Monday, October 8, 2012

Haiti looking to raising taxes to fund education

With a surcharge on wire transfers and international phone calls into Haiti generating only between US$40 million and US$50 million for education, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Monday the country is moving to increase taxes to raise $100 million to make "a big difference in the education system in Haiti."

The Haiti lower chamber of deputies has already approved the creation of the National Education Fund, and the government is awaiting a vote in the Senate.

In approving the

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