Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation

Developments in the Rwandan economy as of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside, Rwanda's external imbalances have eased on account of improvements in global commodity prices, global and regional strengthening of growth recover...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Kigali 2017
Subjects:	URBANIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPORTS FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION
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spelling	okr-10986-290362021-05-25T09:08:55Z Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation World Bank URBANIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPORTS FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION Developments in the Rwandan economy as of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside, Rwanda's external imbalances have eased on account of improvements in global commodity prices, global and regional strengthening of growth recovery, and the external adjustment the government undertook in 2016. Inflation pressures have also eased as Rwanda and the region recover from droughts; and after depreciations in 2015 and 2016, the currency has stabilized. On the other hand, economic activity has continued to be subdued, with an annualized growth of just 3.4 percent in the first half of 2017, on account of weak domestic demand. 2017-12-19T15:32:40Z 2017-12-19T15:32:40Z 2017-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/357911513632697178/Rwanda-economic-update-rethinking-urbanization-in-Rwanda-from-demographic-transition-to-economic-transformation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29036 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Kigali Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa Rwanda
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spellingShingle	URBANIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPORTS FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION World Bank Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
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description	Developments in the Rwandan economy as of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside, Rwanda's external imbalances have eased on account of improvements in global commodity prices, global and regional strengthening of growth recovery, and the external adjustment the government undertook in 2016. Inflation pressures have also eased as Rwanda and the region recover from droughts; and after depreciations in 2015 and 2016, the currency has stabilized. On the other hand, economic activity has continued to be subdued, with an annualized growth of just 3.4 percent in the first half of 2017, on account of weak domestic demand.
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title	Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
title_short	Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
title_full	Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
title_fullStr	Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
title_full_unstemmed	Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
title_sort	rwanda economic update, december 2017 : rethinking urbanization in rwanda from demographic transition to economic transformation
publisher	World Bank, Kigali
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/357911513632697178/Rwanda-economic-update-rethinking-urbanization-in-Rwanda-from-demographic-transition-to-economic-transformation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29036
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Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation

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