Danny Leipziger, the Managing Director of the Growth Dialogue, chaired the discussion with the Rwanda's Minister of Finance, The Hon. Claver Gatete, on Rwanda's economic prospects and challenges.
After the ravages of the mid-1990s genocide, Rwanda has managed to emerge as one of the fastest growing economies on the African continent. Though landlocked and with one of the highest population densities in the region, the government has put in place stable macroeconomic policies, a welcoming investment climate, and a culture relatively free of corruption. Still, the country confronts ominous challenges -- continuing to rebuild social cohesion, simmering conflict next door in the eastern Congo, and the natural difficulties of moving to a more diversified economy in an uncertain global environment.
These and other issues were discussed with the new Minister of Finance of Rwanda, the Hon. Claver Gatete, the former Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda and Rwanda's ambassador to the United Kingdom, who spoke on Rwanda's problems and prospects.