Economic Diversification in Africa: Lessons from Botswana
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| 505 | 8 | |a Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Economic Diversification in Botswana: An introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2. Measuring Economic Diversification: A Review -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MEASURES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.2.1 Measures Based on Industrial Organisation Theory -- 2.2.2 Measures Based on Other Theoretical Propositions -- 2.3 INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY IN BOTSWANA: ILLUSTRATION -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. The Need for Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 STATUS OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.3 VULNERABILITY OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.4 OVER-RELIANCE ON IMPORTS -- 3.5 DIAMONDS: A FINITE RESOURCE -- 3.6 DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTERNALITY EFFECTS -- 3.7 DIVERSIFICATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- 3.7.1 Botswana's Economic Growth and Employment Creation -- 3.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. Economic Diversification Strategies and Policies in Botswana -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES IN BOTSWANA -- 4.2.1 Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) -- 4.2.2 The Selibe-Phikwe Regional Development Programme -- 4.2.3 Export Development and Investment Authority -- 4.2.4 Local Enterprise Authority -- 4.3 HUBS, INITIATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE OF 2010 -- 4.3.1 Hubs' Initiatives -- 4.3.2 Economic Diversification Drive of 2010 -- 4.4 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 4.5 MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS -- 4.5.1 Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves -- 4.5.2 Financial Sector in Botswana and Key Reforms -- 4.6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Implications of Regulation on Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 JUSTIFICATION: WHY STUDY THE REGULATION-DIVERSIFICATION LINK? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5.2.1 The Growing Ubiquity of the Regulatory Mode of Governance -- 5.2.2 Why Study Regulation? -- 5.3 TYPES OF REGULATION -- 5.3.1 Economic Regulation -- 5.3.2 Social Regulation -- 5.4 TYPOLOGIES OF REGULATORY ENTITIES -- 5.4.1 Regulation through Public Agencies -- 5.4.2 Self-Regulation -- 5.4.3 Regulation by Commission -- 5.5 THEORIES OF REGULATION -- 5.5.1 Public Interest Theory -- 5.5.2 Economic Theory of Regulation -- 5.5.3 Principal-Agent Theory -- 5.6 A SURVEY OF REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 5.6.1 Air Transport -- 5.6.2 The Financial Sector -- 5.6.3 The Telecommunications Sector -- 5.6.4 Water and Electricity -- 5.6.5 The Botswana Meat Commission -- 5.6.6 Competition Regulation -- 5.6.7 Regional Economic Commitments: The Case of SACU -- 5.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 5.7.1 The Effect of State Ownership -- 5.7.2 Lack of Competitive Neutrality -- 5.7.3 The Spectre of Legal Monopolies on Economic Diversification -- 5.7.4 Lack of Credibility of Decision-Making -- REFERENCES -- ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA) -- 6. The Role for Competition Policy in Botswana's Economic Diversification -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE THEORETICAL LINK -- 6.2.1 The Resource Efficiency Channel -- 6.2.2 The Entry/Exit Channel -- 6.2.3 The Innovation Channel -- 6.3 COMPETITION POLICY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 6.4 COMPETITION POLICY IN BOTSWANA -- 6.4.1 Policy Goals -- 6.4.2 Policy Administration -- 6.4.3 Implementation -- 6.4.4 Communications and Advocacy -- 6.4.5 Mergers and Monopolies -- 6.4.6 Prohibited Practices -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. International Trade and Economic Diversification -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TRADE POLICY AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN AFRICA -- 7.3 LITERATURE REVIEW -- 7.3.1 Horizontal Export Diversification | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7.3.2 Vertical Export Diversification -- 7.3.3 Normalised Hirschman Index -- 7.3.4 Trade Theories and Diversification -- 7.4 BOTSWANA AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- 7.5 EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INDUSTRIAL/TRADE POLICY -- 7.6 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8. Diamond Beneficiation and Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.2.1 Local Content Development -- 8.3 SOME OF BOTSWANA'S ACHIEVEMENTS -- 8.4 CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9. Growth and Diversification in Botswana's Agriculture -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE -- 9.2.1 Contribution to GDP -- 9.2.2 Contribution to Employment -- 9.2.3 Agriculture and Poverty -- 9.2.4 Sub-Sectoral Growth -- 9.3 AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION TRENDS -- 9.3.1 What is Agricultural Diversification -- 9.3.2 Horizontal Diversification -- 9.3.3 Vertical Diversification -- 9.3.4 Diversification Through Off-Farm Employment -- 9.4 INTERVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION -- 9.4.1 Public Expenditure in Agriculture -- 9.4.2 Sub-Sector Specific Initiatives -- 9.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 9.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10. Diversifying Botswana's Economy through Tourism -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 TOURISM MARKET, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -- 10.3 DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTUALISATION OF TOURISM -- 10.4 TOURISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 10.5 DIVERSIFYING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY -- 10.5.1 Uniform Approach to the Definition and Conceptualisation of Tourism -- 10.5.2 Product and Geographical Diversification -- 10.5.3 Infrastructure Development -- 10.5.4 Policy Considerations -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11. Domestic Tourism: An Avenue for the Growth and Sustainability of Tourism -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11.2 COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY -- 11.2.1 Covid-19 and International Tourism: The Global Experience -- 11.2.2 International Tourism and Covid-19: The Botswana Experience -- 11.3 STRATEGIES TO BOOST DOMESTIC TOURISM DEMAND -- 11.3.1 Product Development -- 11.3.2 Marketing and Pricing Strategies -- 11.3.3 Funding Opportunities -- 11.