REAP Analysis Pipeline

Haiti's Tax Code:
The Full Picture

Four documents. One question: Does this tax code actually make people's lives better? The answer is no. Here's every calculation that proves it.
656
Articles Analyzed
-2.2%
GDP Contraction
20
Countries Compared
14¢
Per Gourde Reaches
Public Purpose
Réginald Surin (Sogebank, Former PM Adviser) × Wesley Bertil (BARSS Research) | March 2026

The Analysis Pipeline

Each document builds on the last. Start with the REAP Calculator to understand the equation. Then see how Haiti compares to 20 countries. Then see where the money actually goes. Then see the supporting calculations.
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REAP Calculator

The Equation & Haiti's Numbers

Ruseful = τ × α × GDP × (1 - Φ). Standard fiscal analysis asks how much revenue the State collects. REAP asks how much actually reaches public purpose. Full bilingual analysis with Surin's CGE replication.

Φ = 0.86
Capture Rate
14¢
Per Gourde Useful
3.6x
Regressive Burden
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Global Comparison

20 Tax Codes Ranked Against Haiti's Economy

What if Haiti used Jamaica's tax code? Canada's? France's? We applied 20 national tax structures to Haiti's actual economic profile and measured which ones deliver the most useful revenue. Haiti's own code finishes dead last.

20
Countries Tested
#20
Haiti's Rank
4.4x
France vs Haiti Gap
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Funding Misallocation Analysis

Where the Money Actually Goes

Tracking $6.5B in international aid and government spending. USAID allocations, UN spending, security vs. development ratios. The same Φ = 0.86 leakage rate appears in both tax revenue AND international aid.

$6.5B
Tracked
Θ = 0.86
Aid Leakage
32.5%
of GDP Extracted
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Supporting Calculations

Every Number, Every Source, Every Formula

The full calculation scaffold. Every data point sourced. Every formula shown. Every assumption documented. Hand this to an economist who wants to check the work.

60K
Lines of Analysis
100%
Sources Cited
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REAP (Revenue Efficiency for Actual Public Purpose) | Bertil & Surin, 2026
Data sources: Le Moniteur Spécial N°3, World Bank WDI, BRH, IHSI, IMF Article IV
Data, Not Opinion.