Articles
African Diaspora Key to the Continent's Development:
World Bank meets with Diaspora groups in Washington to discuss increased engagement, cooperation
Bridges can be built on past lessons
Irwin Loy of 24 Hours interviews BBR founder Lama Mugabo.
A Dialogue on Rwanda's Vision 2020
In an effort to engage the Rwandan delegation in a meaningful way, BBR partnered with Real Living Solutions, an innovative BC based Software Company that is specialized in sustainable development...
East
Africa: Rwanda is Number One in ICTs
Rwanda has grabbed the first position in Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) in the East African region. According to a report
released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
in New York and Geneva . . .
A
Small Country in Africa Called Rwanda
BBR Executive Director Lama Mugabo writes about his work in Rwanda
developing a framework through which Canadian and Rwandan municipalities
could collaborate to strengthen the capacity of Rwandan local governments
for sustainable development.
Professor
Returning to Rwanda to Pay on Debt: A Commentary
For the second year in a row, retired chemistry professor Albert
Schlueter is spending a few weeks in Rwanda teaching English and
chemistry at a high school level boarding school . . .
Rwanda's
Genocide: First the Deed,Then the Denial
Rwanda's deniers, exhibiting the usual mixture of self-serving and
perverse motives, fall generally into two categories
Technology
and Telecoms: Rwanda's knowledge revolution
There was again, the same look - a combination of concern and
disbelief — when I told a colleague that I’d been working
in Rwanda. After all, what do we in the outside world know about
Rwanda? A small country with a history of unspeakable violence and
ethnic division, perhaps, but a place of opportunity? A leader of
Africa’s march into the 21st century? Rwanda? . . .
Rwanda
Moves to Top Women MP List
Rwanda now has the world's highest
proportion of female members of parliament, a study shows. Following
elections earlier this month, 48.8% of Rwanda's MPs are women, says
the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
A
Rwandan’s Legacy: A Review of An Ordinary Man
A review of the autobiography of Paul Rusesabagina, whose story
was featured in the film Hotel Rwanda
Africa
'Must Up Corruption Fight'
Africa needs to "go on the offensive" and show the political
will to defeat corruption, the head of the African Development Bank
has said.
Poverty
and the Environment
In developing countries as
Sub-Saharan African Countries, poverty and the environment are inextricably
inter-twinned. Whereas the poor earn their livelihood mostly from
the use of environmental resources, environmental degradation also
threatens to worsen the plight of the poor. The poor in many rural
areas earn their livelihood from forest, pastures, fisheries and
land . . .
