What If Haiti’s Stability Also Required a National Fiscal Pact Like in the Dominican Republic?

The budget gap between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is today one of the most revealing indicators of the economic challenges facing the country. With nearly comparable populations, the Dominican state mobilizes almost ten times the fiscal revenues of the Haitian state, currently having about 1,800 USD in public resources per citizen, compared with barely 170 USD for the Haitian state. This difference is not reflected only in numbers: it determines a country’s capacity to finance its security, schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and