David Spielman, Gracie Rosenbach, Emily Schimdt, and Serge Mugabo conducted an in-person workshop in Jan 2023 on how to interpret and evaluate diet and nutrition outcomes, and how to utilize various diet and nutrition resources that are currently being developed for Rwanda. Through the training, participants were able to know how to interpret and evaluate […]
CGE and Public Investment Prioritization training in Rwanda
James Thurlow facilitated a learning event on Computable General Equilibrium modeling and public investment prioritization for participants from Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), Rwanda and the National Bank of Rwanda. The training had 8 participants - all under 35, all male. At the end of the training, 5 of them chose a relevant […]
Training in Rwanda on ‘Methodologies, tools and framework for Monitoring and Evaluation of Land Governance in Africa’
At the request of the African Union/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Land Policy Initiative, IFPRI developed a framework for Monitoring and Evaluation of Land Governance in Africa (MELA). IFPRI worked with each pilot country to build their capacity to conduct Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) on land governance, in each of four results areas. […]
SAM multipliers and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling trainings in Rwanda
In the period 2018-2020, several Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling trainings were conducted in Rwanda by IFPRI researchers. The details of the training are provided below: 1. James Thurlow and Emerta Aragie provided CGE Modeling training for Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning between May and June of 2019. […]
Workshop on E-extension in Rwanda
Under the auspices of Feed the Future Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC), IFPRI Researchers conducted a pre-testing workshop of one of the modules ‘E-extension’ from the New Extensionist Learning Kit (NELK) created for extension workers in Rwanda in collaboration with the African Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFAAS) and Hinga Weze. The workshop happened in […]