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RWANDA YEMEN SWAZILAND LESOTHO KIRIBATI IRELAND  
Signing a cooperation agreement between the Rwanda Revenue Authority and the Irish Revenue Commissioners, March 2008.
Key Lessons Learned:
Trustful partnership between government and aid partner is vital
Revenue authority must have strong political support
Aid must be flexible, accommodating changes in programme design and approach, to meet the changing business needs of the revenue authority
Dedicated full-time project management is essential, otherwise focus may be sacrificed
Project manager should be revenue professional to maintain pace of reform
Economic Data
Revenue trebles in nominal terms while showing real growth as share of GDP.

YEAR 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total
Revenue		 95.57 121.42 139.59 183.88 202.00 251.61
Tax
Revenue		 95.57 118.71 136.05 173.42 198.20 246.00
Non-Tax
Revenue		 - 2.71 3.54 10.46 6.62 5.61
Nomital
GDP		 825.01 955.20 1137.9 1327.10 1582.96 1826.20
Tax as a %
of GDP		 11.58 12.4 11.95 13.07 12.52 13.50
Revenue
as a %of GDP		 11.58 12.71 12.27 13.86 12.76 13.78
Capacity Building in the RRA
Click here for a case study in capacity building at RRA. This case study was prepared as part of a larger study conducted by the European Centre for Development Policy Management on Capacity, Change and Performance. (www.ecdpm.org)


Please click here to visit the RRA website: http://rra.gov.rw/
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