Cap-Haïtien’s Urban Development Struggles Between Ambitions, Delays, and Lack of Structural Vision

The Cap-Haïtien urban development project financed by the World Bank, estimated at 56 million U.

Cap-Haïtien’s Urban Development Struggles Between Ambitions, Delays, and Lack of Structural Vision

Une vue aérienne de Cap-Haïtien
Photo : Pierre Chauvet

The Cap-Haïtien urban development project financed by the World Bank, estimated at 56 million U.S. dollars, was supposed to represent a major step in the modernization of the country’s second-largest city. Yet, six years after its approval in March 2020, results remain limited and criticism continues to grow regarding implementation capacity, territorial governance, and the absence of a truly integrated urban vision.

Invited on Panel Magik on May 20, 2026, engineer Frantz Verella, former Minister of Public Works

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