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Botswana—Fiscal Policy Practices in a Natural Resource-Rich Economy
Macroeconomic policy frameworks for resource-rich developing countries - Background Paper 1 - Supplement 1 (2012)
  • Lamin Leigh, International Monetary Fund
  • Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, International Monetary Fund
Abstract
Botswana’s management of its mineral revenues has been justly acclaimed. Commentators have lauded Botswana’s ability to avoid the resource curse by prudently managing its mineral wealth, in the process transforming itself from one of the world’s most impoverished countries into an upper-middle-income country through five decades of virtually uninterrupted growth. Botswana has also earned a reputation for good governance, prudent macroeconomic policies, and sound management of mineral resources. This case study describes mechanisms and institutions the Government of Botswana has used to manage fiscal policy.
Publication Date
August 24, 2012
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Series
Policy Papers
Citation Information
Lamin Leigh and Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu. "Botswana—Fiscal Policy Practices in a Natural Resource-Rich Economy" Washington DCMacroeconomic policy frameworks for resource-rich developing countries - Background Paper 1 - Supplement 1 (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rodrigo_garciaverdu/39/