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Haiti

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

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Haiti

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North America

World map showing the location of HaitiHaiti
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Population (2024)
11,772,557
Total area
27,750 km²
Area in square miles
10,714.33 mi²
Coastline
1,771 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Haiti in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure, Digital Public Infrastructure, Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure, Submarine Fiber-Optic Cable. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure3
  2. Digital Public Infrastructure2
  3. Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure2
  4. Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure1
  5. Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. Submarine Fiber-Optic Cable1

Intervention classification

  1. Infrastructure only5
  2. Neither explicitly identified4
  3. Infrastructure and Specific Technology1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

1 initiative explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 1 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

10 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

Digital public infrastructure

Cross-Cutting Digital Infrastructure and e-Signature Implementation

2026–implementation · Nationwide government services
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Status / period2026–implementationLocationNationwide government servicesPopulationCitizens, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; IDB

Builds shared digital infrastructure and operational e-signature foundations.

Activities and approach: e-signature; shared digital infrastructure

Digital Public InfrastructureTelecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
02

Digital public infrastructure

Digital Government Foundations – Core Management Systems

2024–ongoing · Central government
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Status / period2024–ongoingLocationCentral governmentPopulationCitizens and public agenciesOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; IDB

Digitizes core public management systems to improve service delivery and institutional effectiveness.

Activities and approach: Government information systems

Digital Public Infrastructure
03

National broadband

Haiti Digital Acceleration – Broadband Infrastructure Expansion

2020–2025 / closed · Priority underserved areas
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Status / period2020–2025 / closedLocationPriority underserved areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; World Bank

World Bank project financed broadband expansion to address low access and resilience gaps.

Activities and approach: Broadband infrastructure

Last-Mile / Access InfrastructureTelecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
04

School/education broadband

Haiti Digital Acceleration – Education Connectivity

2020–2025 · Education-sector sites
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Status / period2020–2025LocationEducation-sector sitesPopulationStudents and educatorsOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; World Bank

Targets connectivity demand and infrastructure gaps in education.

Activities and approach: Education broadband

EducationK–12
05

Government broadband

Haiti Digital Acceleration – Government Connectivity

2020–2025 · Government sites
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Status / period2020–2025LocationGovernment sitesPopulationCitizens and public servantsOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; World Bank

Expands reliable connectivity for government service delivery.

Activities and approach: Institutional broadband

Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure
06

Health broadband

Haiti Digital Acceleration – Health Connectivity

2020–2025 · Health-sector sites
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Status / period2020–2025LocationHealth-sector sitesPopulationPatients and health workersOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; World Bank

Targets broadband infrastructure needs in health services and resilience.

Activities and approach: Health-facility broadband

Institutional / School Connectivity InfrastructureTelecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
Workforce
07

International broadband backbone

Haiti More Connected – Submarine Cable / Neutral Wholesale Operator Structuring

2026–preparation · Haiti international cable landing
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Status / period2026–preparationLocationHaiti international cable landingPopulationNational Internet users and operatorsOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; IDB

Prepares a new submarine cable landing and neutral/wholesale operating model to increase resilient international capacity.

Activities and approach: Submarine cable; neutral wholesale operator

Submarine / International Cable InfrastructureBackbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile InfrastructureSubmarine Fiber-Optic Cable
08

Regional broadband pilot

Northern Economic Pole Broadband Pilot

2010–closed technical cooperation · North of Haiti
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Status / period2010–closed technical cooperationLocationNorth of HaitiPopulationBusinesses and public-sector institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Haiti; IDB

Designed a broadband pilot for a northern economic pole and public institutions.

Activities and approach: Broadband pilot design

09

Public/community Internet access

Universal Service – Multimedia Access Points Nationwide

Policy/implementation framework · Nationwide
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Status / periodPolicy/implementation frameworkLocationNationwidePopulationResidents without affordable private accessOrganizationsCONATEL

Universal-service framework calls for multimedia access points across national territory.

Activities and approach: Public multimedia access

10

Broadband affordability

Universal Service – Preferential Tariffs for Designated Groups

Policy/implementation framework · Nationwide
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Status / periodPolicy/implementation frameworkLocationNationwidePopulationDesignated vulnerable groupsOrganizationsCONATEL

Requires special tariff conditions to facilitate access to basic telecom services.

Activities and approach: Affordable tariff mechanisms

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Haiti. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Haiti. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=HT
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Haiti. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=HT

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