The World Bank has commissioned IPAR to conduct a study about “Rwanda Household Enterprises” to support the Government of Rwanda in the development of a national strategy for increasing (their) productivity. As part of this ongoing research, on Friday the 25th June, 2010 at Serena Hotel IPAR presented findings in the diagnostic report to a half-day workshop of stakeholders including government officials. IPAR research team was able to discuss findings with stakeholders and also managed to identify key emerging issues from the report.
Over the next couple of months, IPAR will be engaged in further research and information gathering through various consultative engagements and field data work in order to provide evidenced based recommendations. A vital part of this will be talking to people who operate a house hold enterprise so that their perspectives can form part of the recommendations. We need to listen to the ‘voice’ of those who have the knowledge and understanding of how they can at least be supported to run successful enterprises.