(2015-06) Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2015/84)

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) • 2015 • 16 pages

Summary — ECOSOC advisory group report five years after the earthquake, covering preparations for the 2015 elections and their $30 million funding gap, the cholera fight, deportations from the Dominican Republic and the MINUSTAH drawdown.

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Key Findings

Elections were scheduled for 9 August, 25 October and 27 December 2015 at an estimated cost of $74.02 million, with donor contributions of $37.28 million plus $6.72 million committed, leaving a gap of about $30 million. Cholera cases declined 90 per cent to fewer than 30,000 in 2014 from over 350,000 at the 2011 peak, but funding shortages closed 91 of 250 treatment centres, and the elimination plan required an estimated $2.2 billion. Internally displaced people fell from 1.5 million to 64,680 as at 31 March 2015. Growth slowed from 4.3 per cent in 2013 to 2.8 per cent in 2014, and tourism arrivals rose 21.12 per cent to 362,980 in January-September 2014, contributing $202,858,800 to the economy.

Full Description

The eleventh report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti follows visits to Washington, D.C. and Haiti in April and May 2015. Five years after the earthquake, the Group observed continued recovery progress but flagged persistent challenges: long-overdue elections finally scheduled for August, October and December 2015, with an electoral budget of $74.02 million and a funding gap of about $30 million; the risk of large-scale deportations of Haitians from the Dominican Republic; the remaining 64,680 internally displaced people in camps; and a weak judiciary with severe prison overcrowding. Cholera cases had fallen 90 per cent from their 2011 peak, but funding shortfalls had closed 91 of 250 treatment centres. Economic growth slowed from 4.3 per cent in 2013 to 2.8 per cent in 2014, while tourism arrivals rose 21 per cent. The report reviews the MINUSTAH military drawdown, the revised United Nations Integrated Strategic Framework, the $401 million transitional appeal, and donor programmes, and recommends stronger public financial management, land registration reform and sustained donor engagement.

Topics

Geography

Time Coverage

2014 — 2015

Keywords

E/2015/84, ECOSOC, Ad Hoc Advisory Group, 2015 elections, electoral funding gap, cholera elimination, deportations, internally displaced persons, MINUSTAH drawdown, land registration, tourism, rule of law, series:ecosoc-adhoc-haiti

Entities

Economic and Social Council; Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti; MINUSTAH; Michel Martelly; Evans Paul; Wilson Laleau; Sandra Honoré; Peter de Clercq; International Monetary Fund; World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; Organization of American States; UNDP; International Organization for Migration; Haiti Reconstruction Fund; Superior Council of the Judiciary; Haitian National Police

Notes

UN document E/2015/84 via ReliefWeb; ayitistats wave B; ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group report series (full, per user)