| Description |
1 online resource (44 pages) |
| Series |
IMF Staff Country Reports, 2227-8907 ; Country Report No. 12/235 |
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IMF staff country report ; no. 12/235
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Executive Summary; I. Inequality and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union Region; A. Background; B. Empirical Analysis; Boxes; I.1. Lessons for Botswana from Brazil, Chile, and Indonesia for achieving more inclusive growth; Figures; I.1. Effect of Increase of Different Factors on Growth Spell Duration; I.2. Average GDP per Capita Growth Rate, 2000-10; Tables; 1. Contributing Factors to the End of Growth Spells in the SACU Region; 2. Comparative Impact of Income Inequalities on Growth Spell Duration; I.3. Comparing Gini Coefficients Between SACU countries |
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3. Highest HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rates in the World, 2009C. Conclusions; Appendixes; Appendix I.1; Appendix I.2; II. Closing the Jobs Gap in the Southern Africa Customs Union Region; A. Introduction; II. 1. Unemployment Crisis in SACU Compared to Other Regions; B. The Unemployment Data; II. 2. Cross-Country Unemployment Rates; II. 3. SACU Unemployment Rate Estimates; II. 4. Employment in Agricultural Sector; C. The Empirical Analysis of the Data; II. 5. Employment-Output Elasticity, Job Creation, and the Effective Cost of Capital |
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II. 6. Unemployment Rates and Labor Market Indicators-Correlation AnalysisII. 7. SACU Countries: Demographic Projections, 2015-2050; II. 8. Average Effective Tax Rates on Labor and Capital; II. 1. Botswana and Chile: Case Studies on Policies for Tackling Unemployment; D. Conclusions; Appendix II. 1 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Foreign exchange rates -- Botswana
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Finance, Public -- Botswana
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Monetary policy -- Botswana
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Economic history
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Finance, Public
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Foreign exchange rates
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Monetary policy
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| SUBJECT |
Botswana -- Economic conditions -- 1966- -- Statistics
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| Subject |
Botswana
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781475532012 |
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1475532016 |
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