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Main message to Rwanda is that “Good policies pay off.” Let me set this in a broader context by saying that I am very happy to have the opportunity to visit Rwanda at such a pivotal moment in its history. The horrific events that occurred 20 years ago tore the social and economic fabric of the country, and it is uplifting to see the progress in rebuilding, in peace efforts, and in improving the welfare of all Rwandans.
This truly is an example in terms of social and economic transformation. It proves that effective policies and inclusive growth can be transformational.
The economic performance has been remarkable, with strong annual growth for the past 15 years. This has helped Rwanda make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The poorest have benefited from a focus on inclusive growth, with the poverty rate falling to 45 per cent of the population in 2011 from 60 per cent in 2000.
Of course, this rate is still high, but it is definite progress and we see the trend continuing. So, while there has not been a magic bullet or a single trigger, a holistic approach, that also included a focus on the agricultural sector, employment, and gender equality, has been instrumental in sharing the fruits of high growth more widely.
What is the status of IMF relations in Rwanda at present?
We have a very close economic policy dialogue and the IMF is currently supporting the government with a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) – designed for low-income countries that have graduated from financial support but still seek to maintain a close policy dialogue.
The PSI signals the strength of a country’s policies to donors, multilateral development banks, and markets. We also provide technical assistance as part of the Fund’s efforts to increase local capacity and know-how. We have an office in Kigali, where a resident representative, currently Mitra Farahbaksh, ensures our presence in the field.
Rwanda’s PSI, which is in its second year, supports Rwanda’s own policy priorities for strong and inclusive growth, with an emphasis on domestic resource mobilization, private sector development, export diversification, regional integration, and financial sector development.
We recently reviewed this programme and welcomed the country’s continued strong performance. We also agreed with the government that more work needs to be done to further reduce Rwanda’s reliance on aid and increase its resilience to external shocks.
What is your economic outlook for the country between now and 2020?
Our outlook for Rwanda is positive. The economy is recovering from a weak performance in agriculture and delays in related project implementation in recent years. Growth rebounded last year and inflation remains well contained. We expect GDP growth rates to rise gradually towards 7-7.5 per cent in the medium term, while inflation remains within the medium-term target of 5 per cent.
I am particularly impressed with the government’s continued commitment to poverty reduction.
As part of my stay here, I will be visiting the Agaseke Handicraft Cooperative and the ICT hub (knowledge Lab) in Kigali to see firsthand how the government has managed to improve the welfare of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups such as women and youth.
As your readers are aware, the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy for 2013–18 focuses on economic transformation, rural development, and youth employment. The strategy is rightly aimed at further reducing poverty.
I think that the continued rollout of planned measures and the successful inclusion of the private sector in leading economic development will help make sizeable inroads in making growth even more inclusive and in reducing inequality.
In a recent advisory by the IMF Board, they encouraged Rwanda to widen its tax base and put emphasis on domestic revenue sourcing. What is your advice on this?
We are devoting a significant portion of our technical assistance to support Rwanda’s efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign aid. The focus is appropriately on widening the tax base – not higher taxes, but all paying a fair share.
The government has already made significant progress in the areas of revenue administration.
The push to increase the number of registered VAT payers through the introduction of electronic billing machines, and the switch in the collection of local taxes and fees from the local governments to the revenue authority, should be useful in bringing more businesses under the tax system.
The introduction of tax regimes for agriculture and mining, and improvements in property taxation, should also help achieve the goal of providing budgetary resources for key expenditures, particularly those aimed at scaling up social spending and infrastructure in a context where donor resources are likely to be limited.
Lately, Rwanda has taken to raising money through bonds, do you think this is viable?
Rwanda’s successful Euro-bond issuance in 2013 demonstrated that market financing can play a complementary role in financing investment plans. Several other African countries have followed suit over the past year.
The key is to ensure that Rwanda’s debt remains sustainable. I welcome the government’s commitment to fully explore concessional financing options and private sector participation before considering the use of non-concessional resources.
At the same time, the government’s decision to begin issuing domestic currency bonds in 2014 was an important step in the process of developing and deepening local capital markets.
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Creating jobs remains a high priority for this country, but as you know the private sector is also still young. What should Rwanda do to address these two issues?
On private sector development, Rwanda’s potential depends critically on full implementation of ongoing reforms to attract foreign investment and boost exports. These include reducing the cost of doing business; improving infrastructure; supporting skills development; and tapping into regional markets.
The increased provision of lower-cost electricity and improved transportation should help facilitate diversification and business development.
On creating jobs, the government has identified three key priorities: skills development, the fostering of entrepreneurship for small- and medium-sized enterprises, and supporting household enterprises. We at the Fund share this emphasis on building the capacity of Africa’s greatest resource–its people. Increased investment in infrastructure can help put people to work.
The IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa projects regional GDP growth to pick up from about 5 per cent in 2013/14 to 5.75 per cent in 2015. That isn’t a big leap, is it? Can you elaborate on this?
Sub-Saharan Africa has made impressive progress over the past two decades, with growth averaging around 5 per cent. We expect that to continue in 2015, despite the impact of lower oil prices on some of Africa’s major oil exporting economies.
So there has been real progress, as growth has allowed for reducing poverty and improving living conditions.
For example, the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day in Africa has fallen significantly since 1990. But extreme poverty remains unacceptably high and not all countries are making progress. Some countries are still facing internal conflict and/or fragility.
Looking ahead, there are a number of longer-term demographic, technological and environmental challenges that need to be addressed in order to realise the ‘big leap’ that you refer to.
For instance, how can we tap into the productive capacity of Africa’s youth? How can Africa take advantage of technological innovation?
And how can we address the implications of climate change? Three broad policy priorities are crucial: building infrastructure, building institutions, and building people. Africa must also strengthen its institutional and governance frameworks to better manage its vast resources.
But the focus must be on people—with programmes aimed at boosting health and education and other essential social services. In fact, Rwanda is one of the countries that are effectively implementing policies in many of these areas.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has dealt a major blow to several African economies in the region. Can the effects of this blow spread to other parts of the continent?
The Ebola outbreak is a severe human, social and economic crisis that requires a resolute response. And the focus must be on isolating the virus, not the countries.
Strong efforts are underway in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but it is unlikely to be brought under control before the second half of 2015.
The economic outlook for these countries has already worsened since September, when the IMF disbursed $130 million to the (three) countries to boost their response to the outbreak.
If the outbreak remains limited to the three countries, the economic outlook for the rest of sub-Saharan Africa remains favourable. Some neighbouring countries like The Gambia have seen an impact on tourism.
We are working with the governments of the three affected countries to provide additional interest-free financing of about $160 million, and expect our Board to make a decision in the next few days.
Following the endorsement by the G-20 leaders in Australia, we are also looking at further options to provide additional support to the Ebola-hit countries, including through the provision of donor-supported debt relief.
International oil prices have been tumbling, is this good for Rwanda and the other members of the EAC?
Indeed, oil prices have fallen recently, affecting both oil producers and consumers. Overall, we see the price decline as positive for the global economy. As an oil importer, Rwanda and indeed the East Africa region should benefit given that lower prices will most likely have a positive impact on growth whilst also easing inflation.
Countries can make use of this window of opportunity to reduce universal energy subsidies and use the savings toward more targeted transfers that benefit the poor.
Recently, the East African Community, a regional bloc to which Rwanda subscribes, reached a landmark Economic Partnership agreement (Epa) with Europe. Do you think that these countries need such agreements?
The EPA is designed to enhance commercial and economic relations, supporting a new trading dynamic in the region and deepening cooperation in trade and investment. It can serve as an important instrument of development in many respects.
It can promote sustained growth, increase the productive capacity of EAC economies, foster diversification and competitiveness, and, of course, boost trade, investment and employment. Rwanda is a key member of the EAC that has worked hard to create a conducive and transparent business environment. So it should benefit from this agreement.
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Telengabagan, 2019
The huge temporary canopies - held by a framework of bamboo poles and draped with colourful fabric - that house the icons are called 'pandals'. Modern pandals in Kolkata are innovative, artistic and decorative at the same time, offering a visual spectacle for the numerous visitors who go 'pandal-hopping' during the four days of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the supremely radiant mother goddess, is one of the most important festivals, is celebrated every year in the month of October with much gaiety and grandeur in India and abroad, especially in Bengal, where the ten-armed goddess riding the lion and killing the Buffalo-Demon (Mahishasura) is worshiped with great passion and devotion. In Durga, the Gods bestowed their powers to co-create a beautiful goddess with ten arms, each carrying their most lethal weapon. The tableau of Durga also features her four children - Kartikeya, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi.
