Bolstering Poverty Reduction in Rwanda : A Poverty Assessment
Rwanda is renowned among African countries for the rapid advances achieved in its population’s standard of living. Public service delivery has grown dramatically, and educational attainment, vaccination rates, educational attainment, and demographi...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/749051603952259889/Bolstering-Poverty-Reduction-in-Rwanda-A-Poverty-Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34753 |
| Summary: | Rwanda is renowned among African
countries for the rapid advances achieved in its
population’s standard of living. Public service delivery has
grown dramatically, and educational attainment, vaccination
rates, educational attainment, and demographic factors have
all improved. Access to financial services, health
insurance, and infrastructure have expanded. Between 2000
and 2010, the percentage of people living in poverty fell
from 59 to approximately 46 percent and then to 38 percent
by 2016 (NISR: national poverty line). Yet progress has not
always been even, and challenges endure. With the COVID-19
pandemic, Rwanda will face fiscal strains and economic
setbacks, in addition to public health difficulties. It will
be paramount to identify and implement cost-effective
policies that foster broad-based growth and sustained
poverty reduction, while building resilience to a range of
shocks. This poverty assessment provides empirical evidence
regarding the constraints to accelerated poverty reduction
over the period October-September 2010-11-2016-17 to help
guide the country’s policies going forward. |
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