The Haitian Fiscal Paradox: When Over-Taxation Leads to Collapse

How the Haitian State collects only 5.2% of its GDP in revenue despite having some of the highest tax rates in the world

Minister Fils Métellus Calls for Turning Northern Haiti Into an Economic Powerhouse

Present in the North-East Department on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chinourette port terminal in the commune of Terrier-Rouge this past weekend, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Alfred Fils Métellus, reaffirmed his determination to make the Greater North an essential economic hub for national recovery.

Cap-Haïtien hosts the first consultations for the 2025–2030 Economic Recovery Plan

The government, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, launched in Cap-Haïtien the first consultations for the 2025–2030 Recovery and Development Plan. While the initiative is appealing for its participatory approach and the stated support of international donors, local actors remain cautious: they are demanding concrete actions and fear that these workshops will amount to nothing more than a communications exercise.

Construction Launched for Chinourette Port Terminal in Terrier-Rouge

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Haitian Economist Jameson Duperval Honored as Global Leader in Financial Inclusion

The economics professor at the State University of Haiti, Jameson Duperval, also a doctoral student at Paris Dauphine-PSL University, has just been named financial inclusion leader for Haiti by two internationally recognized institutions: the Fletcher School and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI).

Invisible Hemorrhage: 400 to 900 Million in Human Capital Destroyed by Gangs in 2024

An Application of Human Capital Valuation Methods to the Haitian Context. The exercise of translating human tragedy into economic terms sometimes reveals truths that emotion alone could never convey with the same force. This attempt to apply human capital valuation methods to the 5,600 deaths recorded in Haiti in 2024 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights suggests a range of $400 to $900 million in lost productive wealth—the equivalent of 20 to 45% of the national budget. The breadth of this range reflects the considerable uncertainties that surround such an exercise.

Bahamas Bars Entry to Haitians Seeking U.S. Immigrant Visas

As the United States has just designated Nassau as the processing post for Haitian immigrant visa applications by selecting the U.

Haiti’s GDP Expected to Grow by 0.3% in 2025-2026

A weak economic growth rate of around 0.

Cap-Haïtien Faces Triple Threat: Unsanitary Conditions, Chaotic Urbanization, and Seismic Risk

Cap-Haïtien is facing growing demographic pressure linked to national insecurity, the influx of internally displaced persons estimated at over one million, and a steadily increasing production of waste. Invited to the third Finance Summit in the Greater North, organized by Group Croissance, agronomist Joanas Gué presented a troubling overview while proposing possible solutions.

Haitian Criminal Economy: An Analysis Through the Laffer Curve

A Documented Fiscal Collapse

The figures are relentless.

Annual Inflation Estimated at 29.6% in July 2025

The particularly difficult conditions in the flow of products on the market for goods and services continued, among other factors, to influence the trajectory of prices during the month of July 2025, observed the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI), which reported a new increase in inflation both on a monthly and annual basis.

Haitian Customs Modernization: Revisiting the 2015 Initiative

As the modernization of Haitian customs once again comes to the forefront of current events, it is useful to recall that this idea is not new.