Rwanda’s growth rates during the pastfew years exceeded the growth rates of developing countries,except for in 2013 when Rwanda’s growth decelerated to 4.7percent. Among the 181 economies where 2014 gross domesticproduct (GDP) growth rate data is available, Rwanda’s growthrate of 7.0 percent is more than twice as high as theaverage of the 181 economies (3.2 percent), and is ranked20th globally. Going forward, Rwanda’s growth rates areprojected to exceed global growth rates in 2015-2017. Thisedition focuses on jobs in particular the employmentdynamics of the past decade.