Access to adequate and affordable infrastructure in Rwanda remains one of the key challenges to local economic development despite efforts made by both government and non-government organizations. The fact that infrastructure can be an important tool for the Rwandan economic development; Rwanda has not yet met the requirements for a successful infrastructure revolution. This has led to growing in the international development community about infrastructure's relevance to growth and poverty reduction. This paper sought to analyze the role of infrastructure in development process of Rwanda and to identify the key challenges factors for infrastructure development in Rwanda. Secondary data was used for the analysis and it is based on data-gathering from different sources of published and unpublished Journals, Thesis, Foreign Government Report, Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure annual report, the World Bank Report and African Development Banks Report. The study shows that the improving infrastructure could increase the quality of life of the Rwandan population and could contribute significantly to growth and poverty reduction. The study recommends that both Government of Rwanda, Private sectors, Donors and Non-government Institutions need to promote the development of new strategies that can enhance an effectiveness of infrastructure in order to access markets and to provide a country’ s economic development.
Infrastructure, Economic Development, Challenges, Rwanda
