Haiti passes policy measures to allay inflation, food insecurity

Haiti Ministers Dismissed
FILE – Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry speaks during a ceremony in memory of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2022. Henry has dismissed Haiti’s justice minister, interior minister and its government commissioner in a fresh round of political upheaval, according to documents that The Associated Press obtained on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Haiti, along with the governments of Mexico, Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic, has passed policy measures worth an average of 1.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in order to bring relief in the face of growing food insecurity and historic levels of inflation.

The Washington, D.C.-based financial institution said on Wednesday that over 62 million people in these countries experienced food insecurity following the pandemic.