Rwanda, Inc.

An in-depth look at how Paul Kagame transformed Rwanda into Africa's rising economic star after it's legacy of genocide, and why the Rwanda Model could work for other struggling democracies. ai Seventeen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, the country has achieved a miracul [...]
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An in-depth look at how Paul Kagame transformed Rwanda into Africa's rising economic star after it's legacy of genocide, and why the Rwanda Model could work for other struggling democracies. ai Seventeen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, the country has achieved a miraculous turnaround. A war-torn country filled with mass graves, it has adopted the most promising African model for economic development, shepherded by its shrewd and decisive president, Paul Kagame. In this compelling portrait of one of Africa's success stories, Patricia Crisafulli & Andrea Redmond look at Kagame's leadership and the key elements of the so-called Rwanda Model, including self-determination and self-sufficiency, and their potential to challenge the old model of dependence on Western aid in the developing world. They also explore the role of the West in assisting Rwanda with one of its most important goals today: to educate its young people with nine years of compulsory schooling, and then sending the best and brightest to U.S. colleges and universities.As the countries of the Arab Spring African countries continue to rebel against oppressive dictatorships, this is at timely and fascinating look at the implications of Rwanda's success for the rest of the continent.