Rwanda: $ 33 million from BRD and EIB to support companies hit by Covid-19 (Agency Cofin)

Agency Cofin published an article stating that Rwanda is preparing, with the help of its partners, for post-covid economic recovery. As such, a number of sources of financing have been implemented in order to facilitate the recovery of the various key sectors of the economy. According to IFPRI, the lockdown has increased the poverty rate by 10.9 percentage points and 1.3 million people living in rural areas have fallen into poverty. poverty temporarily. According to IFPRI, the restrictive measures put in place by the government brought down by 57 and 48 percent respectively, economic activity in the industrial and service sectors. Ecofin.