Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
The International Response to Conflict and Genocide: Lessons
from the Rwanda Experience
Study 4: Rebuilding Post-War Rwanda
by
Krishna Kumar, Team Leader: Center for Development Information
and Evaluation, US Agency for International Development
David Tardif-Douglin: Development Alternatives, Inc.
Kim Maynard: Independent Consultant
Peter Manikas: International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul
University
Annette Sheckler: Refugee Policy Group
Carolyn Knapp: Development Alternatives, Inc.
Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda
Preface
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Introduction
- Purpose and Scope
- Methodology
- Organization
Chapter 1: Political and Economic Background
- Economic context
- Ethnic composition and relations
- Political History
- Genocide and killings of moderate hutu
- Migration of refugees
- Composition of new government
Chapter 2: Overview of Assistance to
Rwanda
- Initial donor initiatives
- Assistance pledged during the Round Table Conference
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 3: Support for Economic and Public
Sector Management
- Macroeconomic and public policy reforms
- Policy action by the government
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 4: Assistance to Agriculture
- Post-war situation
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 5: Rehabilitating the Health Sector
- Post-war situation
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 6: Rehabilitating the Education
Sector
- Post-war situation
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 7: Assistance to Vulnerable
Populations
- Post-war situation
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 8: Psycho-Social Healing
- Post-war situation
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 9: Promoting Human Rights and
Building a Fair Judicial
System
- Post-war situation
- International interventions
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 10: Return of Refugees and Internally
Displaced People
- Old caseload refugees
- New caseload refugees
- Internally displaced persons
- Problems and prospects
Chapter 11: Cross-Cutting Issues and a Vision
for the Future
- The consequences of the genocide
- Relationship between NGOs and the government
- Unrealistic expectations for repatriation
- Long-term development of Rwanda
Chapter 12: Recommendations and Lessons
Learned
- Recommendations for Rwanda
Bibliography
Appendix: List of Organizations/Officials
Interviewed in the Field
Annex: Abbreviations
List of Figures
Figure 2.1 Allocation of grants for Rwanda crisis
Figure 9.1 Examples of international assistance for the judicial
system
Figure 10.1 Old caseload Rwandese refugees
Figure 10.2 Refugee population, July 15, 1994-May 5, 1995
Figure 10.3 Old and new caseload refugee returns
List of Tables
Table 2.1 January 1995 Round Table Conference: financial tracking
Table 2.2 Disbursement of Round Table Conference pledges
Table 4.1 Principal Round Table donors for rehabilitation of
agriculture
and rural economy
Table 6.1 Distribution of TEPs
Table 7.1 Response of 64 Rwandese children about the war
Table 7.2 Demographic effects of the war and genocide
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