Rwanda Ninth Poverty Reduction Support Financing

The PRSG-9 is the second of a third programmatic series of three Poverty Reduction Support Financing (PRSF) operations. The PRSF 8-10 series supports the implementation of Rwanda’s medium-term strategy towards the attainment of the achieving the country’s long-term development aspirations as articulated in the Vision 2020. The program development objective of this series is to adopt policies that facilitate increased private sector investment and involvement and ease constraints to broad based growth. Supported reforms to increase efficiency, transparency and accountability in the public sector include public financial management to ensure that resources are used more efficiently and effectively to benefit all parts of the population, including the poor. PRSF 8-10 support policy measures aimed at: (i) facilitating trade and investments; (ii) increasing access to electricity and improved infrastructure services; (iii) raising private sector participation in the agricultural sector; (iv) increasing the quality and relevance of education and training to build a skilled workforce; (v) improving service delivery through focused and strategic civil service reform; and (vi) strengthening the management of public resources, including increasing transparency and accountability.