Haiti: Technical Assistance Report—Governance Diagnostic Report
Technical Assistance Reports, April 9, 2025
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- Published: April 9, 2025
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229007801.019
Overview
- Prepared by IMF staff at the request of the Haitian authorities.
- Date of publication: April 9, 2025.
- Pages: 67.
- Series: Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/039.
- Issue: 039.
- Volume: 2025.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229007801.019
- Stock No: TAREA2025039.
- ISBN: 9798229007801.
- ISSN: 3005-4575.
Core findings: nature and severity of corruption; governance context
- The Governance Diagnostic (GD) Report discusses the nature and severity of corruption in Haiti.
- Corruption is analyzed in relation to Haiti’s fragility.
- Endemic violence is identified as a factor that has undermined the legitimacy of state institutions.
- The GD highlights governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities in:
- fiscal governance; and
- financial sector oversight.
- The report emphasizes the impact of corruption on:
- anti-corruption frameworks;
- anti-money laundering frameworks; and
- the rule of law, especially judicial integrity.
Analytical approach
- Informed by political economy analysis.
- Focuses on how governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities interact with institutional fragility and violence.
Policy recommendations and reform measures
- The GD Report proposes a set of time-bound reform measures aimed at:
- strengthening economic governance;
- strengthening the rule of law; and
- reducing corruption vulnerabilities.
- Recommendations target improvements across:
- anti-corruption frameworks;
- anti-money laundering frameworks; and
- fiscal governance and financial sector oversight mechanisms.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Corruption, Crime, Customs administration core functions, Expenditure, Revenue administration, Tax administration core functions.
- Keywords: anti-corruption., authorities of Haiti, Caribbean, corruption, Customs administration core functions, FCS strategy, Global, governance, Governance Diagnostic, Governance Diagnostic report, governance weakness, Haiti, IMF, legal department, Tax administration core functions.
International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept., International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept., and International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "Haiti: Technical Assistance Report-Governance Diagnostic Report", Technical Assistance Reports 2025, 039 (2025), DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229007801.019.
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