Rwanda Is A Democracy Not A Monarchy.

I Do Not Want To Be Cynical, But If Developing Nations Are Kept Backward By Being Told, Again And Again, You Belong To The Poor And You Are There, Where You Actually Belong, Then Nothing Will Change.

Up To A Certain Extent The Un Soldiers Are Useful. But They Are Consuming A Lot Of Resources In Relation To The Little Work They Are Doing.

We've Used Aid To Build Capacities So We Won't Need Aid In Future.

Rwanda Is A Very Open And Free Country. Key To Our Recovery As A Nation Has A Range Of Grassroots, Citizen-centered Polices We Call "homegrown Solutions." The Idea That Rwanda Is Highly Controlled From The Center Belies The Reality, Which Is That Citizens In Every Village Have A Powerful Say In How Things Get Done. We Prize Accountability And Rwandans Are Quickly Adapting Themselves To The Possibilities Of A Digital Economy.

Let No One Think That Flexibility And A Predisposition To Compromise Is A Sign Of Weakness Or A Sell-out.