How business environment reforms work; the case of Rwanda

Rwanda offers several important insights into how business environment reforms work and can lead to economic growth and poverty reduction. Often heralded as a positive example of African development, Rwanda is a unique country with many contested issues. This small, landlocked nation can only prosper through better access to regional and international markets and increased…

51 Lessons for Donor and Development Agency Support to Business Environment Reforms

Last month, the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) published a paper I prepared on the practice of supporting business environment reform (BER). This is a synthesis of the findings of three practice reviews that I led in Bangladesh (2011), Kenya (2010) and Rwanda (2011). The reports of these country reviews, which each involved other co-authors,…