Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti’s Nation-Building Difficulties
Haiti is poised for nation-building
But serious obstacles remain
Political discords
Social divisions
Economic rivalries
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Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti’s Multi-Dimensional Problems
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Economic ProblemsPoverty, unemployment & lack of industries
Social & Cultural ProblemsIlliteracy, health problems & housing shortage
Spatial ProblemsUrban primacy, squatting, environmental degradation
Political ProblemsLack of public participation, lack of development management, & outdated judicial system
Regional Irrelevancy & Global PeripheralizationUnprepared for integration with CARICOM, no vision for a role or place globally
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Haiti’s Strategic Obstacles
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Lack of political will and commitment
Lack of a vision and a development plan
Lack of coordinating administration
Lack of effective fundraising instruments
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Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Must Develop, Haiti Can Develop
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For its own national interest For the interest of the black world
Underutilized capabilitiesPopular demand for developmentStrategic geo-economic positionA lash artistic cultureCommercially attractive geographyHistorical occasionsNew window of opportunity
Haiti Must Develop
Haiti Can Develop
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Haiti’s Development Vision
Current Practices Are Obsolete
Dominance of quick-fix mindsetLack of strategic thinking and vision
Dominance of disjointed approachLack of interdisciplinary planning
Dominance of ad hoc development managementLack of systematic institution building
Current practices suffer from conceptual, methodological and institutional shortcomings
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
As a development tool, NSDP can offer Haiti:
An appropriate vision and development planA more responsive development administrationAn effective set of fundraising instruments
But NSDP can not offer Haiti the political will and
commitment required for changeThat must come from political leadership
No nation has ever developed without these four ingredients
Korea and Taiwan included
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Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP is People-CenteredViews development as basic needs of people
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Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP is a Management Tool
Helps leaders see the futureAllows for strategic thinking
Today 1-5 Years 6-10 Years
11-15 Years 16-20 Years
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
NSDP is a comprehensive approach to development planning
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Macro-Economics
Agriculture & Food
Industry & Mining
Services & Trade
Tourism
Energy
Infrastructure & Construction
Communication
Population
Education
Health
Housing
Culture & Recreation
National Identity
Environment & Natural Resources
Regional
Urban
Rural & Community
Public Administration
Civil Organizations
External Affairs
Internal Affairs
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Nat
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Brings space and sectors together, identifying problem producers and receivers
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP is an evaluation toolFormulates solutions, compares with current practices, and recommends a course of action
ISSUE
Existing Approach
Modify theCourse
Change theCourse
Stay theCourse
CONCEPTUALIZATION COMPARISON RECOMMENDATIONS
Method
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Concept
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Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP offers a balancing mechanismHelps distinguish among economic, social, spatial and political dimensions of development
Harmony &Justice
Growth &Competitiveness
Territorial Specialization
GoalMaximization ofNational Interest
& Effective Management
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Social Strategies
EconomicStrategies
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Socio-Economic
Equity
Efficiency &Productivity
Optimizationof Space
ObjectiveLegal Order,
Institutional Building& International
Integration
Social Policies
EconomicPolicies
SpatialPolicies
PoliticalPolicies
Policy
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP offers a development model
InstitutionalFramework
MethodologicalFramework
Goal / StrategyFormulation
ENTRY POINT
ConceptualFramework
Stages &Tasks
Models & Techniques
Issue Identification &
Prioritization
Objective / PolicyFormulation
CausalAnalysis
Planning / Policy-Making
Units
Strategy-making /Coordination
Units
Haiti’s Medium-Term & Operational Plans
Haiti’s 2000 Development
Scenarios & Vision
Global & Regional Forces
Principles,Trends & Needs
Capabilities &Constraint
Brings together disparate determinants of development into coherent institutional, methodological and conceptual frameworks to produce vision and plans
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP offers a technique for scenario building
GlobalDevelopmentPerspective
Caribbean DevelopmentPerspective
National Capabilities &
Constraints
NationalTrends & Patterns
of Development
NationalNeeds & Demands
NationalValues &Principles
Scenariosfor
Haiti’sRole &Place in the
World &Caribbean
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Social & Cultural Development
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It allows planners and policy makers to draw alternative paths to development, incorporatingnational, regional and global opportunities andconstraintsNSDP builds scenarios by placing the economic sector as the center of development
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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Global Integration Regional Integration National Isolation
Role & Placein the World
• Export promotion• Free trade policy/privatization• Reliance on world markets• Joint foreign investments• Multi-sectoral development (comparative & competitive)• Technological alliances
EconomicDevelopmentFramework
• Selective trade policy• Reliance on regional markets• Regional economic cooperation• Targeted sectoral development• Regional infrastructure• Mixed-sectoral development (comparative & competitive)
• Import substitution• Economic protectionism• Strategic self-sufficiency • Reliance on domestic market • Local resource dependency• Mono-sectoral development (comparative advantage)
• Globalism • Modernization • Mass culture
Tradition &Modernity
• Nationalism• Localism • Traditionalism
• Regionalism• Nationalism• Culturalism
• Government as coordinator• Decentralization• Private Sector as leader
State &People
• Government as controller• Centralization • Private Sector as follower
• Government as leader• Controlled decentralization• Private Sector as actor
Alternative Paths of National Development
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP offers a stage-wises planning system PROJECT PREPARATION AND SCENARIO BUILDING PREPARATION OF LONG-TERM NSDP
PREPARATION OF SHORT-TERM OPERATIONAL PLANPREPARATION OF MEDIOUM-TERM NSDP
VISION BUILDING
OfficeSet Up
DevelopingData & Info.
