Rwanda: Perceptions, Lack of Initiative Led to Academia-Policy Gap, Says Varsity Don

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Rwanda suffers a huge disconnect between the academia and policy resulting into low academic research input in national development strategies. This was highlighted during this year's Rwanda Governance Scorecard (RGS 2014), which was presented in March; the academia ranked lowest among the non-state actors in policy formulation.

The New Times' Collins Mwai caught up with Dr Papias Musafiri, the principal of the University of Rwanda's College of Business and Economics (CBE) on the sidelines of the conference, dubbed 'Eastern Africa Business and economic Watch' (EABEW).

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