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Haitian Gourde

The currency of Haiti. It was introduced in 1872, replacing another currency that was also called the gourde. It was initially pegged to the French franc, but this was switched to the U.S. dollar in 1912 at a rate of five gourdes to one dollar. Since 1989, the gourde has been a floating currency. Interestingly, the peg is maintained in colloquial speech, in which people refer to five gourdes as a Haitian dollar. Often, prices are even given in Haitian dollars.

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Haitian Dollar HTG			Following months of street protests by students and, belatedly, workers from the garment-assembly sector in support of the legislature's original decision to raise the wage from 70 gourdes (US$1. HAITI: NEW GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY TO BRING CHANGE by NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs Seventy gourdes, that doesn't do anything for me," said Banel Jeune, a clothing factory worker taking part in the protest, referring to his current minimum-wage salary. Haiti protesters clash with police by Aljazeera.net The price has doubled since the hurricane, it's two gourdes (5 cents). Water a costly commodity in storm-ravaged Haiti by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Good Delivery and Settlement Procedures good faith Good Faith Deposit Good Faith Estimate Good Faith Money good funds Good Money Good Risk Good Through/Until Date Order good title Good Will good-faith estimate Good-This-Month Order good-till-canceled order Goods and Services Goods and Services Tax Goods in Process goodwill Google Gopik Gordon Brown Gordon Growth Model Gorilla Gosbank Gosplan gourdes Gouvernement de l'entreprise Governance corporative Government Accountability Office Government Accounting Office Government Accounting Standards Board Government Bond Government Bonds Issued at a Discount Government Broker Government Debt Government Depository Government Failure Government Grant Government Money Mutual Fund Government National Mortgage Association Government Obligations government patent Government Printing Office Government Purchases government rectangular survey system Government Securities Government Securities Clearing Corporation Government Security Government Sponsored Enterprise Government Sponsored Enterprises government survey method			Gouqizi Gour Goura Goura (genus) Gourad shading gourami gourami Gouramie Gouramie gouramis gouramis Gouramy Gouramy Gourard shading gouras Gouraud shading Gouraud-shaded gourd gourd gourd gourd gourd family gourd family Gourd tree gourd vine Gourd-like plant Gourd-like plant gourde gourde gourde gourdes gourdful gourdful gourdfuls gourdfuls Gourdiness Gourds Gourds Gourdworm Gourdy Gourgues, Dominique de Gourlay, Robert Fleming Gourma gourmand Gourmand Syndrome gourmandise gourmandised gourmandiser gourmandisers Gourmandises gourmandising gourmandism gourmandize gourmandized gourmandizer gourmandizers gourmandizes gourmandizing

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Haitian Gourde (redirected from gourdes)

Haitian Gourde
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