The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning John Rwangombwa has said that combating, and zero tolerance to corruption have facilitated the improvement of public financial management.
Rwangombwa made the remarks at the Learning Exchange on Best Practices between Francophone Countries meeting in the preparation for the Busan Forth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.
“Guided by Rwanda’s Aid Policy which we adopted in 2006, the Government of Rwanda and our partners have made considerable efforts enhancing effectiveness of aid provided to Rwanda,” Rwangombwa said in the meeting.
“The results of the recent Paris Declaration Survey in 2011 have indicated that we have seen improvements in our performance on aid effectiveness. This is the result of the joint efforts made by the Government of Rwanda and our partners,” he added.
Rwangombwa, however, said that improvement in performance of Aid effectiveness in Rwanda was possible due to strong leadership role over aid coordination and development management.
“To make aid more effective and in spill a sense of donor confidence, the Government of Rwanda has enhanced domestic accountability. This has also made development assistance register strong and good results on the ground,”
He also noted, “Recent global development landscape also necessitates us to be ever more diligent for the efficiency and effectiveness of aid”.
The minister added that global financial and economic crises and political changes in many donor countries resulted in tighter resources for development cooperation.
According to him, quality of development cooperation is one of the key to national agenda for Rwanda and that aid supports development of sustainable national capacity to facilitate the transformation of society and economy so that aid is no longer require.
The minister said Rwanda can offer many important lessons for aid effectiveness.
The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), which will be held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 29th November to 1st December, 2011 is said to be important for Rwanda.
Minister Rwangombwa says the outcomes of the Busan High-Level Forum need to speak about the reality on the ground and to help Rwanda achieve her vision and goals that aim at seeing people out of poverty.
The participants at the forum are expected to first attend the 3rd Regional Consultative Meeting on Development Effectiveness in Addis Ababa later this month is one of the significant African consultations prior to the Busan.
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