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12. The Role of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Economic Diversification -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 DEFINITION OF SMMEs -- 12.3 CONTRIBUTION OF SMMEs TO THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 12.3.1 Employment Creation -- 12.3.2 Poverty Alleviation -- 12.3.3 Economic Contribution -- 12.4 REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR SMMEs IN BOTSWANA -- 12.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY SMMEs -- 12.5.1 Competition -- 12.5.2 Lack of Training and Management Skills -- 12.5.3 Poor Access to Finance -- 12.5.4 Inability to Penetrate Foreign Markets -- 12.6 THE WAY FORWARD -- 12.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13. Entrepreneurship and Economic Diversification: Maximising Gains from Informal Business -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS -- 13.3 INFORMAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHY DOES IT MATTER? -- 13.4 POLICIES FOR INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- 13.5 INFORMAL BUSINESSES IN BOTSWANA: OVERVIEW, CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS -- 13.5.1 Overview of Informal Businesses -- 13.5.2 Challenges Encountered by Informal Businesses and Policy Options -- 13.6 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. Can the Financial Sector Support Economic Diversification in Botswana? -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.2.1 Financial Development and Diversification -- 14.2.2 The Dangers of the Loosely Regulated Financial Sector: Recent Evidence -- 14.3 FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS -- 14.3.1 Monetary Policy and its Performance | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 14.3.2 Exchange Rate Policy -- 14.4 BANKING SYSTEM -- 14.4.1 Institutional Developments -- 14.4.2 Role of Intermediation -- 14.5 THE NON-BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR -- 14.5.1 Capital markets -- 14.5.2 Government Support of Capital Markets -- 14.6 MEASURING DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 15. Diversification and Gender -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.3 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOMES OF MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.4 WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 15.5 WOMEN AND DIVERSIFICATION IN BOTSWANA -- 15.6 GENDER AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN BOTSWANA -- 15.7 CHALLENGES FACED BY INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTERPRISES -- 15.8 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 16. Information and Technology (IT): An Answer to Botswana's Economic Diversification Efforts? -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 WHAT IS IT? -- 16.3 TRENDS IN IT: THE CASE OF BOTSWANA -- 16.4 ICT POLICY IN BOTSWANA AND THE BROADBAND STRATEGY -- 16.5 POTENTIAL BENEFITS -- 16.6 LIMITATIONS -- 16.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 17. Economic Diversification in Botswana: Conclusion and Future Directions -- 17.1 REGULATION AND COMPETITION POLICY -- 17.2 INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- 17.3 AGRICULTURE -- 17.4 TOURISM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES -- 17.5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- 17.6 FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM -- 17.7 WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- 17.8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) -- 17.9 FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCE -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Index -- Back cover | |
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| contents | Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Economic Diversification in Botswana: An introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2. Measuring Economic Diversification: A Review -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MEASURES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.2.1 Measures Based on Industrial Organisation Theory -- 2.2.2 Measures Based on Other Theoretical Propositions -- 2.3 INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY IN BOTSWANA: ILLUSTRATION -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. The Need for Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 STATUS OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.3 VULNERABILITY OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.4 OVER-RELIANCE ON IMPORTS -- 3.5 DIAMONDS: A FINITE RESOURCE -- 3.6 DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTERNALITY EFFECTS -- 3.7 DIVERSIFICATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- 3.7.1 Botswana's Economic Growth and Employment Creation -- 3.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. Economic Diversification Strategies and Policies in Botswana -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES IN BOTSWANA -- 4.2.1 Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) -- 4.2.2 The Selibe-Phikwe Regional Development Programme -- 4.2.3 Export Development and Investment Authority -- 4.2.4 Local Enterprise Authority -- 4.3 HUBS, INITIATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE OF 2010 -- 4.3.1 Hubs' Initiatives -- 4.3.2 Economic Diversification Drive of 2010 -- 4.4 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 4.5 MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS -- 4.5.1 Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves -- 4.5.2 Financial Sector in Botswana and Key Reforms -- 4.6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Implications of Regulation on Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 JUSTIFICATION: WHY STUDY THE REGULATION-DIVERSIFICATION LINK? 5.2.1 The Growing Ubiquity of the Regulatory Mode of Governance -- 5.2.2 Why Study Regulation? -- 5.3 TYPES OF REGULATION -- 5.3.1 Economic Regulation -- 5.3.2 Social Regulation -- 5.4 TYPOLOGIES OF REGULATORY ENTITIES -- 5.4.1 Regulation through Public Agencies -- 5.4.2 Self-Regulation -- 5.4.3 Regulation by Commission -- 5.5 THEORIES OF REGULATION -- 5.5.1 Public Interest Theory -- 5.5.2 Economic Theory of Regulation -- 5.5.3 Principal-Agent Theory -- 5.6 A SURVEY OF REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 5.6.1 Air Transport -- 5.6.2 The Financial Sector -- 5.6.3 The Telecommunications Sector -- 5.6.4 Water and Electricity -- 5.6.5 The Botswana Meat Commission -- 5.6.6 Competition Regulation -- 5.6.7 Regional Economic Commitments: The Case of SACU -- 5.