Rwanda

The IGC held preliminary discussions with the Government of Rwanda in March 2010 to discuss possible areas of collaboration, and the IGC’s Rwanda country office was established in November 2010. The IGC team consists of the Country Director, Richard Newfarmer, the Senior Advisor, and country economists, Laura Collinson and Jonathan Argent. The Government has asked the IGC to support government programmes in four areas: trade and diversification; agriculture; infrastructure, and finance.

The IGC Growth Forum was held on 17th February 2011 at the Serena Hotel and designed around a visit from Professor Paul Collier at the request of Ambassador Claver Gatete, Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda. Its purpose was to bring international experience to bear on critical issues highlighted by Rwandan policy-makers. Participants included a number of government institutions, including BNR, MINECOFIN, MINICOM, RDB and the President’s Office, academia, the private sector, and the IGC’s host institution in Rwanda, the Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR).