What has kept haiti from success? look at institutions, culture and geography as potential causes.

The main reason that Haiti is still a poor country is simply because of corruption. Due to the corruption rate being really high, the people have already adapted a culture of corruption. This can especially be seen in the rich as they try to hog most of their money. With regard to the institutions, the media is one of the main causes as well. Media distortion is very rampant in the country. You can say the media often fools the people. Another is their location has made them have a reputation of being a slave nation for many years. This reputation took quite a long time before it was reformed.