Canada Five-Year Strategy for Haiti Development

Canada's five-year strategy program will cover five priority areas of infrastructure development in Haiti:

Economy and Investment

• Make credit and alternative financing programs more available

• Stimulate the business environment

• Develop agriculture, mining, tourism, and manufacturing sectors

Government

• Assist the electoral process

• Help reform tax collection and customs

• Support women's political involvement and youth programs

• Make Haitian government more transparent and encourage capacity-building to stimulate the economy

Judicial, Law Enforcement, Security/Stability

• Energize the Haitian National Police

• Overhaul and render more efficient judicial and prison infrastructure

• Strengthen stability of government

• Modernize civil and criminal institutions

• Streamline tax and commercial codes

Health and Welfare of Women and Children

• Reform maternal, neo-natal, and child health

• Reduce child trafficking with strong legislative measures

• Make more available free and compulsory education for girls

Bi-lateral Accountability

• Sign agreements between Canada and Haiti recommitting to transparent and productive cooperation between them

• Implement mutual requirements

Canada wants more leadership participation to effect structural change and achieve sustainability. The Canada-Haiti partnership intends to collaborate with primary donors to establish priority projects and initiatives to deal with these concerns.

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