Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2017/77)
- Hurricane Matthew caused an estimated $1.9 billion in damage and loss, about 23 percent of GDP, hitting agriculture hardest, while GDP grew only an estimated 1.4 percent in fiscal 2016 and the gourde depreciated an average 19.5 percent.
- World Bank estimates put 59 percent of the population below the national poverty line of $2.42 per day, with chronic malnutrition affecting roughly half the population, illiteracy at 51.3 percent among those over 15, and only 45 percent of children aged 12 to 23 months fully vaccinated.
- Only an estimated 38 percent of Haitians have electricity, 25 percent have adequate sanitation, and just 15 percent of the 3,500 km road system is in decent condition.
- The February 2017 electoral transition was seen as a window of opportunity, and the MINUSTAH to MINUJUSTH transition plan was under preparation.
The thirteenth report of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti draws on visits to Washington, D.C. in March 2017 and to Haiti in May 2017, where members met the newly installed President, Prime Minister and Cabinet after the completion of the electoral process in February 2017. The report reviews an economy in which GDP grew an estimated 1.4 percent in fiscal 2016, Hurricane Matthew caused an estimated $1.9 billion in damage and loss, about 23 percent of GDP, and the gourde depreciated 19.5 percent during 2016. Social indicators remained weak: 59 percent of the population below the national poverty line, some of the worst health indicators in the world, a highly inefficient education sector and only 38 percent of Haitians with electricity. The report describes the new Government's reform agenda, including the Caravane du changement agricultural campaign, the transition from MINUSTAH to the rule of law focused MINUJUSTH, the medium-term cholera elimination plan budgeted at $180 million, and recommendations on aid coordination and national ownership.
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United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2017/77), https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/report-ad-hoc-advisory-group-haiti-e201777