Rwanda's Exit Pathway from Violence

This report aims to assess the steps taken during Rwanda's transition following the genocide against the objective of the long-term durability of domestic peace. Its principal conclusion is that peace is most likely to endure if Rwanda's political space is gradually opened up to allow: (i) Rwanda's formal state institutions to establish greater autonomy from the current regime; and (ii) Rwandan political and civil society, its political opposition and media in particular, to evolve as mature and independent counterweights to the ruling party. Incremental political liberalization will encourage an important shift in Rwanda's political culture to one which encouraged accountability for the subordination of institutional rules to personal, party, or ethnic interests. It falls on the regime to show the way forward to Rwanda's civil and political society by demonstrating its tolerance for genuine political pluralism, dissent, and inclusion. It is in the regime's long-term strategic self-interest to encourage such a change in political culture and increase its legitimacy in order to discourage attempts to bring about regime change extra-constitutionally.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Shahabudin McDoom, Omar
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-04
Subjects:	ABUSE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AMBASSADOR, ARMED FORCES, ASYLUM, ATROCITIES, BALANCE OF POWER, BANKS, BATTLE, BOUNDARY, BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY, BUSINESSMEN, CANDIDATES, CENSORSHIP, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL WARS, COALITION GOVERNMENTS, COLLAPSE, COLONIALISM, COMBATANTS, COMMON MARKET, COMMUNITY LEADERS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMPLAINT, CONFIDENCE, CONFLICT, CONFLICTS, CONSTRAINT, CORRUPTION, COUNTERPARTS, CRIME, CRIMINAL, DEATHS, DEFENCE, DEMOCRACIES, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS, DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE, DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES, DEPENDENCE, DISCRETION, DISCRIMINATION, DISENGAGEMENT, DISPLACEMENT CAMP, DUE PROCESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, ECONOMIC TRANSITION, EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY, ELECTION, ELECTIONS, ETHICS, ETHNIC CLEANSING, ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXCOMBATANTS, EXPLOITATION, FAMILY UNIT, FIGHTING, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FREE MEDIA, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, GENOCIDE, GENOCIDES, GRAVE, GUERRILLA, HIGH POPULATION GROWTH, HOST COUNTRIES, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, ILLITERACY, IMF, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDEPENDENT MEDIA, INDIVIDUAL WELFARE, INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL ACTION, INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, INVESTIGATION, JOURNALISTS, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, JUDICIARY, JUSTICE, LAWS, LEADERSHIP, LIMITED RESOURCES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOYALISTS, MASS VIOLENCE, MEDIA, MEETINGS, MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY, MILITARY EXPENDITURES, MILITIA, MINISTER, MINISTERS, MINORITY, MONOPOLY, NATIONAL DIALOGUE, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL SECURITY, NATIONALISMS, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, NEO, OBSERVER, ORPHANS, PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, PEACE, PERSONAL FREEDOM, POLARIZATION, POLICE, POLICE FORCE, POLITICAL CHANGE, POLITICAL ISSUES, POLITICAL OPPONENTS, POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY, POLITICAL OPPOSITION, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL PARTY, POLITICAL PLURALISM, POLITICAL POWER, POLITICAL REFORMS, POLITICAL RIGHTS, POLITICIANS, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION DENSITY, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, POST-CONFLICT SETTING, POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, PREFERENTIAL, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, PRESS FREEDOM, PRESS RELEASE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIME MINISTER, PRIVATIZATION, PROSECUTOR, PROSTITUTES, PUBLIC DEBATE, PUBLIC LIFE, PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPHERE, RADIO, RADIO STATIONS, REBEL, RECONCILIATION, RECONSTRUCTION, REFUGEE, REFUGEE CAMPS, REFUGEES, REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESSION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPECT, RESTITUTION, RETURNEES, REVOLUTION, RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, ROAD, RULE OF LAW, RULING PARTY, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POVERTY, SAFE HAVEN, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY ENROLMENT, SECURITY THREAT, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SMALLHOLDERS, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL COHESION, SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES, SOCIAL CONTROL, SOCIAL GROUPS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SOLDIERS, SPILLOVER, SPOUSES, STATE POLICIES, TELEPHONES, TELEVISION, TELEVISION STATIONS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY LEVELS, TOLERANCE, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORTATION, TRAUMA, UNDP, UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAR CRIMES, WEAPONS, WORLD DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH, YOUTH COUNCIL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508571468304500079/Rwandas-exit-pathway-from-violence-a-strategic-assessment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27312
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