Informing Growth and Development Policymaking in Haiti for the Post COVID-19 Recovery Period Through Research Initiatives (IADB-HA-T1277)

Countries
  • Haiti
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
C
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Borrower
Govenment of Haiti
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Law and Government
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.10 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IADB website

Updated in EWS Jul 24, 2020

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Project Description
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The objective of this technical cooperation (TC) is to fund research initiatives that can better inform policymaking in Haiti, especially in the context of the economic crisis that will result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be achieved by financing a series of Call for Papers of the Fonds pour la Recherche et le Developpement (FRD) of the Central Bank of Haiti (BRH). The FRD is a recently launched initiative that will fund applied research in Haiti in public policy management, economics, and finance that will contribute to the development and implementation of national policies related to growth and sustainable development. This TC will finance FRD research in the following topics: i) agriculture, natural resources, and climate change; and ii) fintech. These topics were selected due to their relevance to the Haitian economy (in terms of contributions to the GDP) and their potential to boost growth following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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