(2014-10) Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2014/95)

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) • 2014 • 17 pages

Summary — ECOSOC advisory group report noting Haiti's 4.3 per cent growth in 2013 and social gains beyond post-earthquake recovery, while warning that delayed elections and possible donor disengagement threaten development momentum.

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Key Findings

Haiti entered a new development phase with 4.3 per cent growth in 2013 and inflation down from 6.5 to 4.5 per cent, while extreme poverty fell from 31 to 24 per cent since 2000 and school enrolment reached 88 per cent. Maternal mortality was estimated at 157 per 100,000 live births and fertility fell from 6.3 children per woman in 1987 to 3.5 in 2012. Inequality nonetheless rose, with a Gini coefficient of 0.66 in 2012 against 0.61 in 2001, official unemployment at 27 per cent, 44.9 per cent of workers living on under $1.25 per day, and close to 90,000 displaced people still in camps. The Haitian National Police numbered about 11,000 officers, under 19 per cent women, against a 15,000 target for 2016, and the Group urged holding the elections foreseen under the El Rancho accord.

Full Description

The tenth report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, based on an April 2014 visit to Washington, D.C. and a May 2014 visit to Haiti, welcomes real economic and social progress that goes well beyond post-earthquake recovery. Growth reached 4.3 per cent in 2013, inflation fell from 6.5 to 4.5 per cent, extreme poverty dropped from 31 to 24 per cent since 2000, school enrolment rose to 88 per cent, and infant mortality declined 44 per cent since 1990. The Group nonetheless warns that development gains remain fragile: income inequality rose, with a Gini coefficient of 0.66 in 2012, two thirds of the workforce is unemployed or underemployed, and close to 90,000 displaced people remain in camps. It stresses that long-delayed senatorial, municipal and local elections must proceed under the El Rancho accord to preserve donor confidence, reviews the transition planning of MINUSTAH and the case for a Delivering as One approach, and calls for governance reforms and simplified donor procedures to improve aid effectiveness.

Topics

Geography

Time Coverage

2013 — 2014

Keywords

E/2014/95, ECOSOC, Ad Hoc Advisory Group, El Rancho accord, delayed elections, donor engagement, MINUSTAH consolidation, Delivering as One, aid effectiveness, poverty reduction, Millennium Development Goals, Petrocaribe, series:ecosoc-adhoc-haiti

Entities

Economic and Social Council; Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti; Michel Martelly; Laurent Lamothe; Duly Brutus; Dieuseul Simon Desras; MINUSTAH; World Bank; International Monetary Fund; Inter-American Development Bank; Organization of American States; UNFPA; UNOPS; International Organization for Migration; UNDP; Haitian National Police; IHSI; G12+

Notes

UN document E/2014/95 (French version) via ReliefWeb; ayitistats wave B; ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group report series (full, per user)