World Bank surveys what Rwandans actually think about their government

The World Bank conducted a nationwide opinion survey in Rwanda for fiscal year 2025, measuring what citizens believe about their government's performance and priorities. This kind of systematic public opinion data is rare in development work and can shift how the Bank decides which projects to fund and how to measure whether development aid is actually working.

Development institutions have historically built projects based on what economists and planners think poor countries need, not what citizens actually want or think is working—this survey is evidence that's starting to change, which matters because projects funded without local buy-in tend to fail.