World Bank2012-06-222012-06-222005-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8814The overall objective of the present study is to contribute to the knowledge-base that is urgently required for the implementation of sustainable rural development activities in Haiti. The study concentrated on the following two objectives: update knowledge and produce a series of maps of regional physical socio-economic and institutional characteristics of the rural sector at a reasonable level of spatial disaggregation to improve targeting of future interventions; and test and build consensus around specific priority recommendations of the Interim Cooperation Framework with respect to the regional dimension of growth and poverty alleviation. The study follows a dual path of interest in both poverty alleviation as well as economic growth potential. It is widely recognized that in countries like Haiti with engrained and widespread inequality, it is often impossible to abate poverty through growth strategies exclusively. To be realistic, therefore, policy and investment responses to rural needs have to support households' intrinsic strategies for getting out of poverty.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO ASSETSADULT ILLITERACYADULT LITERACYAGRARIAN STRUCTUREAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUESAGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE PRODUCTIONALLIANCESARID AREASCHILD MORTALITYCROPSDAIRY PRODUCTSDEFORESTATIONDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONSDEVELOPMENT PLANSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDISEASESDIVERSIFICATIONECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSELEMENTARY EDUCATIONEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFAMILY SIZEFARM ACTIVITIESFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESFARM INCOMEFARM SIZEFARMERFARMER ASSOCIATIONSFARMERSFARMING ACTIVITIESFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILIZERSFOOD IMPORTSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD PRODUCTSFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGOVERNMENT POLICIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTHHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUNGERILLITERACYILLITERACY RATEIMPROVEMENT OF HEALTHINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME POVERTYINDICATORS FOR POVERTYINEQUALITYINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFRASTRUCTUREINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELACK OF CREDITLAND DEGRADATIONLAND DISTRIBUTIONLAND HOLDINGSLAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND SIZELARGE POPULATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESLIVE BIRTHSLIVELIHOOD STRATEGIESLIVING CONDITIONSMALARIAMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL HEALTHMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMOTHERMOUNTAINOUS TERRAINNATIONAL POLITICSNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNGOSNUMBER OF CHILDRENPILOT PROJECTSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL TURMOILPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONSPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION INCREASESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY STATUSPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTION SYSTEMSPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC SUPPORTREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTREMITTANCESRESPECTROADSRULE OF LAWRURALRURAL AREASRURAL ASSETSRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DWELLERSRURAL ECONOMYRURAL EXODUSRURAL FAMILYRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL INCOMESRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL INHABITANTSRURAL INSTITUTIONSRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL SECTORRURAL SERVICERURAL SERVICESRURAL TOWNSRURAL TRANSPORTSCHOOL ATTENDANCESECONDARY EDUCATIONSECURITY SITUATIONSEVERE STORMSSMALLHOLDERSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL MEASURESSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOIL EROSIONSUBSISTENCESUBSISTENCE FARMINGSUPPLY CHAINSSURVIVAL STRATEGIESSUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENTTARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRANSPORTATIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASWOODWorld Bank10.1596/8814