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Rwanda
Economic Development, Education, History, and the Internet

• African Development Bank Group on Rwanda (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• 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
    NOTE: As of June 6, 2003, the full texts are temporarily off-line, only the abstracts are available.
    -- "The measurement of dynamic poverty ... (Rwanda)" by Christophe Muller (1998)". Working paper no. 98.6.
    -- "Transient seasonal and chronic poverty of peasants ... Rwanda" by Christophe Muller (1997). Working paper no. 97.8.
    -- "The consequences of past agricultural output ... Rwanda" by Christophe Muller (1997). Working paper no. 97.7.
    -- Full list, 1993-
  • CSAE Home Page
  
  
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Rwanda Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
  Basic country information, banking infrastructure, investment guidelines, and other major economic indicators.
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Rwanda (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Rwanda (2006) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization on Rwanda (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Aquastat Programme -- Rechercher: Rwanda, 2005
    Un 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."
  • "Potential impact of AIDS on farming systems: a case study from Rwanda" by Stuart Gillespie (November 2001) (FAO-Sustainable Development Dimensions)
    Abstract in HTML and full article in downloadable PDF.
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Rwanda (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Documents et ressources sur le Rwanda (rapports et statistiques)
  • Le développement de l'éducation (1990-2000): rapport national du Rwanda, avril 2001 (Rwanda, Ministère de l'Education. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001) PDF format.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Rwanda (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  A basic economic & investment profile.
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Rwanda, 2001 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• 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
  • Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
  • Ministère de l'Education, de la Science, de la Technologie et de la Recherche Scientifique
  
  
• SantéTropicale.Com: le guide de la médecine et de la santé au Rwanda (Marc Twagirumukiza et al., Butare, Rwanda)
  • Rwanda sur le Web
  • Bibliothèque: un répertoire des mémoires défendus à la Faculté de Médecine, Université Nationale du Rwanda (depuis 1994).
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on Rwanda -- Economy
  • United Nations Development Programme -- Human Development Report Indicators: Rwanda Summary for 2005 -and- Data (2007) (New York)
    
    
  • 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: Rwanda Country Profile (New York)
    
  
  
• United States Agencies on Rwanda -- Economy (Washington, DC)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Rwanda
    • USAID on Rwanda -- Country Information
      
      
    • USAID 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) (General)
      Information on the Horn of Africa, Sahel--West Africa, & Southern Africa.
    • FEWS NET Rwanda Center
      Current 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:
    -- US-Rwanda Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Rwanda, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Rwanda economy (International Trade Administration)
  
  
• Rwandan Universities on the Web
  • Kigali Institute of Science and Technology
  • Université du Rwanda, Butare = National University of Rwanda
  
  
• University of Florida Libraries: René Lemarchard Collection: Rwanda Documents (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."
  
  
• The World Bank on Rwanda (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank on Rwanda, 1999--
    A country brief and a profile of economic indicators; plus a searchable database.
  • Government of Rwanda Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, June 2002. (PDF format)