Impact of Prevailing Building Material Sector Transformation in Economic Development: A Case Study Clay Fired Bricks Rwanda

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2023 in the subject Politics - Topic: International development, grade: Very Honorable, , language: English, abstract: The research untitled "Impact Of Prevailing Building Material Sector Transformation In Economic Development with a Case Study Of Clay fired Brick In Rwanda" was undertaken to investigate its contribution in the fulfillment of National Strategy for Transformation in its pillar of Economic transformation where activities of SKAT Consulting Rwanda applies in the Implementation of PROECCO programme (Promoting Climate Responsive Building Material Production and Off farm Employment in the Great Lakes Region). This research revealed that the PROECCO contributed in the creation of jobs in the brick production from 2017-2021 with an exponential growth which was due to high demand of modern bricks caused by the adoption of Rwandan government to use modern bricks with Rowlock bond technology in Integrated Development program model villages construction and the adoption of a demonstrated model of PROECCO as solution to densification and the transformation of unplanned settlement through an inclusive way with citizens as key partners. In addition to that this research revealed that the skills developed by SKAT in the implementation of PROECCO are key to sustainable development of the sector and the modern bricks supply chain, this has played a vital role in improving the income level of service providers who gained from these trainings. With this approach, it makes PROECCO to be in line with the specific objective of developing a knowledge led economy. Regarding the status of certification in clay building materials produced in Rwandan semi and industrial brickyards, this research highlighted all existing products, their certification status and listed the standards to be developed. Briefly the implementation of PROECO project is in line with National strategy for transformation in its Economic pillar specific objectives.

Pagina's: 116, Editie: Eerste editie, Paperback, GRIN Verlag