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 5.7.1 The Effect of State Ownership -- 5.7.2 Lack of Competitive Neutrality -- 5.7.3 The Spectre of Legal Monopolies on Economic Diversification -- 5.7.4 Lack of Credibility of Decision-Making -- REFERENCES -- ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA) -- 6. The Role for Competition Policy in Botswana's Economic Diversification -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE THEORETICAL LINK -- 6.2.1 The Resource Efficiency Channel -- 6.2.2 The Entry/Exit Channel -- 6.2.3 The Innovation Channel -- 6.3 COMPETITION POLICY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 6.4 COMPETITION POLICY IN BOTSWANA -- 6.4.1 Policy Goals -- 6.4.2 Policy Administration -- 6.4.3 Implementation -- 6.4.4 Communications and Advocacy -- 6.4.5 Mergers and Monopolies -- 6.4.6 Prohibited Practices -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. International Trade and Economic Diversification -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TRADE POLICY AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN AFRICA -- 7.3 LITERATURE REVIEW -- 7.3.1 Horizontal Export Diversification 7.3.2 Vertical Export Diversification -- 7.3.3 Normalised Hirschman Index -- 7.3.4 Trade Theories and Diversification -- 7.4 BOTSWANA AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- 7.5 EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INDUSTRIAL/TRADE POLICY -- 7.6 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8. Diamond Beneficiation and Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.2.1 Local Content Development -- 8.3 SOME OF BOTSWANA'S ACHIEVEMENTS -- 8.4 CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9. Growth and Diversification in Botswana's Agriculture -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE -- 9.2.1 Contribution to GDP -- 9.2.2 Contribution to Employment -- 9.2.3 Agriculture and Poverty -- 9.2.4 Sub-Sectoral Growth -- 9.3 AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION TRENDS -- 9.3.1 What is Agricultural Diversification -- 9.3.2 Horizontal Diversification -- 9.3.3 Vertical Diversification -- 9.3.4 Diversification Through Off-Farm Employment -- 9.4 INTERVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION -- 9.4.1 Public Expenditure in Agriculture -- 9.4.2 Sub-Sector Specific Initiatives -- 9.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 9.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10. Diversifying Botswana's Economy through Tourism -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 TOURISM MARKET, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -- 10.3 DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTUALISATION OF TOURISM -- 10.4 TOURISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 10.5 DIVERSIFYING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY -- 10.5.1 Uniform Approach to the Definition and Conceptualisation of Tourism -- 10.5.2 Product and Geographical Diversification -- 10.5.3 Infrastructure Development -- 10.5.4 Policy Considerations -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11. Domestic Tourism: An Avenue for the Growth and Sustainability of Tourism -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION. 11.2 COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY -- 11.2.1 Covid-19 and International Tourism: The Global Experience -- 11.2.2 International Tourism and Covid-19: The Botswana Experience -- 11.3 STRATEGIES TO BOOST DOMESTIC TOURISM DEMAND -- 11.3.1 Product Development -- 11.3.2 Marketing and Pricing Strategies -- 11.3.3 Funding Opportunities -- 11.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12. The Role of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Economic Diversification -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 DEFINITION OF SMMEs -- 12.3 CONTRIBUTION OF SMMEs TO THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 12.3.1 Employment Creation -- 12.3.2 Poverty Alleviation -- 12.3.3 Economic Contribution -- 12.4 REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR SMMEs IN BOTSWANA -- 12.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY SMMEs -- 12.5.1 Competition -- 12.5.2 Lack of Training and Management Skills -- 12.5.3 Poor Access to Finance -- 12.5.4 Inability to Penetrate Foreign Markets -- 12.6 THE WAY FORWARD -- 12.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13. Entrepreneurship and Economic Diversification: Maximising Gains from Informal Business -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS -- 13.3 INFORMAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHY DOES IT MATTER? -- 13.4 POLICIES FOR INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- 13.5 INFORMAL BUSINESSES IN BOTSWANA: OVERVIEW, CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS -- 13.5.1 Overview of Informal Businesses -- 13.5.2 Challenges Encountered by Informal Businesses and Policy Options -- 13.6 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. Can the Financial Sector Support Economic Diversification in Botswana? -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.2.1 Financial Development and Diversification -- 14.2.2 The Dangers of the Loosely Regulated Financial Sector: Recent Evidence -- 14.3 FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS -- 14.3.1 