Staff Report prepared by a staff team of the IMF for the Executive Board’s consideration
on January 24, 2020. The staff report reflects discussions with the Haiti authorities in
November 2019 and is based on the information available as of December 20, 2019. It
focuses on Haiti near and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was
prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented
strains in global trade, commodity and financial markets. It, therefore, does not reflect
the implications of these developments and related policy priorities. The outbreak has
greatly amplified uncertainty and downside risks around the outlook. Staff is closely
monitoring the situation and will continue to work on assessing its impact and the
related policy response in Haiti and globally.