The microfinance sector in Rwanda is relatively young. Although small self-help peasant organizations (such as tontines …-ROSCA or ibimina) have existed for some time, the sector growth accelerated with the creation of the Banque Populaire du Rwanda … (BPR) and Union des Banques Populaires du Rwanda (UBPR) in 1975 whose network dominates the microfinance industry today …

) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the … sector level was associated with a 1.2 percent lower multidimensional poverty index and 1.4 point higher share of nonfarm … Kigali, and/or had better market access. Although increasing population density was profoundly associated with poverty …

Rwanda is renowned among African countries for the rapid advances achieved in its population's standard of living … 2000 and 2010, the percentage of people living in poverty fell from 59 to approximately 46 percent and then to 38 percent … by 2016 (NISR: national poverty line). Yet progress has not always been even, and challenges endure. With the COVID-19 …

Poverty rates in Rwanda have fallen substantially in the last decades. So far, however, it is not well understood what … 2010/11 and 2013/14 to investigate poverty and poverty trajectories in Rwanda. According to our estimates increased labor … has driven this poverty decline. Thus, in this paper, we rely on a newly available household panel dataset collected in …