In March 2016, Haiti Priorise held its second sector expert roundtable to discuss the best solutions to boost Haiti’s economy and create jobs.

1. Economic
Drivers
Research Ideas
Port-au-Prince
March 2016

2. Working with 30-50 economists including Nobel Laureates, 100+ sector experts,
government, donor organizations, civil society, development agencies, businesses,
youth, across rural and urban areas to identify, analyze and prioritize interventions
that will deliver greater benefit per gourde spent, helping move Haiti towards a
more prosperous long term future.

3. Copenhagen Consensus
Center organized roundtable
discussions with an aim to
figure out smarter solutions to
the most problematic issues
facing Haiti.
These roundtables are
one of several sources
for research ideas.

4. Research Ideas

5. Legal Framework;
(1 of 1)
• Develop a law on insurance.
• Develop a law on market competitiveness.
• Develop a law on consumer protection.
• Develop a legal framework for political stability.

6. Governance;
(1 of 4)
• Develop a policy on the informal sector.
• Inclusion of the arts and crafts industry in the PSDH
(Haiti Strategic Development Plan).
• Link jobs to environmental projects.
• Assess the financial and human resources needs for
each key sector.
• Develop a policy on the inclusion of women in the
markets.
• Assess the technological offerings of Haiti and its
competitors.
• Invest in local production capacity.

7. Governance;
(2 of 4)
• Invest in energy sovereignty.
• Develop a coherent strategy for national development:
• Change the assumptions and priorities of the macroeconomic
model
• Link the PSDH to the budget
• Tax reform
• Create a M&E mechanism.
• Develop a M&E mechanism for projects / programs
which includes performance indicators.
• Policy on land rights adapted to the Haitian reality.
• Strengthen the capacity of the Haitian government to
regulate the sector.

8. Governance;
(3 of 4)
• Develop a policy on women’s access to credit.
• Develop policy to ensure the stability of public
institutions.
• Align donors’ investments to the government's
priorities.
• Redirect public policies to be less extroverted and focus
more on local production and needs.
• Invest in the development of the private sector.
• Establish a Permanent Electoral Council.
• Free and universal childcare.
• Public investment for poverty reduction.

9. Governance;
(4 of 4)
• Mechanisms, including tax benefits and incentives, for
the informal sector to transition to the formal economy.
• Invest in strengthening the government’s capacity and
infrastructure simultaneously.

10. Agriculture;
(1 of 2)
• Strengthen the honey value chain.
• Prioritize agriculture and invest in irrigation canals in
agricultural production areas.
• Establish an agricultural bank and finance agricultural
inputs.
• Incentives and other socio-economic benefits for young
people to boost the development of agricultural sector.
• Intervene directly in agricultural markets and increase
compensation for farmers.
• Increase taxes/tariffs to protect local products and
increase the price of imported goods.

11. Agriculture;
(2 of 2)
• Improving transport infrastructure to reduce crop
losses.
• Forming cooperatives to organize the actors in each
sector.
• Develop and make more competitive the tourism sector
by lowering prices, as it was demonstrated in Haiti that
job creation in the tourism sector has a very beneficial
effect on job creation in the agricultural sector.

12. Trade;
(1 of 1)
• Create an investment fund to have a source of non-
bank financing.
• Strengthen value chains by improving quality assurance
measures i.e. ensuring product homogeneity.
• Establish commercial districts that are well equipped
and provide tax incentives.
• Create an electronic platform to enable cooperatives in
each area to sell their products on the international
market.

13. Employment;
(1 of 1)
• Develop an employment policy, including public
investment needed.
• Add an additional school year for professional training
and civil service.
• Vocational training for young people based on supply
and demand from the private sector.

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