Publication: Botswana Public Expenditure Review
Date
2010-03
ISSN
Published
2010-03
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The unifying theme of this Public
Expenditure Review (PER) is the impending need for Botswana
to incorporate into its policy making and planning framework
a series of measure to help it transition into an era of
diminished diamond revenues. While diamond revenues have
enabled rapid development, they have also allowed government
to swell, and the public sector is today, with diamonds, a
mainstay of the economy. With the decline of diamonds on the
horizon, it has become increasingly urgent for Botswana to
review and question its management of public finances and
the role and objectives of the public sector in the economy,
particularly given the large remaining human and social
development needs, and the requirements of diversification.
While the global economic crisis has helped to bring these
issues to the fore, they are long-term challenges that are
independent of today's temporary economic difficulties.
Citation
“World Bank. 2010. Botswana Public Expenditure Review. Public expenditure review (PER);. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/1f871834-8a79-50d0-9705-625979c757e2 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”