A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during November 22-26, 2021 to continue assisting Statistics Botswana (SB) with developing the producer price index (PPI). Due to ongoing...

The primary objective of the mission was to continue assisting Statistics Botswana with developing the producer price index (PPI). The report provides an overview of ongoing work to expand PPI coverage to include manufacturing and agriculture. Additionally, ongoing work to expand consumer price...

This Technical Assistance report on Botswana focuses on details of National Accounts mission. The draft Census of Economic Establishments (CEE) questionnaires finalized during the previous mission in March 2023, have been tested. Some improvements were identified and have been incorporated into...

This paper presents technical assistance report on National Accounts Statistics mission in Botswana. The mission reviewed and suggested updates of two strategic documents pertaining to the rebase with the national accounts team. The first document broadly outlined the main objectives of a rebase...