Annex to the Action Plan for National Recovery
and Development of Haiti
Haiti Earthquake PDNA:
Assessment of damage, losses,
general and sectoral needs

1Haiti PDNA 2010
Foreword
We are pleased to present you with the results of the post-disaster needs assessment conducted in Haiti
from February 18 to March 24 2010, at the request of and under the direction of the Government of the
Republic of Haiti, with the technical support of the UN, the IDB, the ECLAC, the World Bank and the
European Commission.
The earthquake on January 12, 2010 has caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormous
repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond the areas directly affected by the catastrophe.
Over 200,000 lives were lost. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians have been left homeless and have fled
the affected area to find refuge in the provinces, adding to an economic situation which was already
difficult in these regions.
In order to respond to a catastrophe of this scale, this assessment has been designed to go further than
traditional post-disaster assessments. The objective has been to lay the foundations for a fresh start in
the country’s development efforts, as well as to reconstruct the damaged areas and contribute to a long-
term national strategic development plan, in order to begin rebuilding Haiti.
This assessment was carried out under the supervision of the High Level Management Team led by
the Prime Minister and including the following members: the United Nations Humanitarian/Resident
Coordinator, a representative of the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, the World Bank Mission
Leader, the Resident Representative of the IDB, three G11 representatives, and the European Union Head
of Delegation. The Management Team has given strategic advice and provided the necessary resources
throughout the process.
In addition to the damage and loss assessment which usually constitutes the central part of this type of
assessment, an analysis of short-term rehabilitation needs and an analysis of the needs to rebuild the
country have led to costed assessments for eight essential themed sectors: governance, the environment,
disaster risk management, social sectors, infrastructure-related sectors, the production sector, a macro-
economic analysis, and cross-cutting sectors (youth, gender, vulnerable persons, employment).
The government led each of these themed teams, which had the responsibility of collecting and collating
information on damage, losses, the impact of the earthquake on human development, and post-disaster
needs for reconstructing and rebuilding the country.
The work accomplished by the teams of experts now enables us to present (i) a multi-sector review of
damage and losses incurred following the earthquake on January 12, 2010 and an estimation of the
impact of the earthquake on each themed sector; (ii) an action plan for the identification of needs for
recovery and rebuilding the country in the very short term (6 months), short term (18 months), medium
term (3 years) and long term (10 years).
Jean Max Bellerive
Prime Minister
Port-au-Prince
March 2010