国际货币基金组织：解决博茨瓦纳的增长瓶颈（英文版）

While Botswana achieved strong post-independence growth supported by prudent macroeconomic management and diamond revenues, economic performance has weakened over the past two decades, with slower growth, persistently high unemployment, and erosion of fiscal and external buffers. Declining global demand for diamonds has heightened the urgency of economic diversification. This note analyzes Botswana’s growth constraints using a dual approach. Firm-level evidence from the 2023 World Bank Enterp