Country information and economic data

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU):
Useful for: in-depth country information covering recent economic and political developments, risk and regulation, and the broad business environment.  See EIU's Rwanda dashboard.

Search tips: go to Data Tool to download specific indicators of interest, including indicators relating to consumer consumption, income, demographics, etc.

World Bank: Rwanda and United Nation's World Population Dashboard:
Useful for: high-level economic and demographic information on the country.

How Immigrants Contribute to Rwanda's Economy 
A book from the OECD iLibrary that details a specific area of Rwanda's economic growth

Rwanda's Entrepreneurship Development Policy Report
For understanding the current state of entrepreneurship in Rwanda and the direction the country is heading.

Industry and market research

EMIS
Useful for: emerging market information, including company info, news and niche industry reports. Strong foreign language news component.

Search tips: At the top of the page under Region/Country, deselect all and re-selectRwanda. Then enter industry or company keywords. Can search in multiple languages.

Statista
Useful for: datagraphics and statistics covering thousands of topics from a wide variety of sources/data providers. 

Search tips: Navigate specifically to the Rwanda's Economy & Society.  Or, explore the Consumer Market Outlook or Digital Market Outlook.  Once you click into an Outlook, select a topic, then scroll down to select Rwanda under Regions.  You can also search Statista's main search bar using keywords and then narrow your results to Rwanda using the filters. 

News

Factiva
Useful for: targeted news search on specific industries, companies or countries

Search tips: use News Pages to read today’s news from selected newspapers such as Wall Street Journal; use the Search Builder under the Search tab when conducting a news search within the database. It allows to limit a search by date, region, source, headline, etc.

ABI/ProQuest
Useful for: targeted publications on business and management topics such as strategy, business model, design new services, retail trends, etc.

Africa Confidential

Rwanda - The New Times: Comprehensive local news coverage; however, be aware it is state-supported.

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