Haiti Selected Issues - Growth, Public Expenditure, Monetary Policy, Public Sector Perimeter
- Haiti's real exchange rate is broadly aligned with fundamentals, but competitiveness is severely constrained by structural factors.
- Export diversification is important to reduce vulnerability to shocks.
- Strengthening property rights and the land tenure system is essential to unlock growth.
- The electricity sector is a bottleneck to growth, hampering investment and poverty reduction.
- Financial intermediation in Haiti is low and concentrated, requiring greater competition and regulatory improvements.
This Selected Issues paper on Haiti provides background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It delves into opportunities and challenges for growth, focusing on export diversification, property rights, and electricity sector reform. It also analyzes public expenditure trends, efficiency, and future demand for public education. Further sections cover monetary policy, financial intermediation, external buffers, competitiveness, and the public sector's fiscal target, providing a comprehensive overview of Haiti's economic landscape and policy priorities.
Selected issues in this volume:
• Opportunities and Challenges for Growth
• Public Expenditure in Haiti: Balancing Human Capital and Infrastructure Formation
• Monetary Policy and Financial Intermediation in Haiti
• External Buffers and Competitiveness to Absorb Shocks and Support Growth
• Haiti’s Public Sector: Explaining the ECF’s Fiscal Target
How to cite
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 2015, Haiti Selected Issues - Growth, Public Expenditure, Monetary Policy, Public Sector Perimeter, https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2015/cr15158.pdf