1. Dakar, Senegal 14 May, 2013 Agriculture Policy Exchange and Learning Event Rwanda Rwanda Team

2. Framework of National Policies 2 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS 2007201120152020 EDPRS I NAIP Vision 2020 MDG’s PSTA I PSTA IIPSTA III OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES EDPRS II

3. Implementation Best Practices  Leadership and Political will  In ensuring that development efforts are well coordinated and aligned in support of country-led plans  Long-term Vision  Vision 2020 aligned with MDGs, broken down into 4-year Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategies (EDPRS) that serve as the basis for program implementation  MINAGRI Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture in Rwanda (PSTA) aligned to EDPRS and CAADP (On the Frontier)  EDPRS & PSTA are adjusted every 4 to 5 years based on achievements, lessons learned & what remains to be accomplished based on targets that are captured in the CPAF

4. Implementation Best Practices  Culture of results and commitment  AgSWG, established in 2004, is the standing Committee for PSTA and a multi-sector oversight committee with wide representation  Biannual JSR (forward and backward looking) organized through a SWAp adopted in 2009  GoR has a very robust system for dialogue & accountability (CPAF/DPAF) that serves as the basis for public and donor support  The successful use of home grown initiatives like the performance contract, driving the performance of individuals and institutions towards achieving their goals (Yearly National Dialogue & Leadership Retreat)

5. 5  Key frameworks and coordination mechanisms are in place and operate under a streamlined and transparent structure and multi-sector approach  GDP grew at an annual average rate of 8.5% between 2000-12  Growth performance has been driven by steady agricultural growth(ag. annual average rate of 6.5% between 2008-12)  Rwanda has managed to translate its recent growth into poverty reduction (fell by about 12% points between 2005-11)  GoR has allocated over 10% of the national budget to agriculture in the current and prior fiscal years  40 out of 40 sectoral policy actions achieved in the last 5 years  GoR has improved its way of conducting business  Top global reformer in the 2010 Doing Business WB Report  In 2012, Rwanda is 2 nd most reformed country in the world, over six years (2005-2011)  Rwanda is 3rd easiest in Africa and 1 st in EAC  Effective implementation of the division of labor among DPs Progress

6. 6  Sector  Performance M&E system  Multi-sectorial issues  Capacity issues  Private sector  Landlocked country (2,000 km away to the nearest sea)  Highest energy and transportation costs in the region  Lack of access to finance  Low capacity of private sector to drive the growth currently  PSTA III (2013-17) to address these issues Challenges

7. Thank you Murakoze 7