Monetary Policy and its Performance 14.3.2 Exchange Rate Policy -- 14.4 BANKING SYSTEM -- 14.4.1 Institutional Developments -- 14.4.2 Role of Intermediation -- 14.5 THE NON-BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR -- 14.5.1 Capital markets -- 14.5.2 Government Support of Capital Markets -- 14.6 MEASURING DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 15. Diversification and Gender -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.3 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOMES OF MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.4 WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 15.5 WOMEN AND DIVERSIFICATION IN BOTSWANA -- 15.6 GENDER AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN BOTSWANA -- 15.7 CHALLENGES FACED BY INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTERPRISES -- 15.8 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 16. Information and Technology (IT): An Answer to Botswana's Economic Diversification Efforts? -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 WHAT IS IT? -- 16.3 TRENDS IN IT: THE CASE OF BOTSWANA -- 16.4 ICT POLICY IN BOTSWANA AND THE BROADBAND STRATEGY -- 16.5 POTENTIAL BENEFITS -- 16.6 LIMITATIONS -- 16.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 17. Economic Diversification in Botswana: Conclusion and Future Directions -- 17.1 REGULATION AND COMPETITION POLICY -- 17.2 INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- 17.3 AGRICULTURE -- 17.4 TOURISM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES -- 17.5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- 17.6 FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM -- 17.7 WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- 17.8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) -- 17.9 FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCE -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Index -- Back cover |
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Economic Diversification in Botswana: An introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2. Measuring Economic Diversification: A Review -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MEASURES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.2.1 Measures Based on Industrial Organisation Theory -- 2.2.2 Measures Based on Other Theoretical Propositions -- 2.3 INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY IN BOTSWANA: ILLUSTRATION -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. The Need for Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 STATUS OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.3 VULNERABILITY OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.4 OVER-RELIANCE ON IMPORTS -- 3.5 DIAMONDS: A FINITE RESOURCE -- 3.6 DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTERNALITY EFFECTS -- 3.7 DIVERSIFICATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- 3.7.1 Botswana's Economic Growth and Employment Creation -- 3.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. Economic Diversification Strategies and Policies in Botswana -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES IN BOTSWANA -- 4.2.1 Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) -- 4.2.2 The Selibe-Phikwe Regional Development Programme -- 4.2.3 Export Development and Investment Authority -- 4.2.4 Local Enterprise Authority -- 4.3 HUBS, INITIATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE OF 2010 -- 4.3.1 Hubs' Initiatives -- 4.3.2 Economic Diversification Drive of 2010 -- 4.4 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 4.5 MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS -- 4.5.1 Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves -- 4.5.2 Financial Sector in Botswana and Key Reforms -- 4.6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Implications of Regulation on Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 JUSTIFICATION: WHY STUDY THE REGULATION-DIVERSIFICATION LINK?</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">5.2.1 The Growing Ubiquity of the Regulatory Mode of Governance -- 5.2.2 Why Study Regulation? -- 5.3 TYPES OF REGULATION -- 5.3.1 Economic Regulation -- 5.3.2 Social Regulation -- 5.4 TYPOLOGIES OF REGULATORY ENTITIES -- 5.4.1 Regulation through Public Agencies -- 5.4.2 Self-Regulation -- 5.4.3 Regulation by Commission -- 5.5 THEORIES OF REGULATION -- 5.5.1 Public Interest Theory -- 5.5.2 Economic Theory of Regulation -- 5.5.3 Principal-Agent Theory -- 5.6 A SURVEY OF REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 5.6.1 Air Transport -- 5.6.2 The Financial Sector -- 5.6.3 The Telecommunications Sector -- 5.6.4 Water and Electricity -- 5.6.5 The Botswana Meat Commission -- 5.6.6 Competition Regulation -- 5.6.7 Regional Economic Commitments: The Case of SACU -- 5.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 5.7.1 The Effect of State Ownership -- 5.7.2 Lack of Competitive Neutrality -- 5.7.3 The Spectre of Legal Monopolies on Economic Diversification -- 5.7.4 Lack of Credibility of Decision-Making -- REFERENCES -- ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA) -- 6. The Role for Competition Policy in Botswana's Economic Diversification -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE THEORETICAL LINK -- 6.2.1 The Resource Efficiency Channel -- 6.2.2 The Entry/Exit Channel -- 6.2.3 The Innovation Channel -- 6.3 COMPETITION POLICY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 6.4 COMPETITION POLICY IN BOTSWANA -- 6.4.1 Policy Goals -- 6.4.2 Policy Administration -- 6.4.3 Implementation -- 6.4.4 Communications and Advocacy -- 6.4.5 Mergers and Monopolies -- 6.4.6 Prohibited Practices -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. International Trade and Economic Diversification -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TRADE POLICY AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN AFRICA -- 7.3 LITERATURE REVIEW -- 7.3.1 Horizontal Export Diversification</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">7.3.2 Vertical Export Diversification -- 7.3.3 Normalised Hirschman Index -- 7.3.4 Trade Theories and Diversification -- 7.4 BOTSWANA AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- 7.5 EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INDUSTRIAL/TRADE POLICY -- 7.6 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8. Diamond Beneficiation and Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.2.1 Local Content Development -- 8.3 SOME OF BOTSWANA'S ACHIEVEMENTS -- 8.4 CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9. Growth and Diversification in Botswana's Agriculture -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE -- 9.2.1 Contribution to GDP -- 9.2.2 Contribution to Employment -- 9.2.3 Agriculture and Poverty -- 9.2.4 Sub-Sectoral Growth -- 9.3 AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION TRENDS -- 9.3.1 What is Agricultural Diversification -- 9.3.2 Horizontal Diversification -- 9.3.3 Vertical Diversification -- 9.3.4 Diversification Through Off-Farm Employment -- 9.4 INTERVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION -- 9.4.1 Public Expenditure in Agriculture -- 9.4.2 Sub-Sector Specific Initiatives -- 9.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 9.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10. Diversifying Botswana's Economy through Tourism -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 TOURISM MARKET, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -- 10.3 DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTUALISATION OF TOURISM -- 10.4 TOURISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 10.5 DIVERSIFYING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY -- 10.5.1 Uniform Approach to the Definition and Conceptualisation of Tourism -- 10.5.2 Product and Geographical Diversification -- 10.5.3 Infrastructure Development -- 10.5.4 Policy Considerations -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11. Domestic Tourism: An Avenue for the Growth and Sustainability of Tourism -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">11.2 COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY -- 11.2.1 Covid-19 and International Tourism: The Global Experience -- 11.2.2 International Tourism and Covid-19: The Botswana Experience -- 11.3 STRATEGIES TO BOOST DOMESTIC TOURISM DEMAND -- 11.3.1 Product Development -- 11.3.2 Marketing and Pricing Strategies -- 11.3.3 Funding Opportunities -- 11.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12. The Role of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Economic Diversification -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 DEFINITION OF SMMEs -- 12.3 CONTRIBUTION OF SMMEs TO THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 12.3.1 Employment Creation -- 12.3.2 Poverty Alleviation -- 12.3.3 Economic Contribution -- 12.4 REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR SMMEs IN BOTSWANA -- 12.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY SMMEs -- 12.5.1 Competition -- 12.5.2 Lack of Training and Management Skills -- 12.5.3 Poor Access to Finance -- 12.5.4 Inability to Penetrate Foreign Markets -- 12.6 THE WAY FORWARD -- 12.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13. 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Can the Financial Sector Support Economic Diversification in Botswana? -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.2.1 Financial Development and Diversification -- 14.2.2 The Dangers of the Loosely Regulated Financial Sector: Recent Evidence -- 14.3 FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS -- 14.3.1 Monetary Policy and its Performance</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">14.3.2 Exchange Rate Policy -- 14.4 BANKING SYSTEM -- 14.4.1 Institutional Developments -- 14.4.2 Role of Intermediation -- 14.5 THE NON-BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR -- 14.5.1 Capital markets -- 14.5.2 Government Support of Capital Markets -- 14.6 MEASURING DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 15. 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| spelling | Mogotsi, Imogen Verfasser aut Economic Diversification in Africa Lessons from Botswana 1st ed Oxford University of Namibia Press 2023 ©2022 1 Online-Ressource (328 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Economic Diversification in Botswana: An introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2. Measuring Economic Diversification: A Review -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MEASURES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.2.1 Measures Based on Industrial Organisation Theory -- 2.2.2 Measures Based on Other Theoretical Propositions -- 2.3 INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY IN BOTSWANA: ILLUSTRATION -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. The Need for Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 STATUS OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.3 VULNERABILITY OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.4 OVER-RELIANCE ON IMPORTS -- 3.5 DIAMONDS: A FINITE RESOURCE -- 3.6 DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTERNALITY EFFECTS -- 3.7 DIVERSIFICATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- 3.7.1 Botswana's Economic Growth and Employment Creation -- 3.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. Economic Diversification Strategies and Policies in Botswana -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES IN BOTSWANA -- 4.2.1 Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) -- 4.2.2 The Selibe-Phikwe Regional Development Programme -- 4.2.3 Export Development and Investment Authority -- 4.2.4 Local Enterprise Authority -- 4.3 HUBS, INITIATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE OF 2010 -- 4.3.1 Hubs' Initiatives -- 4.3.2 Economic Diversification Drive of 2010 -- 4.4 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 4.5 MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS -- 4.5.1 Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves -- 4.5.2 Financial Sector in Botswana and Key Reforms -- 4.6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Implications of Regulation on Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 JUSTIFICATION: WHY STUDY THE REGULATION-DIVERSIFICATION LINK? 5.2.1 The Growing Ubiquity of the Regulatory Mode of Governance -- 5.2.2 Why Study Regulation? -- 5.3 TYPES OF REGULATION -- 5.3.1 Economic Regulation -- 5.3.2 Social Regulation -- 5.4 TYPOLOGIES OF REGULATORY ENTITIES -- 5.4.1 Regulation through Public Agencies -- 5.4.2 Self-Regulation -- 5.4.3 Regulation by Commission -- 5.5 THEORIES OF REGULATION -- 5.5.1 Public Interest Theory -- 5.5.2 Economic Theory of Regulation -- 5.5.3 Principal-Agent Theory -- 5.6 A SURVEY OF REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 5.6.1 Air Transport -- 5.6.2 The Financial Sector -- 5.6.3 The Telecommunications Sector -- 5.6.4 Water and Electricity -- 5.6.5 The Botswana Meat Commission -- 5.6.6 Competition Regulation -- 5.6.7 Regional Economic Commitments: The Case of SACU -- 5.