## Haiti: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, June 24, 2015_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 24, 2015
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513541587.002

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### Overview
- This Selected Issues paper examines opportunities and challenges for growth in Haiti.
- Achieving a sustained increase in living standards in Haiti will require deep-seated reforms across a range of areas.
- Diversifying the export base is needed to cushion the impact of severe shocks that have reduced per capita income and prevented a sustained increase in the capital stock.
- Integration into global-value chains would allow Haiti to take advantage of its proximity to the U.S. market and favorable trade preferences to:
  - generate employment,
  - spur the creation of human capital, and
  - allow Haiti to begin climbing the value added chain.

### Key findings and analysis
- Severe shocks have reduced per capita income and prevented a sustained increase in the capital stock.
- Haiti’s proximity to the U.S. market and favorable trade preferences present an opportunity for integration into global-value chains.
- Diversification of the export base is identified as a priority to cushion the economy against shocks and support longer-term growth.

### Policy recommendations and implications
- Implement deep-seated reforms across a range of areas to achieve sustained increases in living standards.
- Pursue strategies to diversify the export base to reduce vulnerability to shocks.
- Promote integration into global-value chains to:
  - generate employment,
  - develop human capital, and
  - move up the value added chain.

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/haiti-selected-issues-43022_