Future Drivers of Growth in Rwanda : Innovation, Integration, Agglomeration, and Competition

World Bank Group ; Government of Rwanda

Washington, DC: World Bank

关键词: GROWTH DRIVERS;    ECONOMIC GROWTH;    INNOVATION;    COMPETITIVENESS;    COMPETITION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-1-4648-1280-4
RP-ID  :  131875

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A strong and widely acknowledged record of economic success—including a three-and-ahalf-fold increase in per capita income since 1994—places Rwanda among the world’sfastest-growing economies. Traumatic memories of the 1994 genocide are gradually fading,as associations begin to take a more positive form—of a nation on the rise, powered byhuman resilience, a sense of common purpose, and a purposeful government.Past successes and a sense of frailty have fueled aspirations for a secure, prosperous, andmodern future. Sustaining high rates of economic growth is at the heart of these ambitions.Recent formulations of the nation’s Vision 2050 set a target of achieving upper-middleincomestatus by 2035 and high-income status by 2050.Future Drivers of Growth in Rwanda: Innovation, Integration, Agglomeration, andCompetition, a joint undertaking by experts from Rwanda and the World Bank Group,evaluates the country’s possibilities and options in this endeavor. The report identifies fouressential drivers of growth—innovation, integration, agglomeration, and competition—andreforms in six priority areas: human capital development, export dynamism and regionalintegration, well-managed urbanization, competitive domestic enterprises, agriculturalmodernization, and capable and accountable public institutions.