As to the question, this is just one of those things that doesn’t have a single answer; the success or failure of a country is an inherently complex question. Why is Canada richer than Russia? Why is India a democracy and Pakistan isn’t? Why is Thailand a decent place to live and “Myanmar” (Burma) went to hell?

But in all of those examples, no two are stuck together on a single island like a pair of Siamese twins. That’s what makes the contrast between Haiti and the Dominican republic stand out so much.