Monday at the opening of the first ordinary session of the legislative year, after the speech of the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, on the balance sheet 2013 of his Government https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10294-haiti-politic-haiti-made-outstanding-progress-speech-of-the-prime-minister.html , the President Martelly has delivered before the Haitian Parliament in the presence of senior civil servants of the State and the Diplomatic Corps his speech on the State of the Nation.

Speech of President Martelly on the State of the Nation :

"[...] It is always an honor to be present before this Assembly to deliver, in accordance with the wishes of Article 151 of the Constitution [...]

Haiti is better, even if the battle must continue with much more ardor. And it is united that we will have to lead it to bring the necessary answers to the problems of the population.

In 2013, I stayed the course on constructive dialogue, building the rule of law, policies that relieve people of misery and ignorance, while ensuring that are executed projects that promote economic recovery, carrier of growth, employment and sustainable development.

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Significant progress has been made in many areas, including: infrastructure, renewable energy, education, tourism, health, private investment, governance, and the prospects for 2014 are reassuring to the extent that an agreement can be obtained quickly on a new budget.

Firstly, I am pleased that the efforts of the government and the Central Bank to maintain and strengthen macroeconomic stability are beginning to bear fruit. During the past year, the Haitian economy recorded a growth rate of 4.3% due to the good performance of the agricultural production, the dynamism of the construction sector, the increase in industrial production, in particular, of the subcontracting and revival of the tourism sector. This performance was favored by large public investments that have catalyzed private investment flows.

Monetary policy combined with the effects of the increase in agricultural supply, lower food prices on the international market and the stability of the exchange rate favored the slower pace of growth rate of inflation to reduce its rate YoY to 4.5% in September 2013 against 6.5% in September 2012. This good performance have yet been made ​​in a context where external donations have decreased by nearly 30% over the previous year.

The macro-economic outlook for the year 2013-2014, in particular the stability of prices and the exchange rate, therefore remains encouraging insofar forecasts internationally expect a recovery in the global economy and that the indices of the increase in domestic production are promising [...]"

Read the entire speech :

https://www.haitilibre.com/article-10296-haiti-politique-discours-du-president-martelly-sur-l-etat-de-la-nation.html (in french)

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10294-haiti-politic-haiti-made-outstanding-progress-speech-of-the-prime-minister.html

HL/ HaitiLibre