Cross-Border Trade and Corruption along the Haiti-Dominican Republic Border
Summary: A CSIS Americas Program study of how trade actually works at the fourteen markets along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, and of the informal charges levied on it.
Key Findings
- Covers the fourteen border markets where tens of thousands of people trade, a flow largely absent from customs records.
- Treats corruption as a trade cost rather than as a separate governance topic.
- Directs its recommendations at both governments, the private sector and donors, organized around border development, combatting corruption and facilitating formal trade.
Full Description
A CSIS Americas Program study of how trade actually works at the fourteen markets along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, and of the informal charges levied on it. Border trade is one of the largest parts of Haiti's external commerce and among the least documented, because most of it does not pass through customs records.
How to cite
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2019, Cross-Border Trade and Corruption along the Haiti-Dominican Republic Border, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/csis-2019-cross-border-trade-corruption-haiti-dr