Addressing Key Developmental Challenges 15. Further to taking into account the current status of key socio-economic indicators in guiding the development of its integrated socio-economic and ICT Policies and Strategies, the GOR also recognizes the need to target these policies, strategies and plans at addressing the key developmental challenges facing Rwanda –and these include: • • • • • • • • • • • • Diminishing agricultural productivity Narrow economic and Export Base Poor Institutional Capacity Public Debt Burden Extreme land fragmentation, diminishing land resources and per capita arable land. Rapid population growth and high population density A low level human resource development Underdeveloped and under-funded social infrastructure and services A weak private sector Long and costly distance from the Ocean Social and Economic Factors of the Genocide Low capacity in World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 16. Rwanda, the GOR believes, is a nation fully aware of its problems and challenges as well as its potentials and capabilities to address these problems and challenges to facilitate the advancement of its society, economically, socially and culturally. The Vision for Rwanda: Transforming Rwanda into an Information Rich Society and Economy 17. The GOR acknowledges the need to clearly define and state its overall Vision for Rwanda -- the realization of which will transform Rwanda into an information-rich knowledge-based society and economy --- with a middle-income status within 20 years. The GOR’s Vision for Rwanda has three component: the Global Vision, the Vision 2020 framework for socio-economic development and the ICT-led Development Vision. • The Global Vision To improve the quality of life of the people of Rwanda by enriching their social, economic and cultural well-being through the modernization of the economy and society. 18. The GOR through its Vision for Rwanda, does not envisage the future of Rwanda only in economic development terms; ----- The Vision also acknowledges the need for Rwanda to develop politically, socially and culturally to foster: political stability, good governance and system of government; improvement in the quality of life for of the people of Rwanda; national unity and reconciliation; social interaction, cohesion and 10