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2009-04-06
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  1. “We look to the 14 April conference for donors to invest in Haiti and pave the way for potential investors to do the same.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  2. “To close the financing gap for the current fiscal year, authorities out $75 million from the investment budget and will resort to $50 million in bridge financing from the central bank. Thus, authorities are urgently seeking $125 million in budget support. Finally, the conference will aim to reach an agreement on a new cooperation paradigm. The renewed partnership is based on mutual accountability. Haitian authorities will commit to reforms to strengthen governance and enhance the business environment. Donors are invited to support those reforms, which seek to ensure greater sustainability and effectiveness, while moving to align their programmes with the Government's priorities and channel resources through the budget. As the Secretary General noted in a recent opinion column in The New York Times, this is Haiti's moment.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  3. “The priority projects will help Haiti to restore pre-hurricane levels of social service provision. Road and electricity investments are meant to leverage productive activities. It is the Government's hope that donors will either pledge new funds or realign existing resources towards the financing of these priority projects. Public works projects, however, are not the only source of job creation. Authorities also target private investment to take advantage of the unprecedented market access to the United States. More specifically, the conference will seek pledges for budget support. Despite the 2008 external shocks, Haitian authorities managed to maintain economic stability and stay on track on the commitments under the International Monetary Fund's programme, which is an essential condition for debt relief.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  4. “In response to 2008 shocks, our Governors doubled grant financing for Haiti to $100 million, reaffirming the institution's solidarity with its most vulnerable member country. The Collier report commissioned by the Secretary General has been a key input for the conference. It has focused attention on the opportunities for success in Haiti if there is coordinated and immediate action on a few priority sectors to implement a strategy that targets job creation. The conference will seek financing for reconstruction and economic recovery. The Government's priority projects cover investments in schools, hospitals and the water supply, along with measures that promote food security and safeguard the environment in preparation for the coming hurricane season.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  5. “The year 2008 turned out to be an exceptionally difficult year, even considering Haiti's turbulent history. Those events focused efforts on disaster relief. But now is the time to relaunch the Government's growth and poverty- reduction strategy. To ensure that the strategy promptly translates into improved welfare for the majority of Haitians, a renewed partnership with donors is required. That is the purpose of the conference to be held on 14 April at IDB headquarters. We are pleased to host that conference. The IDB is Haiti's main multilateral source of financing. IDB member countries will make the largest contribution when Haiti is granted debt relief later this year. Moreover, that will be financed from internal sources.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  6. “Ms. Currea: Haiti is the most vulnerable of the member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with the highest poverty rates and some of the most challenging indicators. Some 7.5 million Haitians lived below the poverty line even before the multiple crises of 2008. As a new Government came to power by democratic means in 2007, expectations rose and, for the first time in some time, per capita gross domestic product growth was positive. A measure of political, social and economic stability was achieved. Without a doubt, the work of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti contributed to that achievement. However, the 2008 food and oil price shocks provoked riots that led to the fall of one Government and pushed more Haitians into extreme poverty.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source