Publication: Building Cooperation in Post-Conflict Areas : Rwanda Community Reintegration and Development Project
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2001-03
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2001-03
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In Rwanda, postwar poverty is widespread, especially in the rural regions. The World Bank-supported Rwanda Community and Reintegration and Development Project is a best practice example of promoting the social and economic integration of the poor amid ethnic tensions in a post-conflict situation. This project embodies Social Development best practice elements, identified as Multi-dimensional approach to poverty reduction aimed at enhancing opportunities, capabilities, empowerment, and security of the poor; institutionalized mechanisms for participation and decentralized implementation; and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of social development outcomes by the government and community.
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“Kuehnast, Kathleen. 2001. Building Cooperation in Post-Conflict Areas : Rwanda Community Reintegration and Development Project. Social Development Notes; No. 59. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11398 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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