re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Because the stipends and overhead costs those troops bring in probably double the GNP…

Rwanda has undergone rapid industrialisation since the genocide there, with a dramatic increase in incomes. That said, per capita income is very low compared to the USA.

GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) - Rwanda (World Bank)

It is a bit over US$2,200 now, up from around $400 in 1994.