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October 22-26, 2020
On November 19th in front of 27,000 fans at Mikheil Meskhi stadium the national rugby teams of Georgia and Samoa expressed their support to the United Nations Secretary General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign. The Samoan rugby team has followed the Georgian national team’s example in actively joining the cause by expressing their support to the UNiTe campaign. The match ended with the victory of Georgia, score- 20:16 and at the same time Levan Chalichava has earned the man of the match award and has been granted a prize on behalf of the UNiTE campaign by Irina Japharidze, UN Women Programme Analyst. Georgian rugby players have a long-standing partnership with UN Women in the framework of the UN Joint programme for gender equality (funded by the Government of Sweden and implemented by UNDP, UN Women and UNFPA). This cooperation is aimed at increasing men’s engagement in the fight against violence against women and girls.
Pictured: Prematch press conference. From right to left: Georgian national rugby team Chief Coach Milton Heig and Capitan Mamuka Gorgodze opening the Orange Campaign.
Photo: GRU/Goga Bukhaidze
3 May 2019. ADB officials present to business communities an overview of the bank’s new procurement framework and its implementation status.
Opportunities in the Pacific were highlighted, as procurement in the region struggles to attract bidders, particularly new entrants.
Visit the event page for more information on this event and the list of speakers.
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The fourth priority area of the Hyogo Framework for Action – addressing underlying drivers of disaster risk – has proved the most challenging area of implementation for countries around the world.
An innovative Norwegian development shows what can be done with good vision, planning, implementation and ongoing commitment to investing today for a safer tomorrow.
On the site of the former Oslo airport an eco-friendly mixed development is transforming a polluted post-industrial wasteland into an area of parkland, residences and offices that is flood-resilient.
Here, UNISDR goes on a tour of the Fornebu development with landscape architect Simen Gylseth that once completed will host 6,000 residents and 20,000 office and light industrial workers in developments arranged around parkland of 200,000 square metres.
The field trip is part of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) being held in Oslo and hosted by the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, the Chair of the EFDRR. The meeting is co-organized in collaboration with the Council of Europe (EUR-OPA) and UNISDR Europe.
Learn more about the EFDRR: www.preventionweb.net/efdrr/2013
At Saffron Frameworks, we create beautiful and functional bicycles by understanding first, who you are and what you want from your bicycle. We design frames which fit your cycling goals and your geometry. And we turn that into an aesthetically attractive frame.
We believe in turning your ideas into designs, and those designs into truly awesome bicycles, making you the perfect traveling partner on two wheels
Primarily we built with steel but throw a bit of carbon into the mix from time to time. Each one of our frames is unique, made with our own hands.
A framework for a shelter during bison hunting time, at the top of Ulm Piskun buffalo jump. You can see the edge of the cliff in the background Some Indians would hide in these shelters, covered by buffalo hides, until the right time to act.
Ulm Pishkun is the largest known "buffalo jump." When buffalo (bison) were migrating, Indians would stampede the animals over the cliff, usually at least 30 ft (10 m) high. The bison were then easy to kill. The fall would cause many to break their legs. Indians are supposed to have used this method for 2,000 years before the arrival of Europeans. Ulm Pishkun State Park (now called First Peoples Buffalo Jump S.P.) is about 10 miles (16 km) west of Great Falls, Montana. The Blackfoot Indians were the main tribe in the area. This photo is geotagged.
Oil painting by Ben Reche inspired by Framework. You can see more of Bens work here www.benreche.com/
Consequence of the German settling in this region. Until they had created a Framework in masonry in a revival way.
Gramado - RS, Brazil
The history of web frameworks as described by a timeline of releases.
Add your favorite frameworks by update an OmniGraffle file on GitHub.
2015 version at flickr.com/photos/mraible/20606289343
2013 version at flickr.com/photos/mraible/8588701778
Seen at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
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Die Geburtsstadt von Hermann Hesse mit ihren wunderschönen Fachwerkhäusern - The native town of Hermann Hesse with its wonderful framework houses.
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see story in pic below. This is the framework of an old Cucafera recently found in the old Mineral spa of Porcar during the restoration.
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Geschichte der Cucafera, siehe Bild unten.
Hier das Gerippe einer alten Cucafera. es wurde während der Restauration des Porcar Mineralheilbades gefunden.
