It is worth noting that Nyagatare is the jobs in Nyagatare are mainly found in agriculture, district with the highest urban poverty rate trade, household enterprises and construction.5 (54%) and the only district where poverty in the Employment is expected to increase in the district urban area is much higher than in the rural area. [...] The number of jobs in the agriculture consider the push factors, including lack of enough sector have grown from 330,000 in 2014 to about off-farm jobs in the city, which results in heavy 420,000 in 2017, representing 30% growth.7 Other reliance on agriculture and a high level of poverty key employment sectors in Nyagatare include which, in turn, undermines the agglomeration wholesale and retail t. [...] Different documents economic status and the preferences of a set of were reviewed: the national urbanisation policy, representative households from the different Nyagatare District Development Strategy (DDS: sectors of the district, (ii) current characteristics 2018-2024), datasets from the EICV5 survey, the and expectations of a set of businesses across fourth national population and housing cens. [...] This is mostly the case for the bicycles to go to work and to take their goods to poorest who constitute 57% of the population10 the markets, especially in rural areas. [...] Strengthening urban-rural linkages The Government needs also to invest in the through the development of transport and development of the special economic zone business infrastructure as well as utilities (industrial park), which is still lacking in Nyagatare across the district (roads, local markets District.
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