Economy

Haitian consumers faced a punishing 20 percent annual inflation rate by September 2019, a figure that economists said understated the

International Monetary Fund economists conducting their annual review of Haiti’s economy in September 2019 painted a picture of deep structural

Goat farming is one of the most widespread agricultural activities in rural Haiti, providing both food and income for tens

The International Monetary Fund confirmed in late 2019 that Haiti’s economy had contracted by an estimated 1.2 percent in fiscal

Haiti’s agricultural sector, already struggling with the effects of drought and climate variability, faced additional blows in 2019 as the

As Haiti’s lockdown entered its second month in August 2019, economists and business leaders painted an increasingly dire picture of

Construction activity across Haiti ground to a near halt in 2019 as the combination of cement shortages, currency depreciation, supply

Haiti’s private sector associations issued increasingly urgent appeals in July 2019 for a resolution to the country’s political crisis, warning

Despite the political and economic turmoil of 2019, Haiti’s small but determined technology startup community continued to build companies, train

Farmers in Haiti’s Artibonite Valley, the country’s most important agricultural region and the source of much of its domestically produced