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Title Rwanda's Villagization Programme and Earlier Experiences with Villagization in East Africa: The power of a narrative in policy and implementation
Full text http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/122402
Date 2001
Author(s) Leeuwen, M., van
Abstract Despite earlier, negative experiences in East Africa, in early 1997 the government of Rwanda embarked on an ambitious programme for villagisation and resettlement. While the Rwanda authorities present the programme as entirely different from its predecessors, a review of those and of the implementation of villagisation and resettlement in Rwanda shows that this statement cannot hold. Nevertheless, the programme gets considerable support from international agencies. This article investigates how international agencies have accepted and upheld the 'narrative of difference' of the Rwandan authorities. It argues that, notwithstanding the claims of the government, lessons from the experiences with villagisation in Mozambique, Ethiopia and Tanzania are relevant for the Rwanda case and should be taken into account.
Subject(s) Leerstoelgroep Rurale ontwikkelingssociologie
Language en
Type of publication Article/Letter to editor
Format application/pdf
Source Journal of Modern African Studies 39 (2001) 3
Rights Wageningen UR
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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