Implementation timeline was not followed.

Implementation timeline was not followed.

Implementation timeline was not followed. The rebel victory created different political reality, although the transitional government respected the Arusha accord.

Information on donor conference and support are not available. However, Rwanda got net development assistance of 356.1 million in 2002.¹

Information on donor conference and support are not available. However, a transitional period ended in 2003 with the holding of the presidential and the parliamentary elections. This effectively terminated the emergency period and also would have led to a declining donor support.²“UK Support to Rwanda Background Briefing,” DFID, accessed January 30, 2015, http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/…

A three day donor conference took place on 14 November 2001 in Rwanda in which around 20 countries and organization including European Union, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank participated. In the conference, the Rwandan government presented its National Strategic Plan to Reduce Poverty (PRSP) and spelled out progress on development programs.³ It was reported that the donors called for the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from DRC, which the finance minister refuted.⁴ Participants were pledging financial support but the exact amount is not available.

A two day donor conference from 8-9 November 2000 took place in Rwanda for the purpose of setting up global strategies to enable Rwanda to escape the vicious circle of perpetual aid, chronic debt and poverty. The conference concluded by reducing both the external debt (1.3 billion USD) and internal debt by half. In the conference, the donor agencies insisted on withdrawing troops from the DRC.⁵

In 1999, Rwanda received a total of 372.9 million bilateral and multilateral aid of which 287.4 was in grants.⁶

Rwanda received 30.2 million dollars in donor aid for debt servicing.⁷ Recognizing Rwanda as a special case, the World Bank and donors agreed in June to provide $250 million dollars in support for its economic reform project. In 1998, Rwanda received a total of 349.9 million dollars of which 260.4 million was grant.⁸

The donor conference did not take place in 1997. However, Rwanda received at least 178.7 million in bilateral and 50.4 million in multilateral financial assistance, of which 181.5 million was grants.¹

The second donor conference was held in Geneva on June 20-21 1996 in which 30 donor countries participated and pledged 617 million dollars to rehabilitate the country. Although, Rwandan government had called on donor countries to provide more than 800 million dollars to the end of 1998. Among the pledges, the EU promised 228 million, the Netherlands promised 100 million over a three year period and the World Bank had promised 50 million dollars.⁹ Rwanda received a total of 466.5 million dollars in bilateral and multilateral financial assistance of which 423.9 million dollars was grant money.¹⁰