Haiti: Selected Issues
January 10, 2001
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This note reviews the effects of dollarization on the ability of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) to conduct monetary policy and the risks to macroeconomic stability and the banking system. Haiti's external indebtedness has been compared with that of countries eligible for debt relief under the Initiative for Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs). Haiti's accession to the Caribbean Common Market and the impact of trade liberalization measures on the strategic rice sector is discussed. The causes of poverty in Haiti are also analyzed.
Subject: Bank deposits, Dollarization, Education, External debt, Financial services, Health, Monetary policy
Keywords: Bank deposits, Caribbean, CR, debt service position, Dollarization, Eastern Europe, foreign currency, government, government of Haiti, Haiti, holdings of SDR, ISCR, loan disbursement, net enrollment, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, trade liberalization, Western Hemisphere
Pages:
115
Volume:
2001
DOI:
Issue:
004
Series:
Country Report No. 2001/004
Stock No:
1HTIEA0022001
ISBN:
9781451954654
ISSN:
1934-7685
