| September 1953 | Haiti joins the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) |
| May 1956 | The Bank approves its first IBRD loan to Haiti ($2.6 million for a Highway Maintenance Project) |
| June 1956 | Haiti joins the International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
| June 1961 | Haiti joins the International Development Association (IDA) |
| November 1962 | The Bank approves its first IDA credit to Haiti ($0.4 million for an Interim Highway Project) |
| 1970 - 1991 | During this period, the Bank approves IDA credits to Haiti totaling $452.6 million for 30 projects
Lending is suspended following the military coup |
| 1991 - 1994 | Lending is suspended following the military coup |
| 1994 - 1997 | The Bank reactivates suspended projects and approves new IDA credits to Haiti totaling $173.5 million for 5 projects |
| January 1995 | The Bank convenes a Consultative Group (CG) meeting for Haiti in Paris |
| September 1996 | A 3-year Country Assistance Strategy for Haiti is presented to the Board. A Forest and Parks Protection credit is approved. |
| December 1996 | Haiti joins the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) |
| January 1997 | The Bank opens its first office in Port au Prince |
| 1997 | The Bank publishes a Public Expenditure Report on Haiti |
| 1998 | The Bank publishes a Poverty Assessment Report on Haiti |
| 1999 | The Bank prepares a Country Procurement Assessment Report on Haiti |
| January 2001 - March 2001 | All IDA disbursements and most grants to Haiti are suspended. |
| June 2001 - December 2001 | The country office is closed and operations are managed out of Santo Domingo. Haiti is placed on non-accrual status with the Bank and the last two loans (for forest protection and roads) close. |
| February 2002 | The Operations Evaluation Department of the Bank publishes an independent review of Bank assistance to Haiti from 1986-2001 |
| September 2002 | The World Bank Task Force on Low Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS) calls for a new approach to assist countries like Haiti |
| January 2003 | The Haiti Country Brief presenting a new approach to Haiti is discussed at an Informal Board Meeting. It is the first LICUS pilot. |
| July 2003 - November 2003 | The Bank fields re-engagement missions to Haiti and steps up dialogue with the authorities on an economic governance reform agenda and resolving arrears to IDA |
| November 2003 | The Bank begins disbursing grant assistance to Haiti through the Post Conflict Fund, the only Bank resources available to the country |
| December 2003 - February 2004 | Civil unrest increases in Haiti. Armed insurrections in Haiti culminate in the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
| March 2004 | A Transitional Government is installed in Haiti. The Bank chairs an informal donors meeting in Washington where it is agreed in consultation with the Transitional Government to launch a joint government/donors assessment of the country’s recovery needs |
| April 2004 - July 2004 | The Transitional Government, the World Bank, the United Nations, the European Commission, and the Inter-American Development Bank coordinate the preparation of the needs assessment (the Interim Cooperation Framework) with other donors, international and national experts, and civil society |
| July 19 2004 - July 20 2004 | The Bank co-hosts with the EC, UN and IDB a ministerial-level donors pledging conference for Haiti |
RSS