Rwanda: Economic Development, Education, Health, History, & the Internet
- Africa Food Systems Forum (Kigali, Rwanda)"Since 2010, the Africa Food Systems Forum has been an annual gathering held in different regions of Africa, with evolving themes. Heads of State, Ministers, business leaders, development partners, thought leaders, farmers, youth, and other stakeholders come together to focus on actionable measures and policies to drive the continental agenda forward."
--See especially: AGRF Publications
--2023 AGRF Summit, September 5-8. 2023, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - African Development Bank Group on Rwanda (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
- Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Commitee (University at Buffalo, The States University of New York, Buffalo)"...honoring the memory of Dr. Alison Des Forges (1942-2009), an inspirational and tireless crusader for human rights around the world. Through a variety of fundraising and awareness campaigns, the Committee seeks to continue Alison’s quest to educate people about injustices in the world and the part we all must play in mitigating them as members of an increasingly interdependent global community."
--See especially: Alison L. Des Forges--Life and Legacy -and- International symposia - AnnuairesAfrique: Rwanda Annuaire Téléphonique Local et Yellow Pages 2003-2004 (Rwanda Tel SA, Kigali, Rwanda ; et AfricaPhoneBooks.com, Online Digital Communications, California, USA)
- Banque Nationale du Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Center for the Study of African Economies (Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK)
- Working Papers Series -- Abstracts & Full Texts
- CSAE Working Papers (Search)
- CSAE Home Page
- Working Papers Series -- Abstracts & Full Texts
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Rwanda Trade Statistics Profile, 2007 (Lusaka, Zambia)See also: basic country information and contacts.
- Demographic and Health Surveys: Rwanda (2019-2020, 2017, 2014-15 and earlier) (Calverton, Maryland)
- Development Bank of Rwanda (Kigali)
- East African Communications Organisation (Kigali, Rwanda)"...EACO was established in 2012, as a regional autonomous organization with international legal personality...brings together national ICT regulators, operators, services providers (in the telecommunication, broadcasting and postal sub-sectors), ICT training institutions and other stakeholders in the communication sector within Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda."
- European Union Relations with Rwanda (Brussels, Belgium)
- FESPAD--Festival panafricain de la danse, du 24 au 31 juillet 2010, Kigali, RwandaSous le thème "Economie créative : perspectives en Afrique = Strengthening the Pan African Creative Industries Through Entrepreneurship". Cette biennale panafricaine, a été créée en février 1998, lors de la 67e session des ministres de l'OUA.
- Food and Agriculture Organization on Rwanda (Rome, Italy)
- FAO Country Profile on Rwanda
- FAO Aquastat Programme -- Rwanda, 2005Un rapport bref. "AQUASTAT est un systéme d'information sur l'eau et le développement agricole et rural. Il contient des analyses régionales ainsi que des monographies sur les ressources en eau et leur utilisation, plus particulièrement l'irrigation et le drainage. L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture à entamé ce programme en 1993."
- Rwanda in the FAO Document Repository
- FAO Country Profile on Rwanda
- Genocide Archive of Rwanda (Kigali Memorial Center, Kigali, Rwanda; Human Rights Documentation Initiative, University of Texas Libraries, Austin, Texas)The web site features information about the project, sample interview transcripts and videos. "The Genocide Archive of Rwanda is a collaborative project of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, Aegis Trust, and Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide to document the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi."
--See also: Voices of Rwanda below. - Un livre d'André Guichaoua: "Rwanda de la guerre au génocide: les politiques criminelles au Rwanda (1990-1994)" -- Extraits du livre et les annexes (Éditions La Découverte, Paris, France)
- ICASA 2019 : 20th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Infections in Africa, December 2-7, 2019, Kigali, Rwanda
- ICLR 2023: 11th International Conference on Learning Representations, Kigali, Rwanda, May 1-5, 2023"ICLR is globally renowned for presenting and publishing cutting-edge research on all aspects of deep learning used in the fields of artificial intelligence, statistics and data science, as well as important application areas such as machine vision, computational biology, speech recognition, text understanding, gaming, and robotics."
--See especially: Invited Talks ; Papers ; Workshops - The International Monetary Fund: Rwanda Country Info (Washington, DC)Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
- Ivuka Arts (Kigali, Rwanda)This web site serves as platform to showcase young artists' works and information about the children's dance troupe and other activities for young people at this community-based center. "Since its inception in 2007, Ivuka has become the face of Rwandan art to both the national and international communities alike...Ivuka Arts Founder and Director Collin Sekajugo still envisions the studio primarily as a place where art is used to change lives."
