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Botswana
Politicalaspects
Independence in 1966 from the UK
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html
Source : http://www.xprt-consulting.com/xing/Doingbusiness2009.pdf
3 reforms in 2007-2008
Economicaspects
Gold
Coal
Diamonds1/3 of GDP
90% of export earnings
Manganese
Uranium
Oil
Copper
Naturalresources
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html
Debswana
� Leading producer of diamonds by value in the world. � Controls all diamond mining in Botswana. � Joint venture betweeen De Beers and the government.� Combined production of the company's 4 mines
totaled 30 million carats (6,000 kg), nearly 25% of theworld's annual production of around 130 million carats(26,000 kg).
� The operations of De Beers account for around 1/3 of Botwana’s GDP.
Sources : http://www.afdiamonds.com/wad/view/wad/en/page499
Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=153F3dE3X5Q
Percentage of enterprises owned by women
Source : http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gcr/africa/1.4.pdf
World’s 4th most unequal country
Sourcehttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html?countryName=Botswana&countryCode=bc®ionCode=af&rank=4#bc
Source : http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008#dnld
Lowest corruption in Africa
Botswana
Botswana is rated as the country with the lowestcorruption in Africa (22nd out of 134 countries). Over past years, the transparency and accountability of public institutions have contributed to a stable macroeconomicenvironment, and this is one key area of improvement.
The government has been running a healthy budget surplus, which is allowing it to reduce debt levels, and inflation has come down from its peak in 2006 as well.
Source : http://www.weforum.org/documents/GCR0809/index.html, page 34.
Culture and health aspects
Setswana 80%English 2%
Languages
62 yearsLife expectancy
11,000 people died of AIDS in 200724% of the population live with HIV / AIDS
HIV / AIDS
2 million peoplePopulation
Sourceshttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2157rank.html?countryName=Botswana&countryCode=bc®ionCode=af&rank=28#bchttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html?countryName=Botswana&countryCode=bc®ionCode=af&rank=2#bc
% of population in Africa with HIV / AIDS
Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Africa_HIV-AIDS.svghttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html?countryName=Botswana&countryCode=bc®ionCode=af&rank=2#bc
Botswana
By far the biggest obstacle facing Botswana in itsefforts to improve its competitiveness is the healthsituation in the country. Botswana has the highestHIV prevalence rate of all countries covered , as well as very high malaria (111th) and tuberculosis(128th) incidence.
However, these rates are for the most part comingdown, leading to an improvement in life expectancyfrom 40 to 52 years by the most recent estimate. priorities for the government for some time.
Source : http://www.weforum.org/documents/GCR0809/index.html, page 34.
Continuing to improve the health and educationallevels of the workforce will remain the main prioritiesfor the government for some time.
Source : http://www.weforum.org/documents/GCR0809/index.html, page 34.
Botswana’s primary weaknesses are related to the country’s human resources base. Despite highspending on education, educational attainment rates at all levels of the educational ladder remain low by international standards, and the quality of the educational system receives mediocre marks .
Source : http://www.weforum.org/documents/GCR0809/index.html, page 34.
Geograhicalaspects
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana
Country size
581,730 km 2
14 times larger than Switzerland
Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html
Source : http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/maps/map/T028797A.gif
The Kalahari Desert covers 70% of Botswana
The Kalahari Desert
Source : http://blog.beliefnet.com/pontifications/imgs/Kalahari%20Desert.jpg
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