In Haiti, transfers are increasing but the economy is not growing

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View over Gonaïves, in the north of Haiti, 150 km from Port-au-Prince.

Photo dated May 7, 2016 (illustrative image).

© HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP

By: Juliette Pietraszewski

2 min

A paradox to which we return with Franz Duval, the editor-in-chief of Le

.

He returns to statistics not yet definitive concerning the shipments of the diaspora to Haiti in 2021. A new record would be broken since the first indications speak of more than 30% increase from one year to another, and nearly four billion dollars transferred to Haiti.

Except that growth does not follow, its announced rate is -1.8%. 

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Franz Duval also looks back on Prime Minister Ariel Henry's visit to Gonaïves.

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