Is Rwanda a development success? | Pritish Behuria

About this episode

The episode discusses Rwanda's development success story and the challenges it faces.

Rwanda is often celebrated as one of Africa’s most striking development success stories. But how durable is that success, and who has benefited from it? Dan Banik speaks with Pritish Behuria about Rwanda’s services-led growth model, powerful national brand, and the unresolved challenges of jobs, inequality, foreign dependence, and structural transformation.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Banik

Guest: Pritish Behuria

Topics covered

• development
• Rwanda
• economic growth
• inequality
• jobs
• foreign dependence
• structural transformation

Keywords

• Rwanda
• development
• economic growth
• inequality
• jobs
• foreign dependence
• structural transformation

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Places: Rwanda

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