Pooled financing arrangement with special arrangements Country partnership strategy 2014-2018 Rwanda's progress has been rapid in recent years, building on a two-decade-long turnaround which has been remarkable in both its pace and breadth. A highly strategic approach to development has galvanized domestic and external resources around nationally-defined goals and delivered high rates of economic growth, a significant decline in poverty, a reduction in inequality and progress in nearly all developmental outcomes. Rwanda has done extremely well to reap the post conflict dividend, and now it is time to focus on challenging second-generation economic reforms of export diversification, structural transformation, regional integration and financial sector deepening. Alongside this economic transformation, the Government will need to boost the incomes of the poorest to maintain the gains in poverty reduction and oversee the social and institutional transitions that come with rapid economic change. This strategy sets out how the combined World Bank Group resources can best help Rwanda achieve its poverty reduction and shared prosperity goals