Carl-Henri Prophète 🇭🇹

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@KayTiKal

Haiti, economic history & development, technology, random stuff. Born and raised in Cap-Haïtien. Currently wandering in Africa.

Brazzaville & Kinshasa kaytikal.substack.com Joined August 2009

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Carl-Henri Prophète 🇭🇹 @KayTiKal Apr 30

What if one framework could explain everything that happened to Haiti, from 19th century land reform, to 2010 earthquake, to why the currency is appreciating right in the middle of an existential crisis. Introducing my Totally Accurate Model of What Happened to Haiti. No less!

Carl-Henri Prophète 🇭🇹 @KayTiKal Oct 21

El Salvador economic results are pretty good but could be better. What's preventing it? kaytikal.substack.com/p/el-salvadors…

Carl-Henri Prophète 🇭🇹 @KayTiKal Sep 18

The latest World Bank report on Haiti. I wish it stressed some issues more like "premature tertiarization" in a low income country and how to address it. But still, required reading for anyone trying to understand the current crisis and what to do about it: documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

Carl-Henri Prophète 🇭🇹 @KayTiKal Jun 18

Why don't I have a clear mental image of Byzantine soldiers, while I have one (however inaccurate) for Roman legionaries, Greek hoplites, medieval knights, Zulu or Aztec warriors?
Were Middle Ages Byzantine troops more like late Romans or Europeans knights?

Carl-Henri Prophète 🇭🇹 @KayTiKal May 31

Why does the Dominican Republic buy iPhones like a rich country? h/t @LatamData