World Bank2015-01-052015-01-052014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21069Botswana has pursued prudent macroeconomic policies to manage the revenue streams from diamond exports. It is now an upper-middle-income country that outperforms other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa on key indicators of socioeconomic performance including education, health, and social services. The economic structure in Botswana has undergone changes in recent years, but these changes have not yet ended the countryapos;s reliance on diamond exports. Until recently, Botswana also had a telecommunications monopoly; other utilities are not always accessible at competitive terms. Looking at the lessons offered by successful economies that have grown rapidly in a short period of time, such as those in East Asia, it is clear that export-led industrialization policies contributed to their growth. These policies involve the state taking the lead in crafting and managing market institutions, building physical infrastructure to support industrialization, and minimizing coordination failure within the various segments of the economy. A well-educated and trained population with a wide spectrum of skills also played a vital supporting role in this growth in East Asia. This population had a sufficient skills base to absorb and assimilate technology (via foreign direct investment), operate equipment and infrastructure, and create effective organizations. The country faces significant challenges in transforming its human resources into a force that can drive total factor productivity improvements and, consequently, economic growth.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCREDITATIONACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDRENACHIEVEMENT TESTSADULT LITERACYAPTITUDESBACKGROUND PAPERSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION SECTORBASIC EDUCATION SYSTEMBASIC LITERACYBASIC READINGCAREERCAREER EDUCATIONCENTERS OF EXCELLENCECOGNITIVE SKILLSCOLLEGESCOMPETITIVE GLOBAL ECONOMYCONTINUING EDUCATIONCONTINUOUS LEARNINGCOURSE OFFERINGSCURRICULADEGREE PROGRAMSDEGREESEDUCATED UNEMPLOYMENTEDUCATION AUTHORITIESEDUCATION EXPERIENCEEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION PROVIDERSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION STATISTICSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALSEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHEDUCATIONAL RESOURCESEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT GROWTHFACULTIESFURTHER EDUCATIONGENERAL EDUCATIONGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATEHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTESHIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLEHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESILLITERACYIMPROVING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTINSTRUCTORSINTERNATIONAL STUDENTSINTERVENTIONSINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONJOB TRAININGKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKET DEMANDLABOR MARKETSLEADERSHIPLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLITERACY RATESLITERATURELOCAL SCHOOLSLOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONLOWER SECONDARY EDUCATIONMATHEMATICSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOBILITYNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANSNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMERACYOCCUPATIONSPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPOSTGRADUATE LEVELPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY LOWER SECONDARYPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPROBLEM SOLVINGPROVINCIAL EDUCATIONQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY LEARNINGQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGRESEARCH INSTITUTERETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURAL AREASSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE EDUCATIONSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSKILLED LABORSKILLED OCCUPATIONSSKILLED WORKERSSKILLED WORKFORCESKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS REQUIREMENTSSKILLS TRAININGSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT PLACEMENTSTUDENT SATISFACTIONSUBJECT AREASTEACHERTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTESTEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMSTEACHINGTECHNICAL COLLEGESTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNICAL INSTITUTESTECHNICAL SKILLSTECHNICAL TRAININGTELECOMMUNICATIONSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMTERTIARY INSTITUTIONSTERTIARY LEVELTERTIARY SECTORTEST SCORESTEXTBOOKSTRAINEESTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING COURSESTRAINING INSTITUTESTUTORSUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSITIESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL INSTITUTESVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES10.1596/21069