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Capital Markets in Rwanda: Assessment and Aspirations
In 2015, the Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning mandated the Capital Market Authorit
y (CMA) of Rwanda to develop a Capital-Market Master Plan (CMMP). This plan will set the CMA’s policy strategy for the next 10 years.
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Framing the Issues: Developing Capital Markets in Rwanda
How should Rwanda develop its capital markets? This was the subject of a three-day roundtable discu
ssion held in October 2015 in Rubavu, Rwanda.
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Survey Brief: Rwandan Businesses Share Their Priorities for Capital-Market Development
With approximately 12 million citizens and a nominal GDP of just under $9 billion, the Rwandan econ
omy is small.
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Virtuous circle for east Africa: Regional capital market integration is the only option
Over the past decade, the major economies of east Africa – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda – ha
ve enjoyed annual growth rates of well over 5%.
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Capital Markets in the East African Community: Developing the Buy Side
Deep, liquid capital markets are fundamental to economic growth because they help channel the domes
tic savings of a nation to their most productive uses, and in so doing enable the private sector to invest, produce, and create jobs.
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Africa: The Next Frontier for Fund Investors
With a bigger landmass and a larger consumer population than India, China, the U.S., and Europe co
mbined, Africa had attracted the attention of most international investors by the early 2000s.
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Building Tomorrow's Agents of Change Across Africa
By the close of the century, sub-Saharan Africa will be the world's most populous region. Growth a
nd prosperity will depend not on natural resources, but on the talent and entrepreneurial energy of the region's young professionals.
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IFC, Milken Institute and The George Washington University Launch Capital Markets Certificate Program
Los Angeles – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Milken Institute and The George Washington
University today launched a first-of-its-kind graduate level program for capital market practitioners in developing economies.
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IFC-Milken Institute Newsletter: Spring 2022
Two New Cohorts of Scholars Join the Capital Markets Program
Our seventh cohort of IFC-Milken Insti
tute Capital Market Scholars arrived in Washington, DC, August of 2021, followed by our eighth cohort which began the program in January 2022.
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The Initial Policy Response to COVID-19 from African Central Banks
In response to COVID-19, African central banks have deployed a variety of monetary policy tools, inc
luding lowering policy rates, reducing capital requirements, providing various liquidity support measures to the banking sector, allowing loan deferrals
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