Policy Briefs

This brief highlights the key policy and programme options that can help accelerate economic productivity and job creation in Rwanda to enable the country earn a Demographic Dividend. The brief draws on findings of the Rwanda DD study that showed that the country can graduate to middle-income level with per capita GDP of US$ 4,014 by 2035 and to a high-income country with per capita GDP of US$ 12,555 by 2050 if the country adopts an integrated investment model that simultaneously prioritises investments to facilitate voluntary decline in fertility, education, health and job-focused economic reforms.

Empowering Youth with Quality Jobs to Stimulate the Demographic Dividend in Rwanda