Botswana: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2012/235, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: 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 highest economic growth compared with others in its league. Assessors suggest a prudent labor market for an overall sustained economic growth.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; SACU Compared; SACU country; income; Gini coefficient; Gini Coefficients Between SACU; SACU region; labor income; union density; cash earnings; SACU unemployment rate; SACU member; Income inequality; Labor markets; Unemployment rate; Unemployment; Income distribution; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 2012-08-10
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=26167 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:imf:imfscr:2012/235

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/pubs/ord_info.htm

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC USA. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Akshay Modi ().