This report appraises past and current plans and policies to improve the provision of public services in Haiti and, drawing on this appraisal, provides recommendations on how those plans and policies might be improved. The report focuses on setting priorities and suggesting how programs and initiatives might be refocused so as to provide palpable improvements in the provision of public services in Haiti over the course of the next few years.

This fact sheet provides short summaries of the six principles to ensure gender equality in disaster relief: Think big. Get the facts. Work with grassroots women. Resist stereotypes. Take a human rights approach. Respect and develop the capacities of women.

The Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti indicates the requirements to be fulfilled so that the earthquake, devastating as it was, turns into a window of opportunity. The plan is based on a joint effort of reflection and consultation.

In order to respond to a catastrophe of this scale, this assessment has been designed to go further than traditional post-disaster assessments. The objective has been to lay the foundations for a fresh start in the country’s development efforts, as well as to reconstruct the damaged areas and contribute to a longterm national strategic development plan, in order to begin rebuilding Haiti.

Le 12 janvier 2010, 35 secondes ont suffi pour déclencher une catastrophe humanitaire sans précédent à Haïti. Plus de 200 000 personnes y auraient trouvé la mort, environ 300 000 personnes ont été blessées et 1.9 million déplacées.

A moins de trois (3) mois de la catastrophe de 12 Janvier, le Gouvernement de la République, appuyé par les partenaires de la Communauté Internationale et d'une base très large de représentants de la Société Civile et des Organisations Non Gouvernementales (ONG), a élaboré et présenté à la Nation le Plan d'Action pour le Relèvement et le Développement du Pays.

The OECD is proposing Service Delivery Guidance to assist Haitian authorities and the donor community in the recovery and reconstruction of the urban and rural areas of Haiti. The Guidance is intended to support decision-makers and practitioners make informed, fast and efficient choices about outsourcing and contracting basic services for the people of Haiti. The Guidance sets out guiding principles and recommendations for Haitian and international non-state service providers (NSPs) so that speedy action compromises neither the sustainability nor the legitimacy of the Haitian government.

This 4-pager provides recommendations for donors; creating successful partnerships, action plans for reconstruction and national development of Haiti as well as information regarding the health situation in Haiti.

This report contains recommendations highlighting the issues of the transition from recovery to reconstruction, the need for strengthened Haitian capacity and the requirement for effective, transparent funding mechanisms.

This reports starts by setting out the economic fundamentals for Haiti: it argues that Haiti has far more favourable fundamentals that the ‘fragile states’ with which it is conventionally grouped. Section 3 of the report suggests why these favourable fundamentals are not currently being adequately realized: what is missing is a practical and focused economic strategy that clearly specifies the actions needed by all the actors that collectively determine whether Haiti will achieve economic security. Section 4, which is the core of the Report, outlines such a strategy.

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