rwandan president calls for sense of urgency to fasttrack development
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Rwandan president calls for "sense of urgency" to fast-track development

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Rwandan president calls for "sense of urgency" to fast-track development

Rwanda president Paul Kagame
Kigali - ArabToday

Rwanda president Paul Kagame on Saturday urged the top government leadership to step out of the comfort zones and spearhead the country's social and economic development.

He made the call while opening the 14th National Leadership Retreat in Gabiro, Eastern Province.

Top leaders from the central and local government and members of the private sector and civil society have converged here for a five-day leadership retreat that started Saturday.

The leadership retreat aims to evaluate the government's implementation of the country's Vision 2020 and to discuss how to design Vision 2050 as mandated in the National Dialogue held December last year.

"We keep congratulating ourselves for good results but why don't you do more of what you are capable of doing," Kagame told the leaders.

He emphasized the need to establish a solid platform to enable leaders to co-operate and have a sense of urgency towards fast-tracking the country's ambitious development programs.

"Our tragic history means that we can not move at the same pace as others. It requires us to have a sense of urgency," the Rwandan leader said.

This year's retreat came a few months away from the completion of the seven-year program that guided the work of the current leadership and the second phase of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS2).

EDPRS2 main objective is to put Rwanda on a higher growth trajectory, in order to deliver the country to a middle-income status envisioned in Vision 2020.

The small central African country also targets to increase private sector investments to 15.4 percent of the GDP.

According to the 2017 World Bank report, Rwanda has the potential to be one of Africa's great success stories given its dynamic social and economic transformation.

Under current initial plan towards Vision 2050, Rwanda is projected to be an upper-middle-income country by 2035 with a per capita annual income of more than 4,000 U.S. dollars, while it will be a high income economy by 2050 when every Rwandan will be earning at least 12,000 dollars a year.

Currently, Rwanda's annual per capita income is estimated at around 720 dollars, nevertheless the economy will need to be at an average annual growth of above 10 percent, if Vision 2050 is to be achieved.

This year's retreat that has convened together about 300 leaders will conclude on Wednesday next week.

Source: Xinhua

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

rwandan president calls for sense of urgency to fasttrack development rwandan president calls for sense of urgency to fasttrack development

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

rwandan president calls for sense of urgency to fasttrack development rwandan president calls for sense of urgency to fasttrack development

 



GMT 23:30 2011 Thursday ,03 March

American top cardiologist Dr. Goldberg

GMT 09:11 2017 Sunday ,31 December

Palestinian officials slam controversial remarks

GMT 12:46 2017 Sunday ,03 December

Philipp, Castro add to Dortmund's injury woes

GMT 18:07 2017 Sunday ,22 January

4 al-Qaeda members killed in Yemen drone strikes

GMT 17:22 2017 Saturday ,29 July

China, Russia responsible for N.Korea threat

GMT 00:54 2017 Saturday ,08 April

Dh1m for stories of hope in the Arab world

GMT 14:24 2017 Saturday ,16 September

LUSH launches new perfume range Volume IV

GMT 14:55 2014 Wednesday ,16 July

Sheikha Fatima offers 60m gift

GMT 13:30 2017 Tuesday ,28 November

Tokyo stocks snap three-day winning streak

GMT 09:26 2018 Sunday ,09 December

Cold weather prevails over next 3 days

GMT 17:42 2018 Wednesday ,05 September

Bahrain Bourse daily trading performance

GMT 18:55 2016 Friday ,15 July

Consortium closes $1.825bn Rabigh 1 refinancing

GMT 23:56 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

UAE Ambassador meets South Korean Health Minister

GMT 09:48 2018 Sunday ,21 January

Elysee: Macron to welcome Hariri next Friday
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday