(2026) Report on the Implementation of Public Finance Reform from October 2025 to March 2026
Summary — This semestrial report evaluates the progress of public finance reforms in Haiti from October 2025 to March 2026, focusing on six key sectors. Despite significant international cooperation and numerous initiatives, the overall results remain mixed due to persistent budgetary constraints, insecurity, and procedural delays. The report highlights efforts in resource mobilization, statistical modernization, and budget reform.
Key Findings
- Mixed results in public finance reform despite increased initiatives from PReGeFiP, Expertise France, and STREAMS.
- Delays in operationalizing key reforms like budget-program and climate/gender budget tagging due to procedural, contextual, and political constraints.
- Significant progress in preparing for the implementation of the General Tax Code and modernizing tax information systems (RMS) with Expertise France's support.
- Challenges in inter-system connectivity and effective online payment functionality hindering customs clearance time reduction.
- Ongoing efforts by the State to recruit public accountants and optimize online payment, despite budgetary austerity and security concerns.
Full Description
This report from the Commission for Public Finance and Economic Governance Reform (CRFP-GE) provides a semestrial assessment of Haiti's public finance reform initiatives from October 2025 to March 2026. It evaluates the extent to which the objectives of the Priority Action Plan (PAP) 2024/2026 and specific international cooperation programs have been met across six reform sectors. The document acknowledges a context of severe budgetary constraints, persistent instability, and widespread insecurity affecting public management capacities since 2018/19, particularly in the Ouest, Artibonite, Centre, and Sud-Est departments.
Despite these challenges, the report details numerous initiatives supported by partners such as PReGeFiP, Expertise France, STREAMS, the IMF, and UNODC, focusing on internal resource mobilization, statistical modernization, budget and planning reform, treasury and public accounting management, budgetary control, transparency, anti-corruption efforts, and state information systems. While some progress has been made, particularly in preparing for tax code implementation and modernizing tax systems, many activities face delays in operationalization due to procedural, institutional, and political hurdles. The report emphasizes the need for accelerated implementation, effective operationalization of reforms, and enhanced synergy among stakeholders to achieve tangible and measurable results.