EMPOWERING RWANDANS

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UNDP Rwanda Country Programme Document (CPD) 2025-2029

UNDP Rwanda’s 2025-2029 Country Programme supports inclusive economic growth, climate resilience, and good governance, aligned with Vision 2050 and NST2. Key priorities include job creation, gender equality, digital innovation, renewable energy access, and strengthened governance. By fostering partnerships and sustainability, UNDP aims to empower communities and drive Rwanda’s transformation, leaving no one behind.

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UNDP Rwanda Country Programme Document (2025-2029)

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Our Mission

In Rwanda, UNDP has been working as a key development partner of choice since 1977, to achieve sustainable human development in economic, social and environmental fronts. Working closely with the Government, civil society, the private sector and communities, UNDP aims to eradicate extreme poverty, and reduce inequalities and exclusion to protect both people and the planet.

Our mission at UNDP has been to help Rwanda build stronger institutions, eradicate poverty and inequality, protect the environment, uphold human rights, adhere to good governance, and create decent employment opportunities for its youth, women and men. At UNDP we also plan to aid all Rwandans, especially the most vulnerable, enjoy the benefits of their country's development and to be protected from adverse impacts of natural disasters and climate change.

 

13.2

Million

population of Rwanda

61.3

Percent

Women in Parliament

69,6

Years

Life expectancy at birth

47.3

Percent

Poverty rate

4,249

Billion RWF

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

21.5

Percent

Youth unemployment

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UNDP Rwanda Annual Report 2023

“Innovating Progress, Redefining Prosperity,” is not only a look back but also a call to action that resonates with the dynamic spirit of Rwanda. It is that dynamism that has led to the country’s multiyear economic growth and fed the energy of its young entrepreneurs. Yet, even as we celebrate these achievements, we are compelled to confront a harsh reality: the benefits of growth have not been distributed equally. Rising inequality and poverty have accompanied the growth of Rwanda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This dichotomy challenges us to question traditional metrics of progress and to forge a new understanding of prosperity that prioritizes the well-being of people and nature over mere economic output.

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