Haitian capital, caught between the sledgehammer of popular hatred and the drip-feed sanctions of “friendly countries,” must emerge from lethargy, reinvent itself, assume its past, and play an important role in post-disaster economic recovery—for economic inclusion, endogenous development, continued fiscal responsibility, transparency, and efficiency in public governance.

There is no doubt. Haiti is in bad shape. Very bad shape. 16,000 violent deaths from 2022 to September 2025, thousands of wounded, 1.3 million displaced persons, 5.7 million people in food insecurity, including 1 million children in critical condition, seven years of economic recession, a production network devastated, real estate assets destroyed at a level comparable to an earthquake in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, the Lower Artibonite, and the Lower Central Plateau.