20 May 2020 - Goma, DRC - Within the framework of securing the populations of the city and its surroundings, a joint night patrol composed of UNPOL, Congolese National Police and the Congolese Army was undertaken 19 hours in Goma. The patrol went to several districts of the commune of KARISIMBI and of the neighboring towns of the territory of NYIRAGONGO
Photo: MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan
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20 mai 2020 - Goma, RDC - Dans le cadre de la sécurisation des populations de la ville et de ses environs, une patrouille de nuit conjointe composée de l'UNPOL, de la Police nationale congolaise et de l'armée congolaise a été effectuée 19 heures à Goma. La patrouille s'est rendue dans plusieurs quartiers de la commune de KARISIMBI et des villes voisines du territoire de NYIRAGONGO
Photo: MONUSCO / Kevin Jordan
High above Vieux Lyon, and visible from other areas of Central Lyon are two landmarks.
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière) and
Metallic tower of Fourvière
(Tour métallique de Fourvière)
The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of Lyon, France, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the Eiffel Tower, which predates it by three years. With a height of 85.9 metres and weight of 210 tons, the "metallic tower" was built between 1892 and 1894.
During the Exposition universelle of 1914 in Lyon[citation needed] it had a restaurant and an elevator capable of taking 22 people up to the summit. Although used as an observation tower until November 1, 1953, nowadays it serves as a television tower and is not accessible to the public. At 372m, it is the highest point in Lyon.
View from Pont Maréchal Juin
Leutschenbach School, Zürich CH
Apart from classrooms, Leutschenbach School comprises a gymnastic and multi-purpose hall, a library and cafe. Typically these functions would be placed next to each other and connected on an organizational level. Not unlike a high-rise, Leutschenbach stacks the elements and achieves a single volume with a small footprint. The result of this vertical organization is a surrounding park, which can be used to its full extent by the school and neighbouring communities. All levels are composed as spatial structural steel frameworks. The location of the bracing differs from one level to the other, allowing various layouts of the interior spaces and offering specific relationships to the exterior. The various sections become differentiations within a uniform system in which overarching relationships occur, such as between the communal areas on the ground floor and those on the fourth. The ground level is shallow in height and relates to the playground. Here the school acts like a giant roof, hovering over the communal eating and play areas, with more intimate spaces consolidated within a core. All classrooms are located on the second, third and fourth levels. A generous hallway, with access to all classrooms, acts as an additional teaching place. Wide, single flights of stairs lead from one hallway to the next. A system of opposite-running stairs divides juniors from seniors, yet both runs meet in a collective central hall on the fifth floor. Immediate access to the library and multi-purpose hall, with views over the park, complete this level. The top floor terminates with the gym, where the entire footprint of the project is comprehensible.
Project data
client: Amt für Hochbauten der Stadt Zürich
architect: Christian Kerez;
landscape: 4d;
structural engineer: Dr Schwartz Consulting with DSP;
construction manager: BGS;
facade: GKP Fassadentechnik;
h&v: Waldhauser Haustechnik;
lighting engineer: Amstein & Walthert;
acoustics: Martin Lienhard;
services engineer: BAKUS;
total construction cost: € 40.500.000,--
size: 9840 m2
completion date: August 2009
I noticed from the car that their was a pub with a Henry VIII pub sign, so I later walked up to find that pub.
Actually two pubs here.
Tudor House Inn on the left. and the Vine Inn on the right.
Vine Inn is Grade II listed.
1.
1781 WEST STREET
(North West Side)
Nos 86 and 88
(The Vine Inn)
SP 2764 8/518
II GV
2.
Restored front to early building. Machine tiles, pebble dash. Lattice
casements and canted sash bay on left. 2 storeys, 3 gables with modern
timber framework.
All the listed buildings on the north-west side from Nos 78 to 98
form a group
Listing NGR: SP2783364418
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.
The Tudor House Inn is Grade II* listed. At 90-92 West Street.
Pub sign for the Vine Inn - grapes
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Postcard Series: Modernizing Monetary Policy Frameworks with Diwa C. Guinigundo, Deputy Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Pham Thanh Ha, Director General, State Bank of Vietnam and Natan Epstein, Deputy Director, IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute on Friday, October 12 at the 2018 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Bali, Indonesia. Ryan Rayburn/IMF Photo