Launched 2009
The Sustainable Marketplace Initiative in Haiti began to support local market development by reducing barriers to local procurement and increasing the participation of local businesses in reconstruction efforts. To accomplish this, Building Markets used a suite of services to help buyers and local suppliers to connect and do businesses in what is an extremely challenging environment for the private sector.
Since its inception in 2009, the Sustainable Marketplace Initiative in Haiti has supported local market development.
- 3,966
Businesses
Verified - 1,023
Businesses
Trained - $ 28,763,865
Contracts
Facilitated
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Country Context
Population: 9.7 million (UN, 2010)
Languages: French, Creole
Monetary unit: Haitian Gourd
Main Exports: Light manufacturers, coffee, oils, mangoes (CIA World Factbook, 2012)
GNI per capita: US $995 (World Bank, 2009)
ODA received: $1.12 billion (OECD, 2009)
Human Development Index ranking: 170 out of 189 (UN, 2020)
Estimated GDP growth: -7% (World Bank, 2010)
Our Products & Services in Haiti
- Local Business Directory
- Training
- Matchmaking
- Tender Distribution
- Market Research
- Advocacy
Our Impact in Haiti
Since its inception in 2009, the Sustainable Marketplace Initiative in Haiti has supported local market development. This initiative has achieved the following results:
- Helped facilitate 1,332 local contracts and redirected more than $28 million into the Haitian economy.
- Through verification surveys and registration on the Local Business Directory, the project team has brought online visibility to 3,966 Haitian businesses, including 972 that are female-owned.
Tender Distribution Services have collected and disseminated more than 1,000 tenders to local businesses, creating transparency in contracting and increasing access to new business opportunities. - 1,023 businesses have received training, helping to improve their knowledge about procurement processes and their ability to successfully compete for and win contracts.
- Created 570 matchmaking reports for buyers looking for verified local businesses in the Haitian marketplace.
- *Source: Building Markets, June 2014
