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  "title": "Botswana: 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Botswana",
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  "summary": "Botswana’s economy staged an impressive recovery during the past year. The strong economic recovery has helped stabilize financial market conditions. The overall external position has also strengthened.",
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      "heading": "Economic performance and recovery",
      "content": "- \"Botswana’s economy staged an impressive recovery during the past year.\"\n- \"The strong economic recovery has helped stabilize financial market conditions.\"\n- \"The overall external position has also strengthened.\""
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      "content": "- \"The overriding economic policy challenges are to reduce the size of government sustaining growth, diversify the economy, and improve its quality.\"\n- \"Sustaining growth, broadening its sources, and improving its quality are key policy priorities of the government.\"\n- Executive Directors \"commended\" the monetary and fiscal policy stance on the global food and fuel price shocks."
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      "content": "- Subject: Balance of payments statistics, Economic and financial statistics, Expenditure, Financial statistics, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt\n- Keywords: Africa, Balance of payments statistics, Botswana, consumer price inflation, CR, debt, debt management strategy, Financial statistics, Fiscal stance, fuel price shock, Global, inflation development, ISCR, Southern Africa, sustainability framework, value"
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      "content": "- Pages: 60\n- Volume: 2011\n- Issue: 248\n- Series: Country Report No. 2011/248\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462343577.002\n- Stock No: 1BWAEA2011001\n- ISBN: 9781462343577\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n- Publication date on page: August 4, 2011\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Botswana: 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Botswana\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2011, 248 (2011).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr11248\n  - cr11248 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr11248 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462343577.002",
    "\"Botswana’s economy staged an impressive recovery during the past year.\"",
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    "\"Sustaining growth, broadening its sources, and improving its quality are key policy priorities of the government.\"",
    "Executive Directors \"commended\" the monetary and fiscal policy stance on the global food and fuel price shocks.",
    "Subject: Balance of payments statistics, Economic and financial statistics, Expenditure, Financial statistics, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt",
    "Keywords: Africa, Balance of payments statistics, Botswana, consumer price inflation, CR, debt, debt management strategy, Financial statistics, Fiscal stance, fuel price shock, Global, inflation development, ISCR, Southern Africa, sustainability framework, value",
    "Pages: 60",
    "Volume: 2011",
    "Issue: 248",
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462343577.002",
    "Stock No: 1BWAEA2011001",
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