Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning(MINECOFIN) is scheduled to present a survey on poverty levels carried out in conjunction with the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR).
The presentation of the new survey will update the public and development partners about the progress of government’s first phase of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) ending this year.
The survey which will be launched by MINECOFIN at the ceremony to be attended by present Paul Kagame, will represent the international benchmarks for measuring poverty.
It has indicated that poverty has dropped by 11.8 percent since 2006 which also indicates six times reduction rate as compared to the rate between the year 2000 to 2006, according to the third Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey.
The findings which were reviewed by a panel of international experts and supported by all key donors, indicate that over 200,000 households, equivalent to one million people, have emerged from poverty since 2006.
It also indicates that 45 percent of the 10.7 million population are still under the poverty line as compared to 57 percent five years ago.
Also to be launched today is the fourth Demographic and Health Survey (DHS4) which indicates that infant and maternal mortality rates have declined by 41 and 35 percent respectively.
The survey further indicates double growth in secondary school enrolment – among other achievements since 2006; all attributed to home-grown solutions with programmes such as Mutuelle de Sante, Nine-Year Basic Education and Once Cow per Family programmes playing a vital role.
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