(2018-06) Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2018/75)
Summary — ECOSOC advisory group report on Haiti one year after the 2017 democratic transition, reviewing the Moïse government's seven national development priorities, the MINUJUSTH transition and continuing humanitarian and cholera challenges.
Key Findings
- One year after the 2017 democratic transition, the Group observed notable progress on peace and political stability, contingent on sustained political, administrative and judicial reform. Suspected cholera cases fell from 185,000 in 2010 to under 14,000 in 2017, with only 432 suspected cases in January 2018, while 1.32 million people remained in severe food insecurity and 37,667 earthquake-displaced people still lived in 26 camps. Deportations from the Dominican Republic reached 12,074 by January 2018 figures, a 245 per cent increase over the same period in 2017. GDP growth was 1.2 per cent in 2016 and projected at 1.8 per cent for 2018, while energy subsidies of about 3.5 per cent of GDP exceeded total social spending; IDB planned nearly $1 billion under its 2017-2021 strategy and the World Bank committed financing across health, education, water, agriculture and infrastructure.
Full Description
The fourteenth report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, based on visits to Washington, D.C. in March 2018 and to Haiti in May 2018, reviews the consolidation of political and institutional stability one year after the peaceful 2017 transition that brought President Jovenel Moïse to power. It presents the Government's seven national development priorities, from State reform and making Haiti an investment destination to agriculture, energy, road and port infrastructure, water and sanitation, education and social projects, aligned with the 2030 Agenda. The humanitarian section notes 1.32 million people in severe food insecurity, 37,667 people still displaced in 26 camps since the 2010 earthquake, and a marked decline in suspected cholera cases from 185,000 in 2010 to under 14,000 in 2017. The report reviews donor programmes of the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the IMF, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework for 2017-2021, and the MINUJUSTH withdrawal planning, concluding with recommendations on coordination, justice reform and national ownership.
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UN document E/2018/75 (French version) via ReliefWeb; ayitistats wave B; ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group report series (full, per user)