Botswana’s P830 billion bet on a post-diamond economy

Botswana faces a stark economic choice: move aggressively to build a diversified, private-sector-led economy or risk becoming trapped in a cycle of weak growth, shrinking reserves, rising debt and declining mineral revenues. That is the central warning contained in the Botswana Economic & Investment Transformation Blueprint, Phase 1, prepared by Investment Bank of Africa (IBA), […] The post…