Botswana’s economy staged an impressive recovery during the past year. The strong economic recovery has helped …

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix describes the evolution of Botswana’s exchange rate regime against … have taken place in Botswana’s exchange rate arrangement, and discusses the development of the country’s external trade …. Indicators of competitiveness are presented, and some conclusions are drawn about the appropriateness of Botswana’s exchange rate …

The major trends in terms of GDP growth rates, conditions of market forces, and the core inflation crisis in Botswana … Botswana is the strongest compared with other middle-income countries, the overall results do not point toward a positive … pivotal to Botswana's survival in the existing fragile economic environment …

Poverty and unemployment remained high in Botswana. The shortcomings of the labor market policies are responsible for a … high unemployment rate. This selected issues paper sheds considerable light on ways that Botswana can enhance inclusive … growth and reduce the high level of structural unemployment. Botswana was identified as having been able to sustain the …

The paper combines various methodologies to assessing the level of the exchange rate in Botswana, explicitly taking … period of overvaluation, Botswana's real effective exchange rate is now broadly in line with economic fundamentals. The …

non-mineral balance in Botswana that is based on a notion of a "permanent income" from non-renewable resources. It is …. Botswana is an interesting case because current projections suggest that diamond resources could be largely exhausted within a …