Haitian cities: Actions today with an eye on tomorrow

To better understand the factors that constrain the sustainable and inclusive development of Haitian cities, this Urbanization Review organizes the challenges along three dimensions of urban development namely planning, connecting, and financing.

Planning reviews the challenges in supporting resilient growth to create economically vibrant, environmentally sustainable, and livable cities. It focuses on the need to shift towards resilient urban planning by addressing the lack of urban infrastructure and basic services and to address the poor land use planning that results in increased exposure to natural hazards.

Connecting focuses on the obstacles of physically linking people to jobs and businesses to markets, while financing focuses on identifying the key capital, governance, and institutional constraints that are hurdles to successful planning and connecting.