Country Partnership Framework for Haiti for the Period Fiscal Year 2025-2029
- Haiti is navigating a deepening crisis-fragility trap characterized by political crises, escalating gang violence, and successive natural disasters.
- Since 2021, Haiti has witnessed a significant surge in violence by armed gangs, with gangs now controlling all major transportation routes.
- A framework for crisis resolution emerged in Q2 2024 with the transitional presidential council, but uncertainty and risks remain high.
- The country exhibits resilience factors including vibrant civil society, active diaspora, and institutional resilience in key sectors.
- The CPF focuses on building resilience of the poor through strengthening economic governance and preserving human capital.
This Country Partnership Framework outlines the World Bank Group's strategic priorities for Haiti from fiscal year 2025 to 2029, under the theme 'Preserving Hope, Restoring Growth'. The document responds to Haiti's deepening crisis characterized by political instability, escalating gang violence, natural disasters, and economic deterioration that has worsened poverty and fragility.
The CPF emerges in the context of significant political changes following Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation in March 2024 and the establishment of a transitional presidential council. Despite the deployment of the UN-mandated Multinational Security Support Mission, Haiti continues to face severe challenges with gangs controlling major transportation routes and periods of quasi-isolation of Port-au-Prince.
The overarching goal is to build resilience by preserving essential institutions and human capital while laying the foundation for economic recovery. The framework focuses on a single high-level outcome: building the resilience of the poor through strengthening economic governance, creating job opportunities, maintaining institutional capacity for basic service delivery, preserving human capital, and strengthening resilience to natural disasters and man-made shocks.
The CPF employs selectivity and focus, utilizing lending, analytics, and partnerships with other development institutions to support Haiti's recovery efforts while managing the significant risks inherent in operating in a fragile and conflict-affected environment.
How to cite
World Bank, Country Partnership Framework for Haiti for the Period Fiscal Year 2025-2029, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/wb-2025-country-partnership-framework