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 5.7.1 The Effect of State Ownership -- 5.7.2 Lack of Competitive Neutrality -- 5.7.3 The Spectre of Legal Monopolies on Economic Diversification -- 5.7.4 Lack of Credibility of Decision-Making -- REFERENCES -- ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA) -- 6. The Role for Competition Policy in Botswana's Economic Diversification -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE THEORETICAL LINK -- 6.2.1 The Resource Efficiency Channel -- 6.2.2 The Entry/Exit Channel -- 6.2.3 The Innovation Channel -- 6.3 COMPETITION POLICY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 6.4 COMPETITION POLICY IN BOTSWANA -- 6.4.1 Policy Goals -- 6.4.2 Policy Administration -- 6.4.3 Implementation -- 6.4.4 Communications and Advocacy -- 6.4.5 Mergers and Monopolies -- 6.4.6 Prohibited Practices -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. International Trade and Economic Diversification -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TRADE POLICY AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN AFRICA -- 7.3 LITERATURE REVIEW -- 7.3.1 Horizontal Export Diversification 7.3.2 Vertical Export Diversification -- 7.3.3 Normalised Hirschman Index -- 7.3.4 Trade Theories and Diversification -- 7.4 BOTSWANA AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- 7.5 EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INDUSTRIAL/TRADE POLICY -- 7.6 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8. Diamond Beneficiation and Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.2.1 Local Content Development -- 8.3 SOME OF BOTSWANA'S ACHIEVEMENTS -- 8.4 CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9. Growth and Diversification in Botswana's Agriculture -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE -- 9.2.1 Contribution to GDP -- 9.2.2 Contribution to Employment -- 9.2.3 Agriculture and Poverty -- 9.2.4 Sub-Sectoral Growth -- 9.3 AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION TRENDS -- 9.3.1 What is Agricultural Diversification -- 9.3.2 Horizontal Diversification -- 9.3.3 Vertical Diversification -- 9.3.4 Diversification Through Off-Farm Employment -- 9.4 INTERVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION -- 9.4.1 Public Expenditure in Agriculture -- 9.4.2 Sub-Sector Specific Initiatives -- 9.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 9.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10. Diversifying Botswana's Economy through Tourism -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 TOURISM MARKET, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -- 10.3 DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTUALISATION OF TOURISM -- 10.4 TOURISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 10.5 DIVERSIFYING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY -- 10.5.1 Uniform Approach to the Definition and Conceptualisation of Tourism -- 10.5.2 Product and Geographical Diversification -- 10.5.3 Infrastructure Development -- 10.5.4 Policy Considerations -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11. Domestic Tourism: An Avenue for the Growth and Sustainability of Tourism -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION. 11.2 COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY -- 11.2.1 Covid-19 and International Tourism: The Global Experience -- 11.2.2 International Tourism and Covid-19: The Botswana Experience -- 11.3 STRATEGIES TO BOOST DOMESTIC TOURISM DEMAND -- 11.3.1 Product Development -- 11.3.2 Marketing and Pricing Strategies -- 11.3.3 Funding Opportunities -- 11.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12. The Role of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Economic Diversification -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 DEFINITION OF SMMEs -- 12.3 CONTRIBUTION OF SMMEs TO THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 12.3.1 Employment Creation -- 12.3.2 Poverty Alleviation -- 12.3.3 Economic Contribution -- 12.4 REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR SMMEs IN BOTSWANA -- 12.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY SMMEs -- 12.5.1 Competition -- 12.5.2 Lack of Training and Management Skills -- 12.5.3 Poor Access to Finance -- 12.5.4 Inability to Penetrate Foreign Markets -- 12.6 THE WAY FORWARD -- 12.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13. Entrepreneurship and Economic Diversification: Maximising Gains from Informal Business -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS -- 13.3 INFORMAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHY DOES IT MATTER? -- 13.4 POLICIES FOR INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- 13.5 INFORMAL BUSINESSES IN BOTSWANA: OVERVIEW, CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS -- 13.5.1 Overview of Informal Businesses -- 13.5.2 Challenges Encountered by Informal Businesses and Policy Options -- 13.6 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. Can the Financial Sector Support Economic Diversification in Botswana? -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.2.1 Financial Development and Diversification -- 14.2.2 The Dangers of the Loosely Regulated Financial Sector: Recent Evidence -- 14.3 FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS -- 14.3.1 Monetary Policy and its Performance 14.3.2 Exchange Rate Policy -- 14.4 BANKING SYSTEM -- 14.4.1 Institutional