The Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya
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The Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya
Is Rwanda Cooking the Numbers? | Ivan Murenzi on Poverty, Progress & Statistics | THE LONG FORM
This week on The Long Form, Sanny Ntayombya sits down with Ivan Murenzi, the Director General of the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), for an unfiltered conversation on data, development, and the truth behind Rwanda’s numbers.
📊 Ivan Murenzi, a seasoned expert in research, data collection, and analysis, took the helm of NISR in 2024 after serving as its Deputy Director General since 2017. In this episode, we unpack the findings from the newly released 7th Integrated Household and Living Conditions Survey (EICV7)—a pivotal report that tracks poverty rates, inequality, and overall living standards in Rwanda.
👀 What to Expect in This Episode:
- Are Rwanda’s statistics credible—or are they politically motivated?
- Why did the Financial Times accuse Rwanda of manipulating poverty data?
- What surprising insights emerged from surveying over 15,000 households across the country?
- How does Rwanda’s definition of extreme poverty compare to global standards like the World Bank’s $2.15/day benchmark?
- What does the Gini coefficient reveal about inequality in Kigali and beyond?
- Will Rwanda realistically achieve its Vision 2035 goal of becoming an upper middle-income country?
🔍 We dive deep into numbers that matter—beyond GDP—and ask the hard questions about trust, transparency, and truth in national data.
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Do you think national statistics reflect the lived reality of ordinary Rwandans? Why or why not?
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