Theorizing the Developmental Rwandan Path and Its Relationship with China

Abstract

When the industrialized countries stepped into modernization, similar ideas were voiced in the South. Drawn to the emerging Asian economies and modernized ‘South’ precedents, Rwanda began to explore a fitted way of rehabilitating and recovering from the continuing crisis under its decolonization circumstance. During this volte-face period, China, as a rising power, engaged in Rwandan practices on economic development and transition. This paper poses the related hypotheses about Chinese transformative models’ transferability and the two countries moving towards within the globalization dialogue. Methodologically, this paper reveals the causal links between Rwanda's pattern of modernization and China’s involvement through the perspective of developmental modernization theory and the semi-qualitative method of studies. Based on the statistical analyses and theoretical research, the intrinsic distinction between these two economies is noted. Furthermore, the thesis also elaborates on the importance of a better-balanced development of North, South, and East, which could have beneficial consequences as a whole.