Effect of Performance contract “Imihigo” on Socio-Economic Development in Rwanda. Gakenke District
- July 16, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue VI, June 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Effect of Performance contract “Imihigo” on Socio-Economic Development in Rwanda. Gakenke District
Dr. RWABUTOGO ZOGEYE Marcel (PhD), Dr. Benard Nuwatuhaire (PhD)
Kigali Independent University ULK, Rwanda
Abstract:- The study thought to assess the effect of performance contracts “Imihigo” on socio-economic development in Gakenke District, Rwanda focusing on environment protection, agriculture development, infrastructure development, entrepreneurship development and social development. The study adopted a cross-sectional design using both quantitative and qualitative research approaches on a sample of 86 respondents. Quantitative data involved the use of descriptive statistics particularly frequencies, percentages and the mean. Findings revealed that the effect of performance contracts “Imihigo” on social-economic development in Gakenke district presented a positive impact on the lives of people. Local people moved from the subsistence production to cash cropping due to increased agriculture techniques , local leaders at different levels boosted the environment protection, improved infrastructures, increased the access of energy, created new off-farm activities and improved roads and bridges to facilitate people’s movements of goods within and outside the district. The study recommended leaders from Gakenke district to revisit the entrepreneurship development by mobilizing people to increase their level of confidence in jobs creation and the spirit of innovation for their future livelihood and people’s priorities should be taken into consideration during imihigo process and the increase of infrastructures in gakenke district needs more attention because people are still travelling long distances for getting basic services especially education and health facilities.
Key Words: Development, “Imihigo”, Socio-economic development
I. INTRODUCTION
The principle of social development consists of investing in people where every citizen has the opportunity to grow, to develop own skills, and to contribute to own families and communities. If people are healthy, well- educated and trained to enter the workforce and are able create decent wage by their own, now they are well equipped to meet their basic needs and being successful. The research lists the following needs for a society to grow namely: affordable high quality child care system, a safe affordable place to live, and other investments in people that contribute to the economic prosperity such as youth programs and services, post-secondary education, job creation, promotion of healthy, active living and safe and secure communities (Zephyrin, 2018).