Developments -- 14.4.2 Role of Intermediation -- 14.5 THE NON-BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR -- 14.5.1 Capital markets -- 14.5.2 Government Support of Capital Markets -- 14.6 MEASURING DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 15. Diversification and Gender -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.3 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOMES OF MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.4 WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 15.5 WOMEN AND DIVERSIFICATION IN BOTSWANA -- 15.6 GENDER AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN BOTSWANA -- 15.7 CHALLENGES FACED BY INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTERPRISES -- 15.8 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 16. Information and Technology (IT): An Answer to Botswana's Economic Diversification Efforts? -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 WHAT IS IT? -- 16.3 TRENDS IN IT: THE CASE OF BOTSWANA -- 16.4 ICT POLICY IN BOTSWANA AND THE BROADBAND STRATEGY -- 16.5 POTENTIAL BENEFITS -- 16.6 LIMITATIONS -- 16.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 17. Economic Diversification in Botswana: Conclusion and Future Directions -- 17.1 REGULATION AND COMPETITION POLICY -- 17.2 INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- 17.3 AGRICULTURE -- 17.4 TOURISM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES -- 17.5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- 17.6 FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM -- 17.7 WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- 17.8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) -- 17.9 FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCE -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Index -- Back cover Economic policy-Botswana Namwoonde, Ndateelela Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mogotsi, Imogen Economic Diversification in Africa Oxford : University of Namibia Press,c2023 |
| spellingShingle | Mogotsi, Imogen Economic Diversification in Africa Lessons from Botswana Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Economic Diversification in Botswana: An introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2. Measuring Economic Diversification: A Review -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MEASURES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.2.1 Measures Based on Industrial Organisation Theory -- 2.2.2 Measures Based on Other Theoretical Propositions -- 2.3 INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY IN BOTSWANA: ILLUSTRATION -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. The Need for Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 STATUS OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.3 VULNERABILITY OF THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 3.4 OVER-RELIANCE ON IMPORTS -- 3.5 DIAMONDS: A FINITE RESOURCE -- 3.6 DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTERNALITY EFFECTS -- 3.7 DIVERSIFICATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- 3.7.1 Botswana's Economic Growth and Employment Creation -- 3.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. Economic Diversification Strategies and Policies in Botswana -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES IN BOTSWANA -- 4.2.1 Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) -- 4.2.2 The Selibe-Phikwe Regional Development Programme -- 4.2.3 Export Development and Investment Authority -- 4.2.4 Local Enterprise Authority -- 4.3 HUBS, INITIATIVES AND THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE OF 2010 -- 4.3.1 Hubs' Initiatives -- 4.3.2 Economic Diversification Drive of 2010 -- 4.4 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 4.5 MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS -- 4.5.1 Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves -- 4.5.2 Financial Sector in Botswana and Key Reforms -- 4.6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Implications of Regulation on Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 JUSTIFICATION: WHY STUDY THE REGULATION-DIVERSIFICATION LINK? 5.2.1 The Growing Ubiquity of the Regulatory Mode of Governance -- 5.2.2 Why Study Regulation? -- 5.3 TYPES OF REGULATION -- 5.3.1 Economic Regulation -- 5.3.2 Social Regulation -- 5.4 TYPOLOGIES OF REGULATORY ENTITIES -- 5.4.1 Regulation through Public Agencies -- 5.4.2 Self-Regulation -- 5.4.3 Regulation by Commission -- 5.5 THEORIES OF REGULATION -- 5.5.1 Public Interest Theory -- 5.5.2 Economic Theory of Regulation -- 5.5.3 Principal-Agent Theory -- 5.6 A SURVEY OF REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 5.6.1 Air Transport -- 5.6.2 The Financial Sector -- 5.6.3 The Telecommunications Sector -- 5.6.4 Water and Electricity -- 5.6.5 The Botswana Meat Commission -- 5.6.6 Competition Regulation -- 5.6.7 Regional Economic Commitments: The Case of SACU -- 5.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 5.7.1 The Effect of State Ownership -- 5.7.2 Lack of Competitive Neutrality -- 5.7.3 The Spectre of Legal Monopolies on Economic Diversification -- 5.7.4 Lack of Credibility of Decision-Making -- REFERENCES -- ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA) -- 6. The Role for Competition Policy in Botswana's Economic Diversification -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE THEORETICAL LINK -- 6.2.1 The Resource Efficiency Channel -- 6.2.2 The Entry/Exit Channel -- 6.2.3 The Innovation Channel -- 6.3 COMPETITION POLICY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 6.4 COMPETITION POLICY IN BOTSWANA -- 6.4.1 Policy Goals -- 6.4.2 Policy Administration -- 6.4.3 Implementation -- 6.4.4 Communications and Advocacy -- 6.4.5 Mergers and Monopolies -- 6.4.6 Prohibited Practices -- 6.