Why governance matters for natural resources

by | Oct 6, 2010


Guess what this is? Answer after the jump.

Yup, it’s the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti, sans effective state – and, as you see, also sans forests – is on the left.

H/t Geoff Dabelko at New Security Beat.

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