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Evaluation of FAO’s country programme in Rwanda, 2019–2023













Evaluation brief

Annex 1. Terms of reference

Annex 2. Mid-term evaluation of the project “Capacity development for innovation in Rwanda: Strengthening innovation partnerships in six districts: Burera, Rutsiro, Gatsibo, Nyagatare, Bugesera and Ruhango”

Evaluation highlights

Management response


FAO. 2024. Evaluation of FAO’s country programme in Rwanda, 2019–2023. Country Programme Evaluation Series, No. 05/2024. Rome.



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    This fact sheet is part of a series that provides an overview of several statistics for each of the five countries of FAO’s programme Integrate Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system, namely Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda. More particularly, the statistics proposed analyze data on population and poverty; agriculture; employment; access to finance; digital landscape; business environment; and share of remittances.

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