IMF Staff Country Reports

Botswana: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation

August 10, 2012

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International Monetary Fund. "Botswana: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation", IMF Staff Country Reports 2012, 234 (2012), accessed 12/27/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504880.002

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Summary

The major trends in terms of GDP growth rates, conditions of market forces, and the core inflation crisis in Botswana are analyzed in detail in the report. It has been suggested that although the recovery from the financial crisis of Botswana is the strongest compared with other middle-income countries, the overall results do not point toward a positive development in the economy. The need for authorities to take up certain measures and modify their methods of functioning is pivotal to Botswana's survival in the existing fragile economic environment.

Subject: Balance of payments statistics, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, Financial statistics, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt

Keywords: Africa, balance, Balance of payments statistics, consumer price inflation, core inflation, CR, creating capital inflows, debt, debt stock, debt-creating flow, diamond export, Europe, Financial statistics, fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Global, ISCR, real GDP, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, sustainability framework