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20 DCTs are expected to allow the various local development actors to receive the appropriate technical training and guidance that would allow them to play a liaison role with respect to the National Observatory on Poverty and Social Exclusion (ONPES) and to be able to monitor, based on the key indicators established, trends in the poverty and social exclusion situation as well as the MDGs in the localities included in the DSNCRP's Three-Year Action Plan. Every institution or resource individual participating in this forum will do so as a member of a grassroots network that gathers information and assimilates practices that can help monitor DSNCRP priority actions, with coordination work being handled by the departmental office of the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation. 3. The Structure of the Paper 21 The paper contains six sections. The first provides an assessment of poverty and inequality using the most recent survey data available. The second outlines the vision of state and non-state actors as well as the challenges to be met by 2015. The third presents the policies and strategic sectoral areas of intervention which include the major work areas [Grands Chantiers] identified by the Haitian Government at the July 25, 2006 International Conference. These areas have been reorganized in such a way as to fall under three main pillars: growth vectors, human development, and governance. These three pillars are supported by twelve targeted or crosscutting thematic areas, namely: (i) gender equity; (ii) human rights; (iii) the environment; (iv) disaster and risk management; (v) combating HIV/AIDS; (vi) scientific and technological innovation; (vii) childhood poverty; (viii) youth employment; (ix) local border development; and (x) capacity-building. The fourth section pertains to the macroeconomic framework and stabilization and growth objectives. The fifth section covers the quantification, financing, and institutional framework for implementation and monitoring of the growth and poverty reduction strategy. 18
CHAPTER 1 The Scope of Poverty and Inequality 22 Haiti is mired in abject poverty which is driven by sharp inequalities. This is borne out by any method used to measure poverty – monetary, human, or even a subjective method. Income, Poverty, and Inequality 23 Available indicators for assessing monetary poverty were prepared on the basis of three surveys: the two Surveys on Household Consumption Budgets (ECBMs) conducted in 1986-1987 and 1999-2000 and the Survey on Living Conditions in Haiti (ECVH) conducted in 2001. At the moment, the Haitian population stands at over 9.6 million, 5 million of whom live in rural areas (4.96 million according to the IHSI 2003). Based on the findings of the ECVH, in 2001, 56 percent of the Haitian population (4.4 million of a total population of 8.1 million) lived below the extreme poverty line of US$1 PPP per person, per day. Approximately 7.6 of every 10 persons are considered poor and live on less than US$2 PPP per person, per day. Among the poorest population groups, 40 percent have access to a mere 5.9 percent of total income, a situation that points to a high concentration of the population in the low-income group, while the most affluent 20 percent controls 68 percent of this income. Consequently, 80 percent of the population controls a mere 32 percent of income. The middle class is therefore very small, particularly in light of the fact that 2 percent of the wealthiest segment controls 26 percent of total income. Table 1 Poverty and Extreme Poverty in Haiti Index by number of inhabitants Number of persons Extremely poor Poor Extremely poor Poor (less than US$1 PPP per day) (less than US$2 PPP per day) 56% 76% 4,450,000 6,200,000 Source: ECVH and EBCM 24 The decline in GDP over the past 20 years explains why the situation of wage earners has not changed much. This situation is offset by self-employment, which accounts for 43 percent of the income earned in rural areas. The income structure seems to be more diversified in the metropolitan area, with a breakdown of approximately 30 percent for each main source of income, namely self-employment, wage earners, and remittances. Although remittances account for only 19 percent of total income, their contribution to income inequality relative to other sources of income is over 50 percent. 25 The structure of household expenditure indicates that a much bigger portion goes toward food expenditure among the poor, as happens in any other poor economy. For the bottom quintile, this figure is 53.4 percent, while for the top quintile, it is only 9.8 percent. The same applies to educational expenditure, which accounts for 3.1 percent for the bottom quintile compared to 1.2 percent for the top quintile. The percentage of income spent on food is also much higher in rural areas (55.6 percent) compared to 32.8 percent in the metropolitan area and 41 percent in other cities. In general, health and education and leisure expenditure is low, accounting for 3.3 percent and 3.2 percent respectively of actual household consumption throughout the country. Education and leisure expenditure is lower in rural areas (2.7 compared to 3.7 percent elsewhere). 26 Income or consumption inequalities among regions (metropolitan area, other urban or rural areas) account for 17 percent of overall inequalities, while inequalities within these various areas account for 83 percent of inequalities. Inequalities among the socio-professional categories account for 6.38 percent of overall inequalities. Inequalities relative to age and gender play a much less significant role (1 percent in the case of age). 19
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