RURAL SMALL AND MICROENTERPRISE |
THE ECONOMY, SECTORAL CONTEXT AND IFAD STRATEGYLessons Learned from Previous IFAD ExperienceThe main lessons learned in Rwanda since the reactivation of IFAD operations in 1996 are summarized as follows: (i) local community capacity needs strengthening to ensure that communities are capable of operating and maintaining facilities developed by projects; (ii) project beneficiaries must have ownership of development activities and be empowered to plan activities based on their identified needs and priorities; (iii) the Government’s decentralization activities are progressing rapidly, providing new opportunities for the lower echelons of local government and civil-society organizations at the community level, and for associating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with private enterprise in the development process through the outsourcing of contracts; and (iv) issues of credit and adequate linkages to market opportunities have become central to the poverty reduction process. The lessons drawn from the first phase of the Rural
Small and Micro-enterprise Promotion |