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ii/ Guarantee reliable links between the small and medium-sized landlocked localities and
access to disadvantaged urban neighborhoods under satisfactory accessibility and security
conditions.
iii/ Broaden participation in the decision-making process to counteract the domination of
gangs and fill the void created by the absence of the State.
iv/ Oversight over the network, user information, disaster emergency plan, mapping of
sensitive zones.
91 Objective 2: Promote the sustainable, balanced, and equitable development of the country
i/ Take demand-side measures to spread demand better or its better distribution over space
and time..
ii/ Take supply-side measures through a balanced territorial development policy and through
the development of suitably adapted and integrated transport infrastructure networks,
prioritized on the basis of strategic planning.
iii/ Promote the development of regional potentials and enhancing the competitiveness of the
Haitian economy
iv/ Restore the balance of the national territory through the emergence of major regional
metropolises by guaranteeing the continuity of national territory by protecting existing
infrastructure and the environment.
v/ Promote of multimodal transport by developing a strategy that emphasizes integration
and complementarity so as to facilitate multimodal trade.
92 Objective 3: Promote Haiti’s integration into the Caribbean area and into international trade
i/ Develop Haiti’s international ports by improving the capacities of the other international
ports in the provinces and foster the emergence of safe and regulated sea traffic in the
Caribbean.
ii/. Develop the airport sector by strengthening the institutional capacities of the entities
responsible for air transport.
iii/ Develop the road network for improved regional integration with the Dominican
Republic for promoting tourism, and permitting the emergency of other poles of activity
with investments under way making it possible subsequently to take medium-term
requirements into account or needs in the longer term (the construction of crossing roads
interconnecting the main roads).
iv/ Attract foreign investors and international enterprises by granting port and airport
concessions.
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
93 On the technical level, stress should be placed on the proven potential of hydroelectric, wind,
solar, and even thermal energy. Such opportunities should be seized, and could well result in a
significant improvement in the overall situation. DSNCRP is addressing all these issues in a
comprehensive manner by laying out a modulated strategy focused on four types of objectives,
six basic options, and an investment program prepared on a consensual basis.
94 The objectives are:
• Move away from the existing management system by definitively abandoning no-bid
contracts, modifying the architecture of the EDH Board of Directors, and establishing a
Directorate of Urban Commercial Grids at the MTPTC to exercise oversight over
investment and regulatory decisions affecting this subsector.
• Introduce a balanced pricing system consistent with the investments made so that the
operator might receive adequate remuneration to: (a) have sufficient revenue to cover
operating, maintenance, and investment costs and the costs of enhancing quality and
service efficiency; and (b) contribute to the share of the social costs that the authorities
may decide to assume in order to benefit low-income users.
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