Leadership, Policy Making, Quality of Economic Policies, and Their Inclusiveness

Thomas, Rusuhuzwa Kigabo

Leadership, Policy Making, Quality of Economic Policies, and Their Inclusiveness

Date

2008

Authors

Thomas, Rusuhuzwa Kigabo

Publisher

World Bank, Washington, DC

Abstract

This paper analyzes the role of the leadership in the economic growth in Rwanda, a country that was seriously affected by civil war and the 1994 genocide. It appears that the will and the clear vision of the leadership in Rwanda were one of the central pillars of the very good economic and social performances in Rwanda. This is particularly important because the country has almost no natural resources and the economy and its fundamentals were completely destroyed by the 1994 genocide. This paper thus helps enrich the various economic growth models by stressing the importance of the quality of leadership.

Keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY, Accounting, Agriculture, Allocation of resources, Arable land, Bad governance, Balance of payments, Banking system, Beneficiary, Birth rates, Broad money, Budget deficit, Budgeting, Business community, Business environment, Business operations, Capital formation, Cdf, Central bank, Checks, Chlorine, Citizens, Civil society, Civil war, Climate change, Collective action, Commercial bank, Community development, Competitiveness, Credit contract, Crime, Crises, Custody, Debt, Decentralization, Democracy, Democratic processes, Determinants of growth