Systems
OrganizingFunding Board Fund Raising
ConductingRapidSurvey
Organizing Decision-Making& Coordinating Units &
Planning Teams
ProducingBase Maps
Producing Maps of Spatial Structure of Economic, Social & Cultural and
Political Activities
EvaluatingNational
Values& Principles
AnalyzingNationalIdentityIssues
Data & Information Collection
EvaluatingWorld’s
Development
IdentifyingNational
DevelopmentTrends
IdentifyingNational Needs
Identifying National
Capabilities &Constraints
FormulatingDevelopment
Scenarios
EvaluatingCaribbean’sDevelopment
PrioritizingNeeds
IdentifyingUrgent Projects
IdentifyingDevelopment
Goals
FormulatingLong-Term Strategies
Estimating Needed
Resources
ConductingEvaluation& MakingRevisions
ProducingLong-Term
NSDP
DevelopingEducationalPrograms
Evaluating Existing Programs & Policies
FormulatingQuantitative& Qualitative
Objectives
FormulatingMed-Term
Social & CultStrategies
FormulatingMed-Term
Social & CultPolicies
FormulatingMed-TermEconomicStrategies
FormulatingMed-TermEconomic
Policies
FormulatingMed-Term
SpatialStrategies
FormulatingMed-Term
SpatialPolicies
FormulatingMed-Term
PoliticalStrategies
FormulatingMed-Term
PoliticalPolicies
ProducingMed-Term
NSDP
ConductingEvaluation& MakingRevisions
FormulatingLegal &
RegulatoryRequirements
Identifying Medium-Term Development Capabilities & Constraints
Formulating Resource Mobilization
Strategies
EstimatingNeeded
Resources
IdentifyingShort-TermCapabilities
& Constraints
FormulatingShort-TermObjectives
Identifying Short-Term Policies / Programs / Projects
ProducingFirst-Year
Plan
FormulatingImplemen-
tationPolicies
EvaluatingNational &RegionalRole &
Functionof PAP
EvaluatingCapabilities &
Constraints
EvaluatingTrends &
Patterns ofDevelopment
EvaluatingRegional &Local Needs& Resources
FormulatingQuantitative& Qualitative
Objectives
Setting UpZoning &
DesignCriteria
Formulating Development Strategies
Formulating Implementation
Strategies
ConductingEvaluation& MakingRevisions
Identifying & PrioritizingPrograms / Projects
Identifying First-Year
Plan & Budget
ProducingStrategic
Plan of PAP
Public Relations & Marketing of NSDP
OrganizingNSDP Board
Formulating the Role of Haiti
in the World & Caribbean
Identifying AvailableResources & Unused
CapacitiesEstimating AvailableResources(Actual &Potential)
Projecting &Evaluating
FutureDevelopment
FormulatingLegal &
RegulatoryPolicies
Projecting &Evaluating
FutureDevelopment
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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STAGE I STAGE II STAGE III STAGE IV
• Development offices/
institutions
• Human resource pool
for planning
• Development data bank
system• Haiti Development
Web Site
• Report on Haiti’s place
in the world
• Report on Haiti’s
development trends
• Report on Haiti’s
potentials & constraints
• Report on Haiti’s
development scenarios
• Report on urgent
projects & policies
• Document of the
selected scenario• Conceptual framework
of NSDP• Report on long-term
development strategies• Long-term NSDP • Educational programs
and curriculum • Educational materials
and conferences
• Report on medium-term • development goals & strategies• Medium-term NSDP • NSDP supplementary documents• Strategic Plan of Port-au-Prince
• One-year Operational Plans • One-year operational budget reports• Strategic plans of designated sectors & territories
Development Scenarios Development Vision Medium-Term Plans Operational Plans
NSDP produces a set of relevant outputs at each stage of the planning process
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP is an institution-builder
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Strategy and PolicyPlanning Team
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Caspian AssociatesCoordinator
Haiti Coordinator
Public Relations Team
Strategy and PolicyPlanning Team(Foreign Sector)
Implementation Teams
Specialized Advisory Boards
Planning Teams
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Haiti Needs NSDP
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NSDP incorporates a mechanism of implementationCaspian Associates
CoordinatorHaiti Coordinator
Public Relations Team
Implementation Teams
Housing Planning
Team
EducationPlanning
Team
HealthPlanning
Team
PopulationPlanning
Team
Culture & Recreation
Planning Team
National IdentityRecognition
Planning Team
SOCIAL & CULTURAL
Urban Planning& Design
Team
Environment &Natural Resources
Planning Team
RegionalPlanning Team
Port-au-PrincePlanning
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SPATIAL
Rural & Community
Planning Team
CommunicationPlanning
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Macro-EconomicsPlanning
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Industry & Mining
Planning Team
Agriculture & Food
Planning Team
Service & TradePlanning
Team
TourismPlanning
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Energy Planning
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Infrastructure & Construction
Planning Team
ECONOMIC
PublicAdministration Planning Team
Internal AffairsPlanning
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POLITICAL
CivilOrganizations Planning Team
External AffairsPlanning
Team
InformationSystems
Team
Designated Projects Planning Teams
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Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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AffordabilityIs a recognized international planning toolIncorporates feasibility analyses Is scientifically evaluatable and thus attractive to
donors
SustainabilityInsures implementationHelps transfer planning experience and expertiseOffers training to local planning participants
NSDP offers:
Haiti’s Development Vision
Haiti Needs NSDP
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A new window of opportunity is now open to the Haitian people
Let us hope that four years from now our beloved Haiti will be in the right path toward future prosperity
Haitian leaders have a responsibility to ensure that the political commitment will be forthcoming
Political commitment is key to building upon this opportunity