Why Rwanda succeeded?

Even though it is too early to celebrate its success, Rwanda achieved a great success since the genocide of the mid-1990s. Rwanda’s economy grew annually by 10% between 1995 and 2002, due to reconstruction activity and structural reforms, but by an average of 5% since then[1].

More exciting news is that there are structural changes we can find. There has been some export diversification in recent years, with minerals assuming an important share (about 30%) of the total. The tourism in Rwanda is often cited as an example what African can do despite of the long list of constrains. The most exciting news is that in the WB doing business report 2009, Rwanda is ranked as the best reformer in the world. It is the first time for African country received this title.

Why Rwanda could success when other neighboring countries or post genocide countries still remains the same?

[1] AfDB

starting my blog

After my degree in International Development from Harvard, I joined African Development Bank as a Young Professional. I am currently working at the Governance, Economic and Financial Reform for my first rotation. Even though I live in Tunisia where the AfDB headquarter is but my work area is mainly in Sub Saharan Africa - coverinig Rwanda, West Africa Monetary Union and Egypt (one exception).

I want to use this blog to make myself more organized - keeping the valuable informations on those countries, to share my experiences with others who are interested in development, to have comments from those already in this field.

Hoping that I could find what contribution I made and what I learned through my job - development in Africa, when I am looking back this blog in a few years time.