Rwanda Economic Update, December 2017 : Rethinking Urbanization in Rwanda from Demographic Transition to Economic Transformation
Developments in the Rwandan economy as of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside, Rwanda's external imbalances have eased on account of improvements in global commodity prices, global and regional strengthening of growth recover...
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World Bank, Kigali
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/357911513632697178/Rwanda-economic-update-rethinking-urbanization-in-Rwanda-from-demographic-transition-to-economic-transformation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29036 |
| Summary: | Developments in the Rwandan economy as
of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside,
Rwanda's external imbalances have eased on account of
improvements in global commodity prices, global and regional
strengthening of growth recovery, and the external
adjustment the government undertook in 2016. Inflation
pressures have also eased as Rwanda and the region recover
from droughts; and after depreciations in 2015 and 2016, the
currency has stabilized. On the other hand, economic
activity has continued to be subdued, with an annualized
growth of just 3.4 percent in the first half of 2017, on
account of weak domestic demand. |
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