Botswana : assessing risks to stability /
Throup, David W.
Botswana : assessing risks to stability / electronic resource David W. Throup - Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2011 - 1 PDF-file (vi, 18 p.) : col. map
At head of title: A report of the CSIS Africa Program. June 2011. Title from PDF title screen (viewed on July 15, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references.
Botswana's economy remains highly dependent on diamond revenues, and repeated efforts to create alternative types of economic growth and job creation have failed. In the short term, Botswana's main vulnerability is its dependence on regional dynamics. As a landlocked and agriculturally unproductive country, Botswana is economically dependent on South Africa for its critical needs such as food, petroleum, and electricity. Thus, an economic or political crisis in South Africa would have significant subsequent effects in Botswana. Botswana's ruling political party is in long-term decline. Although the potential for social upheaval is minimal, a change in the political balance of power is possible during the next decade.
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9780892066353 0892066350
Botwsana--economic conditions--social conditions
Botswana--internal politics--government--risk assessment
forecasting
Botswana : assessing risks to stability / electronic resource David W. Throup - Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2011 - 1 PDF-file (vi, 18 p.) : col. map
At head of title: A report of the CSIS Africa Program. June 2011. Title from PDF title screen (viewed on July 15, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references.
Botswana's economy remains highly dependent on diamond revenues, and repeated efforts to create alternative types of economic growth and job creation have failed. In the short term, Botswana's main vulnerability is its dependence on regional dynamics. As a landlocked and agriculturally unproductive country, Botswana is economically dependent on South Africa for its critical needs such as food, petroleum, and electricity. Thus, an economic or political crisis in South Africa would have significant subsequent effects in Botswana. Botswana's ruling political party is in long-term decline. Although the potential for social upheaval is minimal, a change in the political balance of power is possible during the next decade.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
9780892066353 0892066350
Botwsana--economic conditions--social conditions
Botswana--internal politics--government--risk assessment
forecasting