Rural Development in Haiti : Challenges and Opportunities

The objective of this report is to examine the linkages between rural economic activity, food insecurity and poverty in Haiti as a means of determining the barriers to rural development. The analysis draws on a newly available set of house-hold lev...

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Main Authors:	Coello, Barbara, Oseni, Gbemisola, Savrimootoo, Tanya, Weiss, Eli
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL VALUE AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURE ALLIANCES BANANAS BASIC SERVICES CANDY CASH CROPS CASSAVA CEREALS CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY LAND CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION QUINTILES COOKING COPING MECHANISMS CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP ROTATION DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DIETARY DIVERSITY DRINKING WATER EXTREME POVERTY FARM ACTIVITIES FARM ACTIVITY FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SECTOR FARM SIZE FARMER FARMERS FARMING ACTIVITIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD AID FOOD AID PROGRAMS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD QUALITY FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOOD SYSTEM FORESTRY ACTIVITIES FRUIT GAUGE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY HAZARD HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH LIVESTOCK HOUSING HUMAN HEALTH INCOME INCREASED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INSURANCE IRRIGATION LAND ACQUISITION LAND DEGRADATION LAND SIZE LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SPECIES LIVING STANDARDS MAIZE MALNUTRITION MANGO MANGOES MEAT NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NONFARM ENTERPRISES NONFARM INCOME NUTRITION OUTPUT MARKETS PEANUTS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PESTICIDE PESTICIDES PLANT HEALTH POOR POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY STATUS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE FARMS PUBLIC INVESTMENTS REMOTE AREAS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES RURAL ECONOMY RURAL ENTERPRISES RURAL FARM RURAL FEMALE RURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL LABOR RURAL MARKETS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL REGION RURAL ROADS SAFE WATER SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHEEP SOIL EROSION SUBSISTENCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TUBERS UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLES WAGE EARNERS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SOURCES YAMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/24318441/rural-development-haiti-challenges-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21809

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Summary:	The objective of this report is to examine the linkages between rural economic activity, food insecurity and poverty in Haiti as a means of determining the barriers to rural development. The analysis draws on a newly available set of house-hold level living standards measurement data collected in 2012 (ECVMAS). About 70.7 percent of all rural households are poor, and education levels are low with an average of 2.8 years of education for the household head. Agriculture dominates economic activity (78 percent of all households are involved in agricultural activities), although almost 25 percent of the agricultural households supplement their agricultural income by engaging also in some type of nonfarm activity. Overall nonfarm activity participation (including households that engage in agricultural activities and households that do not) is reported at 46 percent. Nonfarm activities can be related to agriculture upstream (input supply) or downstream (value-adding and processing), or they can be unrelated to the sector (retailing). This report identifies the main factors of production that correlate with increased productivity in the agricultural sector and examines the determinants of nonfarm participation, poverty and food security within rural Haiti. The information and analysis presented in this report point to two priority areas for rural development interventions in Haiti: (i) promoting diversification of livelihoods sources among rural households, and (ii) improving the performance of rural markets for inputs and outputs.

Rural Development in Haiti : Challenges and Opportunities

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