Research Conference

The 4th EPRN Research Conference with the topic “Growth trajectories, relevancy of home-made solutions and regional integration” took place on January 31th2018 at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali. It was organized by EPRN jointly with the Central Bank of Rwanda (BNR) ; and attracted more than 250 participants from public sector, private sector, academic, development partner institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders covering a wide range of economic spectrum.
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The 3rd EPRN Annual Conference with the guiding topic, “Rwandan Economy towards the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy 3 (EDPRS 3)” attracted around 500 stakeholders.
The 3rd EPRN Annual Conference took place on January 26th at CBE (College of Business and Economics) in Gikondo, Kigali. An estimate of 500 policy makers, researchers, scholars, students, and other stakeholders in the field of economics convened to discuss the macroeconomic status and future prospects of (...)

The 2nd Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) Conference took place on the 25th November, 2015 at Lemigo Hotel. The Conference attracted young Rwandan researchers who presented their research at the conference as well as academicians, professionals and policy makers within the country.
The Conference focused on building the capacity of economists working in different sectors of the national economy and provided evidence for the country’s policy making process while increasing the presence (...)

The first EPRN conference with the topic “Building Economic Research Capacity in Rwanda to Impact Change” took place on December 16th 2014 at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali and attracted around 70 participants. It was organized by IPAR (Institute of Policy Analysis and Research), through EPRN with funds from GIZ with the objective to strengthen economic researchers’ capacity. The event took place following rounds of training and mentorship in research techniques for selected EPRN Members from (...)