Rapid Crisis Impact Assessment for Haiti - Revised Investment Plan / Summer 2025
Summary — This revised investment plan for Haiti adjusts the original RCIA to current worsened security conditions, identifying $644 million in implementable interventions for 2026-2027. The plan prioritizes critical interventions to safeguard government institutions and preserve human capital despite ongoing gang violence.
Key Findings
- Security conditions have deteriorated significantly since June 2024, with fatalities increasing tenfold from 269 in 2018 to 2,566 in 2024.
- Gang violence has expanded beyond Port-au-Prince to Artibonite and other regions, with fatalities outside Port-au-Prince multiplying twentyfold from 26 to 630 between 2021-2024.
- Over 1.2 million people (more than 1 in 10 Haitians) are internally displaced as of June 2025.
- The Multinational Security Support Mission has not made significant advances against gangs due to funding and logistical limitations.
- Toussaint Louverture International Airport remains closed, severely constraining project implementation and monitoring capabilities.
Full Description
The Rapid Crisis Impact Assessment for Haiti presents a revised investment plan responding to significantly deteriorated security conditions since the original plan's development in 2024. Despite hopes following the Multinational Security Support Mission deployment and April 2024 Political Agreement, security has worsened with gang violence intensifying throughout Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and expanding to other regions including Artibonite.
The revision identifies $644 million in implementable interventions across 107 programs within four priority axes for 2026-2027, with a funding gap of $364 million. The plan assumes continued closure of Toussaint Louverture International Airport until end of 2026 and maintenance of current gang-controlled territories, significantly constraining implementation capabilities.
Violence has escalated dramatically with fatalities increasing from 269 in 2018 to 2,566 in 2024 according to ACLED data, while UN estimates over 5,600 deaths in 2024 alone. Gang expansion has consolidated control over ports, coastlines, and agricultural areas, severely limiting economic activities and exacerbating food insecurity. Over 1.2 million people are internally displaced as of June 2025.
The revised plan prioritizes interventions critical for safeguarding essential government institutions and preserving human capital needed for recovery, while acknowledging the need for flexible and adaptive implementation approaches given the challenging security environment.