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General Information about Rwanda
War and Conflict in Rwanda
substantive ways in which armed conflict can contribute to or distract a developing economy and infrastructure
RWANDA
The flag of Rwanda consists of three colors that have different meanings
Blue- Happiness and Peace
Yellow- Economic Development
Green- Hope of Prosperity
The country has a population of 12,988,423 as per the 2015 statistics
The population of Rwanda consists of urban (19%) and rural population.
The GNI per capita in Rwanda as at 2015 was 1720 PPP (US dollar) (Crisafulli & Redmond, 2012)
General Information about Rwanda
The war in Rwanda took place after the president, Juvenal Habyarimana who was a Hutu started consolidating his power among the Hutus by the use of anti-Tutsi rhetoric.
The war involved the Hutu led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front that largely consisted of Tutsi refugees.
The president of Rwanda is Paul Kagame. The president has utilized foreign aid to restructure the economy of the country after the bruises of the genocide.
Foreign aid reduces poverty because it adds up to the GNI of the country thus making the lives of citizens better (Mwakikagile, 2013).
War and Conflict in Rwanda
Armed conflict can distract a developing economy and infrastructure of a country in that;
Rebels as a result of the conflict try to control the economy negatively
Armed conflicts causes a lot of deaths thus returning the country's growth
Armed conflicts destroys the economy by hindering the governments capability to invest
All the income of a country that experiences armed conflict goes into weapons and military expenses
Armed conflicts and civil wars hinder the development of schools, healthcare facilities and roads.
Developed countries do not experience social upheavals caused by armed conflicts because they have stable economies, have better ways of handling conflicts and their constitutional institutions are functional to control the deeds of leaders (Annan, 2008).
Ways in which armed conflict can contribute to or distract a developing economy and infrastructure
Crisafulli, P., & Redmond, A. (2012). Rwanda, Inc.: Ho
a devastated nation became an economic model for the developing world. St. Martin’s Press.
Mwakikagile, G. (2013). Civil wars in Rwanda and
Burundi: Conflict resolution in Africa. United States: New Africa Press.
Annan, K. (2008). Horizontal inequalities and conflict:
Understanding group violence in Multiethnic societies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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