Haiti–Public Investment: Government Launches Revision of 2025-2026 Program Under the Banner of National Priorities

PORT-AU-PRINCE.— The Haitian government, through the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation, has taken a new step in reorienting its economic action with the launch, this Thursday, by Minister Sandra Paulémont, of two working days dedicated to the development of the revised Public Investment Program (PIP) for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

This initiative comes a few days after an evaluation session bringing together the Study and Programming Units (UEP) of all ministries. It aims to strengthen the coherence, quality, and especially the effectiveness of public investments, in a context marked by significant security and budgetary constraints.

According to a note from the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation, the objective is clear: to further embed state action in a logic of concrete results, by prioritizing structuring projects directly aligned with the major national priorities defined by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.

Three major axes have been reaffirmed as the compass for public action: the reestablishment of security, economic recovery, and the organization of elections. In this perspective, the UEP coordinators have been invited to demonstrate realism in the design of submitted projects, taking into account the actual implementation capacities of the public administration.

This PIP revision process comes at a time when the credibility of public action increasingly relies on its ability to produce tangible results. It also reflects a desire to rationalize investment choices, often criticized in the past for their dispersion or low impact.