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This course will introduce learners to classic macroeconomic issues such as growth, inflation, unemployment, monetary and fiscal policies such as interest rates and exchange rates. Learners will become familiar with the measuring of these macroeconomic variables and how different shocks to the economy affect macroeconomic policy in an open economy. The course analyzes different scenarios of growth with at least two case studies from the East African region. Analytical tools will enable learners to understand Rwanda’s macroeconomic performance and how different internal and external economic shocks affect specific macroeconomic policies.
Understanding of gender relevance to Socio-economic sciences requires thorough comprehension of socio-economic challenges confronting Rwanda. Men and women play very distinct roles in Rwandan society and they live these roles very differently. The social and economic systems are human constructs. Learners should understand these constructs, their mechanisms and relations at play within these constructs. Equal participation of men and women in the labour market is fundamental for the attainment of growth, employment and competitiveness. Trends in society result from human actions, interactions, roles and behaviour; therefore they have a gender dimension. Social, economic and developmental objectives are interlinked and highly gender-sensitive. Learners need to understand and know how to consider these issues in a macro economics. This module will equip learners with Gender knowledge and skills as a relevant variable to be addressed in all socio-economic activities in the agricultural sectors.