Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment

This report aims to assess the steps taken during Rwanda's transition following the genocide against the objective of the long-term durability of domestic peace. Its principal conclusion is that peace is most likely to endure if Rwanda's...

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Main Author: Shahabudin McDoom, Omar
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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IMF
NEO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508571468304500079/Rwandas-exit-pathway-from-violence-a-strategic-assessment
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topic ABUSE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AMBASSADOR
ARMED FORCES
ASYLUM
ATROCITIES
BALANCE OF POWER
BANKS
BATTLE
BOUNDARY
BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY
BUSINESSMEN
CANDIDATES
CENSORSHIP
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL RIGHTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COALITION GOVERNMENTS
COLLAPSE
COLONIALISM
COMBATANTS
COMMON MARKET
COMMUNITY LEADERS
COMMUNITY SERVICE
COMPLAINT
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICT
CONFLICTS
CONSTRAINT
CORRUPTION
COUNTERPARTS
CRIME
CRIMINAL
DEATHS
DEFENCE
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE
DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES
DEPENDENCE
DISCRETION
DISCRIMINATION
DISENGAGEMENT
DISPLACEMENT CAMP
DUE PROCESS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY
ELECTION
ELECTIONS
ETHICS
ETHNIC CLEANSING
ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXCOMBATANTS
EXPLOITATION
FAMILY UNIT
FIGHTING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FREE MEDIA
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
GENOCIDE
GENOCIDES
GRAVE
GUERRILLA
HIGH POPULATION GROWTH
HOST COUNTRIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
ILLITERACY
IMF
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
INDIVIDUAL WELFARE
INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL ACTION
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
INVESTIGATION
JOURNALISTS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
LAWS
LEADERSHIP
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOYALISTS
MASS VIOLENCE
MEDIA
MEETINGS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MILITARY EXPENDITURES
MILITIA
MINISTER
MINISTERS
MINORITY
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL DIALOGUE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATIONALISMS
NATIONS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
NEO
OBSERVER
ORPHANS
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
PEACE
PERSONAL FREEDOM
POLARIZATION
POLICE
POLICE FORCE
POLITICAL CHANGE
POLITICAL ISSUES
POLITICAL OPPONENTS
POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY
POLITICAL OPPOSITION
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PARTY
POLITICAL PLURALISM
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL REFORMS
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POLITICIANS
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION DENSITY
POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
POST-CONFLICT SETTING
POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
PREFERENTIAL
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PRESS FREEDOM
PRESS RELEASE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIME MINISTER
PRIVATIZATION
PROSECUTOR
PROSTITUTES
PUBLIC DEBATE
PUBLIC LIFE
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPHERE
RADIO
RADIO STATIONS
REBEL
RECONCILIATION
RECONSTRUCTION
REFUGEE
REFUGEE CAMPS
REFUGEES
REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESSION
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RESTITUTION
RETURNEES
REVOLUTION
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
ROAD
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POVERTY
SAFE HAVEN
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY ENROLMENT
SECURITY THREAT
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SMALLHOLDERS
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
SOLDIERS
SPILLOVER
SPOUSES
STATE POLICIES
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TELEVISION STATIONS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY LEVELS
TOLERANCE
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORTATION
TRAUMA
UNDP
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WAR CRIMES
WEAPONS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
YOUTH
YOUTH COUNCIL
spellingShingle ABUSE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AMBASSADOR
ARMED FORCES
ASYLUM
ATROCITIES
BALANCE OF POWER
BANKS
BATTLE
BOUNDARY
BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY
BUSINESSMEN
CANDIDATES
CENSORSHIP
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL RIGHTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COALITION GOVERNMENTS
COLLAPSE
COLONIALISM
COMBATANTS
COMMON MARKET
COMMUNITY LEADERS
COMMUNITY SERVICE
COMPLAINT
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICT
CONFLICTS
CONSTRAINT
CORRUPTION
COUNTERPARTS
CRIME
CRIMINAL
DEATHS
DEFENCE
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE
DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES
DEPENDENCE
DISCRETION
DISCRIMINATION
DISENGAGEMENT
DISPLACEMENT CAMP
DUE PROCESS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY
ELECTION
ELECTIONS
ETHICS
ETHNIC CLEANSING
ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXCOMBATANTS
EXPLOITATION
FAMILY UNIT
FIGHTING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FREE MEDIA
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
GENOCIDE
GENOCIDES
GRAVE
GUERRILLA
HIGH POPULATION GROWTH
HOST COUNTRIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
ILLITERACY
IMF
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
INDIVIDUAL WELFARE
INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL ACTION
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
INVESTIGATION
JOURNALISTS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIARY
JUSTICE
LAWS
LEADERSHIP
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOYALISTS
MASS VIOLENCE
MEDIA
MEETINGS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MILITARY EXPENDITURES
MILITIA
MINISTER
MINISTERS
MINORITY
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL DIALOGUE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATIONALISMS
NATIONS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
NEO
OBSERVER
ORPHANS
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
PEACE
PERSONAL FREEDOM
POLARIZATION
POLICE
POLICE FORCE
POLITICAL CHANGE
POLITICAL ISSUES
POLITICAL OPPONENTS
POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY
POLITICAL OPPOSITION
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL PARTY
POLITICAL PLURALISM
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL REFORMS
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POLITICIANS
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION DENSITY
POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
POST-CONFLICT SETTING
POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
PREFERENTIAL
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PRESS FREEDOM
PRESS RELEASE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIME MINISTER
PRIVATIZATION
PROSECUTOR
PROSTITUTES
PUBLIC DEBATE
PUBLIC LIFE
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPHERE
RADIO
RADIO STATIONS
REBEL
RECONCILIATION
RECONSTRUCTION
REFUGEE
REFUGEE CAMPS
REFUGEES
REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESSION
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RESTITUTION
RETURNEES
REVOLUTION
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
ROAD
RULE OF LAW
RULING PARTY
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POVERTY
SAFE HAVEN
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY ENROLMENT
SECURITY THREAT
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SMALLHOLDERS
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
SOLDIERS
SPILLOVER
SPOUSES
STATE POLICIES
TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TELEVISION STATIONS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY LEVELS
TOLERANCE
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORTATION
TRAUMA
UNDP
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WAR CRIMES
WEAPONS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
YOUTH
YOUTH COUNCIL
Shahabudin McDoom, Omar
Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment
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description This report aims to assess the steps taken during Rwanda's transition following the genocide against the objective of the long-term durability of domestic peace. Its principal conclusion is that peace is most likely to endure if Rwanda's political space is gradually opened up to allow: (i) Rwanda's formal state institutions to establish greater autonomy from the current regime; and (ii) Rwandan political and civil society, its political opposition and media in particular, to evolve as mature and independent counterweights to the ruling party. Incremental political liberalization will encourage an important shift in Rwanda's political culture to one which encouraged accountability for the subordination of institutional rules to personal, party, or ethnic interests. It falls on the regime to show the way forward to Rwanda's civil and political society by demonstrating its tolerance for genuine political pluralism, dissent, and inclusion. It is in the regime's long-term strategic self-interest to encourage such a change in political culture and increase its legitimacy in order to discourage attempts to bring about regime change extra-constitutionally.
