Challenge to sustain Rwanda's post-genocide economic boom Twenty years ago the Rwandan economy was in ruins: the banks were empty, cash crops rotted in the fields and the streets were strewn with corpses. Now, the country is trying to sustain a post-genocide economic momentum. According to the World Bank, since 1994 Rwanda has reduced poverty by a third, narrowed the equality gap and increased per capita growth almost five-fold. Images and soundbites