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Showing 1 to 20 of 230 for “"Rwanda"”.
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Theory and Practice of Reconciliation in Rwanda
… scholars working on the peacebuilding process in Rwanda have often tended to single out specific aspects, for instance judicial responses to the genocide. Little research has been done, however, on the diversity of approaches that constitute the “reconciliation landscape” in Rwanda today. Basing …
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The determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda
… the determinants of military expenditure in Rwanda, a country that has experienced conflict and civil unrest. No studies for Rwanda had been published, regardless of the growing military expenditure. A range of factors such as economic, political, or strategic conditions can drive the demand …
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Kagame’s Ruse in Rwanda: The Debilitating Role of Authoritarianism in Rwanda and its Impact on Long Term, Sustainable Development
<p>Following the genocide in 1994, Rwanda has been touted as a major, international development success, gaining praise and attention from the international community who place the prosperity of the nation in the hands of Paul Kagame, the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front and the country’s …
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Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda.
For most of Rwanda's post-independence past, the country has been marked by ethnic feuding, mass population movements and long exiles in neighbouring countries, and civil wars that culminated in the genocide in 1994. As this research shows in its review of literature of the history of Rwanda's …
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Many bloody hands : responsibility for genocide in Rwanda
The civil war in Rwanda included one of the bloodiest genocides of the twentieth century. This thesis explores the question of who is responsible for a crime that has claimed the lives of close to l million Rwandese and continues to be Rwanda's scourge. The thesis focuses on the most recent 1994 …
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The contribution of pro-poor growth programmes to poverty reduction in Rwanda : a case study of the Girinka Programme in rural Rwanda
… Programme, a pro-poor growth programme in Rwanda, to poverty reduction. Recent studies have placed increasing emphasis on the contribution of pro-poor growth to poverty reduction and have argued that pro-poor growth has the potential to reduce poverty more effectively than economic growth. …
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Epidemiology and management of basketball related injuries in Rwanda
… offices and emergency rooms in North America. In Rwanda, basketball and volleyball are the second popular sports, following football. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence, mechanisms, nature and management of basketball related-injuries in Rwanda. The study design was …
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A Test of the Household Separation Hypothesis in Rwanda
… developed.</p> <p>We use a unique dataset from Rwanda to evaluate these separation tests. The data include households forced into a separated economic model by government policy, as well as, those partially separated and others that remained non-separated. We create a modified test for …
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The relationship between decentralization and poverty reduction in Rwanda
… has been the main concern of the government of Rwanda since the 1994 genocide. This was to be achieved by implementing decentralization based on the principle of participation and empowerment of local communities through the provision of mechanisms which encourage and motivate local citizen to …
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From Donorship to Ownership? Evolving Donor-Government Relationships in Rwanda
… four "ownership" aid programs in post-genocide Rwanda: the poverty reduction strategy program; budget support; the aid coordination, harmonization, and alignment framework; and the Rwandan Joint Governance Assessment. In each case study, I look for evidence that the aid program has resulted in …
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Health systems determinants of maternal and neonatal health in Rwanda
Contains fulltext : 209057.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Asylum, Security, Neoliberalism and the Development of the Rwanda Plan
… management to offshoring through its costly Rwanda Plan? This thesis contributes to critical immigration literature by exploring theoretical perspectives from security and neoliberalism studies as originally emphasized in literature on the Australian Pacific Solution. To study the development …
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Africa’s National Development Banks: Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda
… comparing the experiences of Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda’s NDBs to draw lessons on development banking in developing countries, the political economy of finance and development, and, most broadly, how the interactions between the financial sector, the state, and enterprises affect economic …
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Transformation for Smallholder Farmers: Pathways for Agricultural Development in Rwanda
… Pathways for Agricultural Development in Rwanda Jolly Dusabe This thesis asks: “What are the drivers of smallholder agricultural growth in Rwanda?” Since 2000, Rwanda has recorded unprecedented year on year growth in agricultural production, averaging more than 5% per annum. This growth, …
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Woodfuel in Rwanda impact on energy, poverty and the environment
This thesis investigates how the current woodfuel industry impacts on energy, poverty and forests. From a desk research on secondary data, woodfuel production, demand, supply and use were documented and their legal and regulatory framework were analysed. Policy instruments were examined to assess …
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Scaling up ART in Rwanda: the financial and economic costs
Rwanda has been rolling-out free antiretroviral treatment (ART) since 2004. This scale up could only be realised through significantly increased funding to the HIV/AIDS sub-account. Funding grew from US$9 million in 2003 to US$43 million in 2004 (UNAIDS, 2006b) and has continued to grow since this …
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Cost comparison of hydropower options for rural electrification in Rwanda
… hydropower options for rural electrification in Rwanda" intends to show that the use of a large number of mini hydropower plants for electrification of sparse rural areas in Rwanda is the least cost option when compared to installing either a single small or large hydropower plants. This is done …
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Scalling up ART in Rwanda: the financial and economic costs
Rwanda has been rolling-out free antiretroviral treatment (ART) since 2004. This scale up could only be realised through significantly increased funding to the HIV/AIDS sub-account. Funding grew from US$9 million in 2003 to US$43 million in 2004 (UNAIDS, 2006b) and has continued to grow since this …
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Rural groundwater supply for the Volcanoes National Park region, Rwanda
… water supply should be halved by the year 2015. Rwanda is a Sub-Saharan developing country where water scarcity is an issue. This thesis presents results from a preliminary evaluation of possible groundwater supply to the village of Bisate, located in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Suffering …
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