The present report contains the findings of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti based on its meetings with Haitian and international counterparts and, above all, its mission to Haiti in April 2007. It highlights key features of the economic and social situation in the country, marked by some progress and several persistently negative indicators, and elaborates on the need for capacity-building to respond to the structural institutional weaknesses of Haitian society. The report also analyses key issues related to development planning and aid coordination in Haiti, an overall problématique crucial in a country highly dependent on international assistance. On those various themes, the report concludes with recommendations addressed to the Haitian authorities and to the international community with a view to enhance the impact of development work in the country, given the need for coherence and sustainability in international support outlined by the Economic and Social Council in its resolutions on Haiti.