INTRODUCTION This document which the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP) is making available today, contains a certain number of distinct features which deserve to be highlighted from the outset to enlighten and guide the reader. In this introduction, we will attempt to clarify the context in which this paper was prepared, explain [...]
INTRODUCTION Participation and democracy are closely related concepts. Democracy as a concept has been used to emphasize citizens‟ participation in choosing their representatives. In light of political evolution and economic development, democracy implies citizens‟ participation in choosing their representatives, in the design, implementation and evaluation of programmes and policies. In theory, the local population, who [...]
INTRODUCTION "Democracy is not something we get without effort. We must always fight for democracy, otherwise we lose it....." Paul Auster Acquiring democracy is a slow and long process. It is not acquired at once; it is built over several generations. All the stakeholders, particularly the politicians, the civil society, and the people in general, [...]
INTRODUCTION L’économie rwandaise est dominée par le secteur agricole qui contribue à 43% du PIB et qui emploie 87.1% de la population active. Les cultures industrielles comme le café et le thé occupent la première place des exportations rwandaises. Le secteur industriel n’est pas développé et la plupart des industries existant au Rwanda ne valorisent pas [...]
INTRODUCTION "Within one hundred days, more than a million Tutsi were horribly massacred by their compatriots on behalf of Hutu. This period marked an enormous ru pture in the history of the social tissue and sunk Rwanda deeper into a whirlpool that no one can look at without shaking. The facts that lead to the [...]
