@misc{10818/54997, year = {2020}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10818/54997}, abstract = {This article discusses the Rwanda’s economic & political stability in the post-1994 Genocide, determining if it should be a development model for the Africa’s Great Lakes region. To enhance the theme, the text is divided in two sections: firstly, analyzes the pre-1994 political and ethnical conditions that lead to both 1994 Genocide and the political breakdown over anarchy. Secondly, evaluating the political order introduced by the Rwandan Patriotic Front after the Genocide and the capability of the regime for maintaining economic progress in the long term. The article aboard Rwanda’s political order as a systemic authoritarianism, with arduous possibilities of economic growth in the long term. To attain a final consideration, international community’s demands against the regime are reviewed and study cases of political repression in the XXI century are examined. Furthermore, economic progress is debated by analyzing the cost of public spending, the dependance from international credit loans and foreign aid.}, publisher = {Universidad de La Sabana}, title = {Rwanda: from political breakdown to... stability?}, author = {López, Juan Sebastián}, }