{"id":41632,"date":"2020-07-03T09:38:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T09:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/usaid-government-of-rwanda-sign-five-year-rwf-605-billion-development\/"},"modified":"2020-07-06T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:28:18","slug":"usaid-government-of-rwanda-sign-five-year-rwf-605-billion-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/usaid-government-of-rwanda-sign-five-year-rwf-605-billion-development\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID, Government of Rwanda sign five year Rwf 605 billion  development commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The commitment\u2014detailed in a document called a Development Objective Grant Agreement (DOAG)\u2014was signed at the offices of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning by USAID\/Rwanda Mission Director Ms. Leslie Marbury and the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership and alignment with the Government of Rwanda development priorities, the DOAG directly links to the three pillars of Rwanda\u2019s National Strategy for Transformation 1: Economic Transformation, Social Transformation, and Transformational Governance. An integral part of the funding, as well as USAID\u2019s long standing support to Rwanda, is support to help combat global pandemics like COVID-19 and support the economy from negative effects caused by pandemic-related disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this funding, the United States maintains its commitment to a strong and mutually beneficial partnership with Rwanda as it works to achieve its own goals,\u201d said USAID\u2019s Mission Director Leslie Marbury at the signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis support to Rwanda by the United States Government will prioritize Health, education, private sector growth, and governance which are key areas of our National Strategy for Transformation (NST1). It is much relevant and equally important in implementation of our COVID-19 Socio-Economic Recovery Plan\u201d. said Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning<\/p>\n<p>USAID works closely with the government, civil society, the private sector, and communities to build on decades of progress and advance Rwanda\u2019s self-reliance. The goal of the partnership is to strengthen human capital, foster a robust private sector, and build accountable institutions.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36079 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/eb6yrisxsaet1ij_1_-0fe0e.jpg\" alt=\"The Government of Rwanda and the United States Government signed a five-year agreement to commit 605 Billion Rwandan Francs to Rwanda\u2019s development efforts.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, July 2, 2020, the Government of Rwanda and the United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development, signed a five-year agreement to commit 605 Billion Rwandan Francs to Rwanda\u2019s development efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[204],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-elina-jonas-ruzindaza"],"bylines":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas Ruzindaza","slug":"elina-jonas-ruzindaza","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":103}],"contributors":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas Ruzindaza","slug":"elina-jonas-ruzindaza","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":103}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41632"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=41632"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=41632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}