 Haiti's economic stagnation results from earlier inappropriate economic policies, political instability, a shortage of good arable land, environmental deterioration, continued use of traditional technologies, under-capitalization and lack of public investment in human resources, migration of large portions of the skilled population, and a weak national savings rate.Haiti continues to suffer the consequences of the 1991 coup.The irresponsible economic and financial policies of "de facto" authorities greatly accelerated Haiti's economic decline.