Implementation Completion Report - Haiti Employment Generation Project
- The project created 475,700 person-months of employment.
- Infrastructure rehabilitation targets were largely met or exceeded.
- Institutional development component fell short of long-term goals.
- Sustainability of infrastructure works is uncertain due to lack of maintenance mechanisms.
- Strong government support and effective UCG management were key to success.
The Implementation Completion Report (ICR) assesses the Haiti Employment Generation Project (EGP), funded by a World Bank credit. The project aimed to alleviate poverty by creating short-term employment, rehabilitating deteriorated infrastructure, and strengthening local organizations. It focused on labor-intensive projects in areas like road rehabilitation, irrigation, soil conservation, and waste management. The EGP successfully created approximately 475,700 person-months of employment, exceeding most physical targets for infrastructure rehabilitation. However, the project's institutional development component, intended to establish a long-term strategy for poverty alleviation and a national contract management entity, was less successful due to a lack of sustained government support and dispersed actions.
How to cite
World Bank, 1997, Implementation Completion Report - Haiti Employment Generation Project, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/wb-1997-implementation-completion-report