Implementation Completion Report - Haiti Employment Generation Project
Summary — This report summarizes the implementation and completion of the Haiti Employment Generation Project (EGP), which aimed to create short-term employment for the poor, rehabilitate infrastructure, and strengthen local organizations. The project largely met its job creation goals and improved infrastructure, but fell short on long-term institutional development.
Key Findings
- The project created 475,700 person-months of employment.
- Infrastructure rehabilitation targets were largely met or exceeded.
- Institutional development component fell short of long-term goals.
- Sustainability of infrastructure works is uncertain due to lack of maintenance mechanisms.
- Strong government support and effective UCG management were key to success.
Full Description
The Implementation Completion Report (ICR) assesses the Haiti Employment Generation Project (EGP), funded by a World Bank credit. The project aimed to alleviate poverty by creating short-term employment, rehabilitating deteriorated infrastructure, and strengthening local organizations. It focused on labor-intensive projects in areas like road rehabilitation, irrigation, soil conservation, and waste management. The EGP successfully created approximately 475,700 person-months of employment, exceeding most physical targets for infrastructure rehabilitation. However, the project's institutional development component, intended to establish a long-term strategy for poverty alleviation and a national contract management entity, was less successful due to a lack of sustained government support and dispersed actions.