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Business community urged to promote green economy strategies The local business community has been urged to embrace green growth and climate friendly strategies to ensure sustainable growth. “We are currently developing appropriate skills, competencies and a framework that will strengthen the private sector and make it more productive and competitive to support the country’s green growth strategy,” said Vincent Biruta, the Minister for Natural Resources. Biruta was addressing members of the private sector during a meeting on green growth economy in Kigali last week. The private sector is the main driver of the second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (EDPRS II) that is aimed at reducing household poverty to below 30 per cent and extreme poverty to about 9 per cent. This is expected to deliver Rwanda to a middle-class economy by 2018, with a GDP per capita income of $1,244, from $640 in 2012. Promotion of a green economy is part of this strategy to ensure sustainable use of natural resources to support the country’s development agenda.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:01:14 +0000

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