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Publication - Working Paper
Trade integration and spatially balanced development: Implications for Uganda and Rwanda
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Publication - Working Paper
Strategic default in the international coffee market
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Project
Informing a cashless economy strategy for Rwanda
Using cash as a means of payments costs national economies 1.5% of GDP. Yet, 85% of global consumer payments continue to be made in cash, according to a 2015 MasterCard Foundation Advisors Report. The underlying factors for the dominance of cash-based transactions vary from country to country and originate from both supply-side and demand-side considerations. The objective...
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Project
Evaluation of the Common External Tariff (CET) of the East African Community (EAC) from Uganda and Rwanda's perspective in 2017
Regional trade integration is a pillar of East African Community partner states’ trade policies, including Uganda and Rwanda. The Customs Union, a first milestone in the regional integration process, was adopted in 2005, committing member states (initially Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) to the adoption of a Common External Tariff (CET). Uganda has now had twelve years of...
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Project
Using a decision support model to identify export opportunities for Rwanda
Expanding exports has become an urgent government priority in Rwanda in order to reduce a growing trade imbalance, ensure non-farm job creation, and improve economic growth. This is also reflected in Rwanda’s strategic plans, with the national export strategy for 2015-18 proposing a 20% annual rate of export growth (MINICOM, 2015). The main objective of this project is to...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Exports and promoting backward linkages: Ideas and lessons for the Made in Rwanda policy
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Publication - Policy Brief
Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and Rwanda
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Project
Developing an Electronic Billing Machine (EBM) data portal for Rwanda
In 2013, Rwanda mandated VAT-registered businesses to use certified electronic billing machines (EBMs). The EBM receipts provide a rich source of data, but in its raw form cannot be used to analyse specific items and cost information. IGC Rwanda has built a programme to clean item descriptions from EBM receipt data at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA). From this, it would...
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Publication - Project Report
Maize value chains in East Africa
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Publication - Project Report
Regional value chains in East Africa: Summary report