Argentina (the highest ranked HDI county) and Haiti (the lowest ranked HDI country) is selected to discuss its political, cultural, economic and historical traits. Furthermore the development pattern of these country are explained in the context of dependency and modernization theory.

1. ARGENTINA AND HAITI
By
Iffrah Akhtar
Hareem Syed

2. DEVELOPMENT TREND OF ARGENTINA; 2000-
2010

3. BACKGROUND
 Internal conflicts after independence from Spanish
colonial era.
 No stable government and persistent amount of
inflation.
 1800s a period of boom.
 1920s economic transformation
 1950s an era of tensions.

4.  1990s President Carlos Menem’s neo liberal
economic policies .
 GDP growth rate accelerated.
 Employment opportunities started to grow.
 In December 2001, the economy fell out of hand.
 Argentina went through five presidents
 In 2003 the chaotic situation turned in Argentina’s
favor.

5. ECONOMIC HISTORY OF HAITI

6. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
 Officially Argentina is known as Republic of
Argentina.
 The total area of 1,068,302 sq miles.
 Neighbors Bolivia and Paraguay to the North, Chile
to the West and Brazil and Uruguay to the
northeast.
 Four topographical regions: Andean Region,
Patagonia, glacial regions, Pampas.

8. HAITI’S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

9. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
 Population of 42 352 023.
 Ethnic make up of the country is 97% white who are
mostly Spanish and Italian, mestizo, Amerindian or
other non white groups of around 3%.
 Official language is Spanish.
 Argentina experienced an increased in life
expectancy, the literacy rate increased,
environment sustainable.

10. HAITI’S CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

11. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
 Argentina was first explored by Juan Diaz de Solis
in 1516.
 There exists Representative, Republican and
Federal, divided into executive, legislative and
judicial powers.
 Leaders

12. JUSTO JOSÉ DE URQUIZA

13. HIPOLITO YRIGOYEN

14. Carlos Saúl Menem

15. JUAN DOMINGO PERÓN

16. NESTOR KIRCHNER

17.  The allies of Argentina include Venezuela, Chile,
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Germany, United States, Italy,
Cuba, Paraguay, Spain and Russia.
 Enemy of Argentina is United Kingdom.
 Falkland War.
 Falkland War on April 2 1982.

18. HAITI’S POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

19. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
 Argentina is considered to be one of the largest
economies of Latin America.
 Argentina’s currency is Argentine Peso.
 Chief trading partners of Argentina are Brazil, the
United States, China and Chile and is a member of
Mercosur.

20. THREE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS ACCELERATING THE PACE
PROGRESS FOR ARGENTINA
1.Natural resources
2.Service Sector
3. Free Market Reforms

21. HAITI’S ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

22. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
 Difference:
1. HDI ranking.
2. Agriculture sector.
3. Foreign trade.

23. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
 Similarities:
1. Geography
2. History
3. Economy
4. Culture

24. MODERNIZATION THEORY
 Application on Argentina.
 Application on Haiti.

25. DEPENDENCY THEORY
o Application on Haiti
o Application on Argentina