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Mandate

LODA was created to facilitate the coordination of strategic planning and financing of districts, cities and the City of Kigali, as part of supporting the decentralization policy. Its main purpose is to spur local economic development (through developing local infrastructures, creating business and job opportunities, etc.), as well as social protection and graduation out of poverty to ensure the well-being of citizens.

Strategic Planning & Resource Mobilization

LODA coordinates the planning and financing of all development activities in districts and the City of Kigali. In more specific terms,…

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Local Economic Development

Local Economic Development (LED) is defined as a process through which different actors (government, private sector, non-government organizations, and…

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Social Protection

As one of the implementing agencies of social protection programmes, the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA) is mandated to play a key….

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