Surging Investment and Declining Aid : Evaluating Debt Sustainability in Rwanda /

Rwanda is a unique case among its Sub-Saharan African peers in that it has already undergone a large scaling-up of public investment. The Rwandan government has made clear its desire to lower its reliance on foreign aid while still maintaining high public investment levels. We use the model of publi...

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Huvudupphovsman: Clark JR, John
Övriga upphovsmän: Arnason, Birgir
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/051
Länkar:Full text available on IMF
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