Haiti: Pathways to Responding to Recurrent Crises and Chronic Fragility
Date of Publication
1-1-2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Political Stability
Keywords
Poverty and equity, growth challenges and opportunities, sustainability
Description
Haiti's economic and social development continues to be hindered by political instability, corruption, and fragility. Haiti remains the poorest country in the Latin-American region and among the poorest countries in the world. The persistent legacy of political and economic elite capture, and the inability of the state to guarantee security and the rule of law, compounded by the absence of institutional mechanisms and policy fundamentals essential to inclusive development, have resulted in extreme welfare inequality and socio-economic exclusion of the vast majority of Haitian people, which is fueling grievances and cyclical unrest and violence.
Haiti: Pathways to Responding to Recurrent Crises and Chronic Fragility
Haiti's economic and social development continues to be hindered by political instability, corruption, and fragility. Haiti remains the poorest country in the Latin-American region and among the poorest countries in the world. The persistent legacy of political and economic elite capture, and the inability of the state to guarantee security and the rule of law, compounded by the absence of institutional mechanisms and policy fundamentals essential to inclusive development, have resulted in extreme welfare inequality and socio-economic exclusion of the vast majority of Haitian people, which is fueling grievances and cyclical unrest and violence.
