Author: Tebogo B. Seleka
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Tebogo B. Seleka
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Tebogo Bruce Seleka
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Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Botswana has been pursuing the economy-wide objective of economic diversification for the past three decades. This paper examines the challenges Botswana's Agriculture is likely to face under the EU/ACP Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). While the sector has witnessed some diversification in the past, such success was, however, induced by the provision of government grants to investors and the use of import controls to minimize cross-border competition. It is argues that, since they involve trade liberalization, EPAs should theoretically reverse the progress so far made in diversifying the country's agriculture. It is further argued, however, that Botswana being a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), hence a de facto member of the Trade and Cooperation Development Agreement (TCDA) between South Africa and the EU, it is currently exposed to the gradual trade liberalization under the TCDA. Thus, if import controls are to be removed under SACU, where they are currently being challenged, the TCDA impacts will trickle fully into the Botswana market even in the absence of EPAs. Furthermore, it would be imprudent for Botswana to negotiate and implement a different tariff reduction structure with the EU when the TCDA is already in existence. The paper concludes that policymakers should opt to promote the utilization of the EU development assistance to strengthen local institutions and promote the development of sustainable diversification activities within the sector.

Author: Imogen Mogotsi
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9991642838
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Botswana is a major producer of the world’s diamonds and has been a pacesetter for beneficiation in the country. All mineral resources are finite: Botswana is working towards diversifying the economy before the diamonds run out. As one of the most stable and prosperous countries in Africa, Botswana sets an example to follow. This book gives a practical review of topical issues and the roles of government, the private sector, economic institutions and the international community in driving economic diversification. It highlights challenges faced by many small open economies in Africa as they search for new engines of growth.

Author: Beatrice Phetogo Masete
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Botswana. Ministry of Agriculture
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Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Author: Elwyn Grainger-Jones
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Author: Anne Elizabeth Bousquet
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Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Author: Zien-Elabdin E. Hassan
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ISBN: 9783817503537
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 125

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The main objective of this empirical study is to investigate the patterns and determinants of livelihood diversification strategies of smallholder households in drought-prone rural Botswana.

Author: Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198799284
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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This book contributes to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through addressing the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men