IMF Staff Country Reports

Haiti: Selected Issues

Publication Date:

February 11, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues paper on Haiti examines the observed reduction in outstanding real bank credit to the private sector. It examines the evolution of credit and real GDP growth and uses demand and supply indicators to characterize the reduction in credit allocation to the private sector. The paper also provides an overview of the taxation system for the major petroleum products under the present fixed pricing policy and a hypothetical implementation of the 1995 law introducing a flexible pricing mechanism.

Series:

Country Report No. 2002/018

Subject:

Balance of payments Bank credit Current account Current account deficits Money Oil prices Prices Remittances