Welcome to the Center for Economic Policy and Priorities (CEPP).

Building a Fairer Future for Low and Moderate Income Families.

The Center shall also conduct research and analysis to help shape public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that policymakers consider the needs of low-income families and individuals in these debates. CEPP shall also develop policy options to alleviate poverty.

In addition, the Center will examines the short- and long-term impacts of proposed policies on the health of the economy and the soundness of national and decentralized entities budgets. Among the issues that CEPP shall explore, are whether national and decentralized governments are fiscally sound and have sufficient revenue to address critical priorities, both for low-income populations and for the nation as a whole.

The work to establish the center for economic policy and priorities was largely inspired by the work of the international budget partnership of improving accountability in fiscal policies and public expenditures of various countries in the world.

Why Center for Economic Policy and Priorities (CEPP).

- Doting Rwanda with clear, sound and effective fiscal policies which benefits every citizen and which will help the country to economically growth, attract economic investors for Rwanda and competing economically regionally and in the global Arena.

- To advise the country on fiscal policies and on effective citizen participation in fiscal policies formulation and implementation through consultations of various stakeholders and generating research evidences in to sound fiscal policies which shall benefits moderate income families and ordinary citizen.

- Building an institution which shall adequately advise the country in all its economic facets, to have sound and competitive fiscal policies which will help the country economic growth and development, and which everyone shall benefit equitably.

- Strengthening the capacity of the Center for Economic and Policy Priorities (CEPP) to effectively advise Rwanda to possess sound, accurate, competitive and effective fiscal policies which shall benefit the country for economic growth and development and Rwandans in an equitable way.

- Making Rwandan fiscal and economic policies healthier through consultations of citizen and a proper prioritization backed with evidences and researches.

- Holding the government of Rwanda to account on the transparency of publicexpenditures both at local and central level, priority areas of investments, the choice of economic and development policies through research, tools and methodologies of accountability.

- Educating Rwandans (policy makers and ordinary citizen) to play their role into fiscal policy formulation and implementation through campaigns and mobilizations.

- Capacity building sessions on various fiscal policies such as taxation , debt management , public financial management, Budget transparency and accountability, understanding the illicit financial flow and prioritization in economic development.

- Creation of an independent fiscal and economic policy analysis consortium (FEPAC) composed of various stakeholders (private sector, corporate, local civil society and international NGOs) that shall advise and regularly updates country on fiscal policy compliancy to regional, continentally and globally.