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Haiti - Economy : Nesmy Manigat and Kesner Pharel for the elimination of the fuel subsidy 26/07/2019 10:06:50 The two men said Haiti needed deep structural reform that would increase tax revenues to balance public finances and cover the basic needs of the less favored sectors of society, stressing, "It is almost impossible to cover basic needs of the population and invest in infrastructure with a small budget like the one we have." By way of comparison, Nesmy Manigat indicates that Haiti's annual budget was three times lower than that allocated to the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Education alone, but that the public deficit in Haiti could be offset if fuel prices were adjusted at the pump and clear investment funds and to strengthen other public services including education [Note HL : This also assumes that the Government stops paying more than $ 200 million in subsidies to the State-owned company Haiti Electricity (EDH) to partially offset its annual deficit https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27152-haiti-flash-towards-the-end-of-subsidies-to-edh.html ] recalling that in the neighboring Republic "a system of adjustment of weekly fuel prices has been adopted, which makes it possible to offset part of the public deficit of this country." Economist Kesner Pharel added that in Haiti, it was necessary to adopt urgent economic stabilization measures as part of an expanded mechanism agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27497-icihaiti-economy-postponement-of-the-deadline-of-the-imf-s-$229m-loan.html underlining that the socio-political crisis had generated an economic crisis in the country "It is impossible to govern Haiti with so few resources. Political instability does not help us." https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27869-haiti-economy-the-government-is-no-longer-able-to-pay-its-debts-to-oil-companies.html The two men deplore that since 2011, Haiti could not exceed 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) while the World Bank indicates in its latest report "Global Economic Prospects" published last June, https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-28067-icihaiti-economy-the-world-bank-sends-a-very-bad-signal-for-the-economy-of-haiti.html that the growth of the Haitian economy could have risen to as little as 0.4% in 2019. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28291-haiti-economy-customs-revenue-down.html https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-28067-icihaiti-economy-the-world-bank-sends-a-very-bad-signal-for-the-economy-of-haiti.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28029-haiti-flash-the-government-could-not-pay-its-civil-servants-in-may.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28015-haiti-flash-economic-growth-collapses-all-indicators-are-in-the-red.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27869-haiti-economy-the-government-is-no-longer-able-to-pay-its-debts-to-oil-companies.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27779-haiti-flash-imports-of-petroleum-products-new-endangered-in-the-country.html https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27497-icihaiti-economy-postponement-of-the-deadline-of-the-imf-s-$229m-loan.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27152-haiti-flash-towards-the-end-of-subsidies-to-edh.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24941-haiti-fuels-the-imf-suggests-a-much-more-gradual-approach-to-remove-subsidies.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24881-haiti-flash-the-price-of-gas-explodes-at-the-pump.html SL/ HaitiLibre
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