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. International Trade and Economic Diversification -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TRADE POLICY AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN AFRICA -- 7.3 LITERATURE REVIEW -- 7.3.1 Horizontal Export Diversification 7.3.2 Vertical Export Diversification -- 7.3.3 Normalised Hirschman Index -- 7.3.4 Trade Theories and Diversification -- 7.4 BOTSWANA AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- 7.5 EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INDUSTRIAL/TRADE POLICY -- 7.6 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8. Diamond Beneficiation and Economic Diversification in Botswana -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.2.1 Local Content Development -- 8.3 SOME OF BOTSWANA'S ACHIEVEMENTS -- 8.4 CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL CONTENT -- 8.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9. Growth and Diversification in Botswana's Agriculture -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE -- 9.2.1 Contribution to GDP -- 9.2.2 Contribution to Employment -- 9.2.3 Agriculture and Poverty -- 9.2.4 Sub-Sectoral Growth -- 9.3 AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION TRENDS -- 9.3.1 What is Agricultural Diversification -- 9.3.2 Horizontal Diversification -- 9.3.3 Vertical Diversification -- 9.3.4 Diversification Through Off-Farm Employment -- 9.4 INTERVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION -- 9.4.1 Public Expenditure in Agriculture -- 9.4.2 Sub-Sector Specific Initiatives -- 9.5 FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 9.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10. Diversifying Botswana's Economy through Tourism -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 TOURISM MARKET, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -- 10.3 DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTUALISATION OF TOURISM -- 10.4 TOURISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION -- 10.5 DIVERSIFYING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY -- 10.5.1 Uniform Approach to the Definition and Conceptualisation of Tourism -- 10.5.2 Product and Geographical Diversification -- 10.5.3 Infrastructure Development -- 10.5.4 Policy Considerations -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11. Domestic Tourism: An Avenue for the Growth and Sustainability of Tourism -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION. 11.2 COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY -- 11.2.1 Covid-19 and International Tourism: The Global Experience -- 11.2.2 International Tourism and Covid-19: The Botswana Experience -- 11.3 STRATEGIES TO BOOST DOMESTIC TOURISM DEMAND -- 11.3.1 Product Development -- 11.3.2 Marketing and Pricing Strategies -- 11.3.3 Funding Opportunities -- 11.4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 12. The Role of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Economic Diversification -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 DEFINITION OF SMMEs -- 12.3 CONTRIBUTION OF SMMEs TO THE BOTSWANA ECONOMY -- 12.3.1 Employment Creation -- 12.3.2 Poverty Alleviation -- 12.3.3 Economic Contribution -- 12.4 REVIEW OF POLICIES FOR SMMEs IN BOTSWANA -- 12.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY SMMEs -- 12.5.1 Competition -- 12.5.2 Lack of Training and Management Skills -- 12.5.3 Poor Access to Finance -- 12.5.4 Inability to Penetrate Foreign Markets -- 12.6 THE WAY FORWARD -- 12.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13. Entrepreneurship and Economic Diversification: Maximising Gains from Informal Business -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS -- 13.3 INFORMAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHY DOES IT MATTER? -- 13.4 POLICIES FOR INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- 13.5 INFORMAL BUSINESSES IN BOTSWANA: OVERVIEW, CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS -- 13.5.1 Overview of Informal Businesses -- 13.5.2 Challenges Encountered by Informal Businesses and Policy Options -- 13.6 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. Can the Financial Sector Support Economic Diversification in Botswana? -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.2.1 Financial Development and Diversification -- 14.2.2 The Dangers of the Loosely Regulated Financial Sector: Recent Evidence -- 14.3 FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS -- 14.3.1 Monetary Policy and its Performance 14.3.2 Exchange Rate Policy -- 14.4 BANKING SYSTEM -- 14.4.1 Institutional Developments -- 14.4.2 Role of Intermediation -- 14.5 THE NON-BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR -- 14.5.1 Capital markets -- 14.5.2 Government Support of Capital Markets -- 14.6 MEASURING DIVERSIFICATION -- 14.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 15. Diversification and Gender -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.3 EMPLOYMENT AND INCOMES OF MALES VERSUS FEMALES -- 15.4 WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 15.5 WOMEN AND DIVERSIFICATION IN BOTSWANA -- 15.6 GENDER AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN BOTSWANA -- 15.7 CHALLENGES FACED BY INFORMAL-SECTOR ENTERPRISES -- 15.8 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 16. Information and Technology (IT): An Answer to Botswana's Economic Diversification Efforts? -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 WHAT IS IT? -- 16.3 TRENDS IN IT: THE CASE OF BOTSWANA -- 16.4 ICT POLICY IN BOTSWANA AND THE BROADBAND STRATEGY -- 16.5 POTENTIAL BENEFITS -- 16.6 LIMITATIONS -- 16.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 17. Economic Diversification in Botswana: Conclusion and Future Directions -- 17.1 REGULATION AND COMPETITION POLICY -- 17.2 INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- 17.3 AGRICULTURE -- 17.4 TOURISM AND RELATED ACTIVITIES -- 17.5 SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- 17.6 FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM -- 17.7 WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- 17.8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) -- 17.9 FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCE -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Index -- Back cover Economic policy-Botswana |
| title | Economic Diversification in Africa Lessons from Botswana |
| title_auth | Economic Diversification in Africa Lessons from Botswana |
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