- City of Kigali Master Plan, 2013 (Rwanda)
- Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre (Rwanda)"The Centre in Kigali was created by a joint partnership of the Kigali City Council and the UK-based Aegis Trust." The web site includes background and program information; plus, a documentation centre and gacaca archive are currently under construction.
- National Museums of Rwanda Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda)Information about museums around the country, plus a newsletter.
- Oxfam International: Debt relief for Rwanda: an opportunity for peace-building and reconstruction (March 1999). Policy papers. (Oxfam International, London, UK)
- République du Rwanda: Les Ministères
- Rwanda Social Security Board (Kigali)[Since 2010] "To manage and promote old age pension, survivorship benefits, non-occupational invalidity benefits, occupational hazards insurance, maternity leave benefits scheme, health insurance and the long-term saving scheme."
- Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (Kigali, Rwanda)"Opened in July 2016, the SDGC/A is an international organization that supports governments, civil society, businesses and academic institutions in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa."
--See especially: 2019 Africa SDG Index and Dashboard s Report (June 2019). 243 pages in PDF format.
--Africa 2030: Sustainable Development Goals Three-Year Reality Check. (June 2019). 136 pages in PDF format.
--All reports - Sustainable Energy For All: The 2020 SEforALL Forum, May 26-28, 2020, Kigali, Rwanda (Vienna, Austria ; Washington, DC)
- United Nations Agencies on Rwanda -- Economy & Health
- UNAIDS--UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS: Rwanda (Geneva, Switzerland)
- United Nations Development Programme: Rwanda National Human Development Report 2018. (November 2020)
--See also: Human Development Index for Rwanda for 2009 (2005 data)
--Plus: HD Report 1999 - UN Economic Commission for Africa: "Rwanda: HIPC contradictions restrain development." (2003) Chapter 3 in Economic report on Africa 2003: accelerating the pace of development. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) PDF format.
- UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Rwanda Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
- UNAIDS--UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS: Rwanda (Geneva, Switzerland)
- United States Agencies on Rwanda -- Economy (Washington, DC)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Rwanda
- USAID on Rwanda -- Country Information
- USAID Global Health Initiative on Rwanda
- Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)Search the entire USAID database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on Ethiopia.
- USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) on East Africa
- FEWS NET Rwanda CenterCurrent news and analysis of the food security situation on Rwanda -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to other FEWS NET resources.
- United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
- United States. Department of Commerce. International Trade Administration: Search by Country--Trade and Industry Analysis
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Rwanda
- Rwandan Universities on the Web
- Carnegie Mellon University-Africa, Kigali
- Kigali Institute of Science and Technology
- University of Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda)
--See also: University of Rwanda Library
--Plus: University of Rwanda Digital Repository.
- Carnegie Mellon University-Africa, Kigali
- University of Florida Libraries: René Lemarchard Collection of African Political Papers: Rwanda (Dan Reboussin, Gainesville, Florida)This web site is about the collection at the George Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. "The collection includes copies of official reports and other documents assessing political situations and events, newspapers from several countries, and copies of unpublished studies and reports."
- Jan Vansina, 1929-2017
- H-Africa: "Jan Vansina: The Exit of A Generalissimo," February 15, 2017. By Prof. Toyin Falola.
(H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: "Trailblazing African History Scholar Jan Vansina Passes Away," February 13, 2017
- H-Africa: "Jan Vansina: The Exit of A Generalissimo," February 15, 2017. By Prof. Toyin Falola.
- Voices of Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda; USA)The web site offers a description of the project, sample video testimonies from Rwandan genocide survivors, and related information. "Voices of Rwanda recognizes Rwandans’ need to share their stories and the value of their histories for all people. Toward that end, Voices of Rwanda has begun a campaign to film testimonies of Rwandans and to archive them, in both Rwanda and the United States."
- The World Bank on Rwanda (Washington, DC)
- The World Bank on Rwanda, 2010--A country brief and a profile of economic indicators; plus a searchable database.
- Government of Rwanda Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, June 2002. (PDF format)
- The World Bank on Rwanda, 2010--
- World Economic Forum on Africa 2016, May 11-13, 2016, Kigali, Rwanda"Under the theme Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation, the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa will convene...to discuss digital economy catalysts that can drive radical structural transformation, strengthen public-private collaboration on key global and regional challenges, and agree on strategic actions that can deliver shared prosperity across the continent."
- World Health Organization on Rwanda (Geneva, Switzerland; Kigali, Rwanda)--See also: Rwanda WHO Country Office