Haiti - The economy

W.H. 26-b RESTRICTED FiLE Copy This report is restricted to use within the Bank.I INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT THE ECONOMY OF HAITI August 5, 1954 Department of Operations Western Hemisphere  CURRENCY UNIT - GOURDE U.S. $1 Gs. 5 Gs. .1 * U. S. $0.20 Gs. limillion . U. S. $200,000  ThBLE O' COVTHPIS Page BASIC DATA SUlNDRY .i. I. THE COUmTRY AND TilE P-5XPLE 1 TI. ECONOMIC DEVELOFQPikET 2 III. AGRIITJL 7 PJRE 5 General 5 Subsistence Crop and Livestock 6 Coffee 7 Sisal 8 Sugar 9 Bananas and Other Crops 9 Prospects 10 IV. IiNTuS2RY 12 ,ining 12 Tourism 13 V. TEA,S?ORTATION 13 Ports 13 Railways 14 Roads 14 VI. . ONY AND B 'ANKING 15 General 15 Banking System 16 Proposed Mionetary Reform 17 Savings and Internal Capital Market 18 VII. PUBLIC 'KINAEJCE 19 Government Spending Programs and Policy 21 Debt Position 22 VIII. BALANCE OP PP1rcNrsM 24  TABLIZ OF C07