US—Ambassador Alvin P. ADAMS, Jr.; Embassy at Harry Truman
Boulevard, Port-au-Prince (mailing address is P. O. Box 1761,
Port-au-Prince), telephone [509] (1) 20-354 or 20-368, 20-200, 20-612
_#_Flag: two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength)
_*Economy #_Overview: About 85% of the population live in abject poverty. Agriculture is mainly small-scale subsistence farming and employs two-thirds of the work force. The majority of the population does not have ready access to safe drinking water, adequate medical care, or sufficient food. Few social assistance programs exist, and the lack of employment opportunities remains one of the most critical problems facing the economy, along with soil erosion and political instability.
_#_GDP: $2.7 billion, per capita $440; real growth rate - 3.0% (1990 est.)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 20% (1990 est.)
_#_Unemployment rate: 25-50% (1990 est.)
_#_Budget: revenues $300 million; expenditures $416 million, including capital expenditures of $145 million (1990 est.)
_#_Exports: $169 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
commodities—light manufactures 69%, coffee 19%, other agriculture 8%, other 8%;
partners—US 84%, Italy 4%, France 3%, other industrial 6%, less developed countries 3% (1987)