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Rural people in Southern Africa are increasingly suffering both directly and indirectly from global fragility and crises. Effective ways to build resilience to these crises and respond...

This brief presents a compilation of key findings from an analysis of the impact of the Ukraine war on African countries. It covers the effects of global market disruptions on country terms of trade...

Findings This brief assessed the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on commodity prices in local markets within Rwanda and compared them to changes in global prices. The assessment found that...

Findings Global fertilizer price increases are projected to adversely affect Rwanda’s agricultural sector and economy over 2022-2024. Global fertilizer prices rose between...

Rwanda is highly dependent on imports from the global market to satisfy its domestic needs. Ukraine is a major trading partner of Rwanda, contributing to 44 percent of the country’s total...

Findings The Russia-Ukraine war is projected to negatively impact, in the short run, the economy and people’s livelihood in Rwanda. The crisis is expected to deteriorate the country’s terms of trade, driven by...

Global food, fuel, and fertilizer prices have risen rapidly in recent months, raising concerns about how this will affect economic stability, food security...

Rwanda’s economy staged a strong recovery in 2021. Real gross domestic product (GDP) rebounded by 10.9 percent in 2021 from its 3.4 percent contraction in 2020...