Entre le développement économique et les droits humains au Rwanda : construire une critique
(2015) L’Afrique des Grands Lacs. Annuaire 2014-2015 — ISBN: [978-2-343-04613-6], 307-328, published
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Nyenyezi Bisoka, Aymar 
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- (en) By conducting documentary research and several case studies in 5 sectors in Rwanda (health, education, agriculture, land, and governance and human rights), the article explores the classic and polarized debates between economic development and human rights. First, the article briefly discusses four critiques of the liberal tradition which have dominated current events in economic development in Africa for the last ten years. The authors in question are Jeffrey Sachs (2005), Paul Collier (2007), and Dambisa Moyo (2009), all advocates of the predominance of economic liberalism over human rights. Unlike these three authors, William Easterly (2013) is an advocate of free development, stating that economic development follows from respect for individual rights. Secondly, through the study of governmentality (Foucault, 1994) in the five case studies, the article analyses how the Rwandan government reappropriates these various critiques of economic and political liberalism, both in action and discourse. Applying the theoretical contributions of Hannah Arendt (1958), Michel Foucault (1980) and Achille Mbembe (2000), the article aims to construct a critical reflection on the model of society and living together arising from the liberal choices of the Rwandan government and the depoliticisation which it entails.
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Geens, H., Nyenyezi Bisoka, A., Panait, O., & Kandinsky, K. (2015). Entre le développement économique et les droits humains au Rwanda : construire une critique. In F. REYNTJENS, S. VANDEGINSTE, M. VERPOORTEN (eds.) (ed.), L’Afrique des Grands Lacs. Annuaire 2014-2015 (pp. 307-328). L’Harmattan. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/229868