@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3062},
      author = {Johnston, Kyle},
      title = {Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Rwanda and Burundi},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2021-08},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Why do some post-conflict states achieve stability and  economic growth while others remain poor and unstable?  Rwanda and Burundi, two neighboring states, experienced  similar colonial histories, ethnic tensions, civil wars,  genocides, cultures, and pre-civil war poverty. Prior to  the end of their most recent civil wars, the two states  seemed to be on similar trajectories. Yet Rwanda has  achieved incredible success in implementing stability,  economic development, and poverty alleviation in their  post-war period under President Kagame and the Rwandan  Patriotic Front while Burundi has remained unstable and  poor under its power-sharing agreement following the Arusha  Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi that ended  its civil war. By comparing public administration,  economic, and civil society reforms in both states, this  paper argues that the centralization of power in President  Kagame as well as the complete removal from political  institutions of the Hutu regime that instigated the Rwandan  Genocide has allowed Rwanda to institute reforms that have  not be possible in Burundi, due to rent-seeking encouraged  by the power-sharing agreement implemented there.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3062},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3062},
}