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author Shahabudin McDoom, Omar
author_facet Shahabudin McDoom, Omar
author_sort Shahabudin McDoom, Omar
title Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment
title_short Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment
title_full Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment
title_fullStr Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment
title_sort rwanda's exit pathway from violence : a strategic assessment
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508571468304500079/Rwandas-exit-pathway-from-violence-a-strategic-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27312
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spelling okr-10986-273122021-04-23T14:04:40Z Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence : A Strategic Assessment Shahabudin McDoom, Omar ABUSE ACCOUNTABILITY AMBASSADOR ARMED FORCES ASYLUM ATROCITIES BALANCE OF POWER BANKS BATTLE BOUNDARY BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY BUSINESSMEN CANDIDATES CENSORSHIP CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COALITION GOVERNMENTS COLLAPSE COLONIALISM COMBATANTS COMMON MARKET COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPLAINT CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICTS CONSTRAINT CORRUPTION COUNTERPARTS CRIME CRIMINAL DEATHS DEFENCE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES DEPENDENCE DISCRETION DISCRIMINATION DISENGAGEMENT DISPLACEMENT CAMP DUE PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ECONOMIC TRANSITION EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY ELECTION ELECTIONS ETHICS ETHNIC CLEANSING ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EXCOMBATANTS EXPLOITATION FAMILY UNIT FIGHTING FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE MEDIA FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS GENOCIDE GENOCIDES GRAVE GUERRILLA HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HOST COUNTRIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ILLITERACY IMF INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDEPENDENT MEDIA INDIVIDUAL WELFARE INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INVESTIGATION JOURNALISTS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LEADERSHIP LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOYALISTS MASS VIOLENCE MEDIA MEETINGS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITIA MINISTER MINISTERS MINORITY MONOPOLY NATIONAL DIALOGUE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL SECURITY NATIONALISMS NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT NEO OBSERVER ORPHANS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PEACE PERSONAL FREEDOM POLARIZATION POLICE POLICE FORCE POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ISSUES POLITICAL OPPONENTS POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL PLURALISM POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REFORMS POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICIANS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION POST-CONFLICT SETTING POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PREFERENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PRESS FREEDOM PRESS RELEASE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIME MINISTER PRIVATIZATION PROSECUTOR PROSTITUTES PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE RADIO RADIO STATIONS REBEL RECONCILIATION RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES REPRESENTATIVES REPRESSION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RESTITUTION RETURNEES REVOLUTION RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ROAD RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFE HAVEN SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLMENT SECURITY THREAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL CONTROL SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOLDIERS SPILLOVER SPOUSES STATE POLICIES TELEPHONES TELEVISION TELEVISION STATIONS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVELS TOLERANCE TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORTATION TRAUMA UNDP UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION VICTIMS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR CRIMES WEAPONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUTH YOUTH COUNCIL This report aims to assess the steps taken during Rwanda's transition following the genocide against the objective of the long-term durability of domestic peace. Its principal conclusion is that peace is most likely to endure if Rwanda's political space is gradually opened up to allow: (i) Rwanda's formal state institutions to establish greater autonomy from the current regime; and (ii) Rwandan political and civil society, its political opposition and media in particular, to evolve as mature and independent counterweights to the ruling party. Incremental political liberalization will encourage an important shift in Rwanda's political culture to one which encouraged accountability for the subordination of institutional rules to personal, party, or ethnic interests. It falls on the regime to show the way forward to Rwanda's civil and political society by demonstrating its tolerance for genuine political pluralism, dissent, and inclusion. It is in the regime's long-term strategic self-interest to encourage such a change in political culture and increase its legitimacy in order to discourage attempts to bring about regime change extra-constitutionally. 2017-06-21T21:24:18Z 2017-06-21T21:24:18Z 2011-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508571468304500079/Rwandas-exit-pathway-from-violence-a-strategic-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27312 English en_US World Development Report 2011 Background Papers; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Rwanda