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Botswana Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix on Botswana underlies that diamond reserves are not adequate to generate enough permanent revenue to support the current level of expenditure. Despite strong overall growth, in Botswana, a pattern of dependence on diamond revenue and high unemploym...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2007
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Natural Resource Extraction
Inflation
Labour; Income Economics
Public Finance & Taxation
Mineral Industries
Currency; Foreign Exchange
Deflation
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, And Job Search
Mining Sector
Unemployment
Economic Sectors
Labor
National Government Expenditures And Related Policies: General
Expenditure
Foreign Exchange
Price Level
Expenditures, Public
Prices
Macroeconomics
Industry Studies: Primary Products And Construction: General
Exchange Rates
Public Finance
Extractive Industries
Botswana
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix on Botswana underlies that diamond reserves are not adequate to generate enough permanent revenue to support the current level of expenditure. Despite strong overall growth, in Botswana, a pattern of dependence on diamond revenue and high unemployment persists. Botswana, as a typical small open economy, is closely linked to a large neighboring economy. This linkage means Botswana’s monetary and exchange policies must consider the external economic environment, particularly the pula’s exchange rate against the rand
Physical Description:102 pages
ISBN:9781451806465

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