In a recent interview with Bill Clinton, President Paul Kagame is mention in this excerpt as one of the top leaders to watch according to President Clinton…to read full article visit http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/19/bill_clintons_world?page=full

Foreign Policy: Top three leaders that people should pay attention to, other than Obama.

Bill Clinton: The prime minister of Australia, Kevin Michael Rudd — he is really smart. He has a thirst to know and figure out how to do things.

I think people should study what Paul Kagame did in Rwanda. It is the only country in the world that has more women than men in Parliament (obviously part of the demographic is from the genocide). It may not be perfect, but Rwanda has the greatest capacity of any developing country I have seen to accept outside help and make use of it. It’s hard to accept help. They’ve done that. And how in God’s name does he get every adult in the country to spend one Saturday every month cleaning the streets? And what has the psychological impact of that been? The identity impact? The president says it’s not embarrassing, it’s not menial work, it’s a way of expressing your loyalty to and your pride in your country. How do you change your attitudes about something that you think you know what it means? How did he pull that off?

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