Rwanda is a country that continues to develop and become one of the fastest-growing economies. Rwanda has specific laws regarding gender equality and rights for women. This is good, but how does the country's development impact women? Members of the artisan cooperative encouraged me to start at the source of their cooperative. I visited the specific building and market for gitenge fabric. Many of the shopkeepers were women. In the last couple of years, things have drastically changed in this area. Previously those who had shops in this building paid for rent and some minor taxes. Much of the transactions that happened here were happening in the informal economy. Buyers would come and haggle over wholesale fabric prices with the shopkeepers. No receipts were given, and most records were kept on paper. If they needed to report the sales, shopkeepers would report much lower than what they actually earned. Shopkeepers were not necessarily avoiding paying taxes, but it was something not