## Rwanda: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 13, 2017_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 13, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484309889.002

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### Overview and Summary
- This Selected Issues paper analyzes investment strategy to foster structural transformation in Rwanda.
- Over the past 15 years, Rwanda has transformed its economy by moving workers out of agriculture into mostly services and some industry.
- This transformation has been accomplished through strong public investment flows and efficient public investment management.
- Going forward, the challenge is whether the private sector can complement the infrastructure assets put in place by the public sector and maintain economic momentum.
- Continued government effort is required in:
  - raising education standards,
  - better matching qualifications offered to students to those most in demand by employers,
  - lowering electricity and transportation costs.

### Major Findings
- Structural transformation in Rwanda over the past 15 years involved a shift of labor from agriculture into mostly services and some industry.
- Strong public investment flows and efficient public investment management were central to this transformation.
- The sustainability of momentum depends on private sector engagement to complement public infrastructure.

### Policy Recommendations and Challenges
- Encourage private sector participation to leverage public infrastructure assets.
- Improve education quality and align educational qualifications with labor market demand.
- Reduce costs of electricity and transportation to support private-sector-led growth.

### Subjects and Keywords (as listed)
- Subject: Economic sectors, Financial markets, Gender, International organization, Monetary policy
- Keywords: Africa, Agricultural sector, banking sector soundness indicator map, C. gender inequality, D. gender equality in Rwanda, EAC gender inequality indicator, Financial inclusion, Gender inequality, Global, private sector credit, Sub-Saharan Africa, UN gender inequality Index, Women

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2017/07/13/rwanda-selected-issues-45080_