Botswana : Selected Issues.
Poverty and unemployment remained high in Botswana. The shortcomings of the labor market policies are responsible for a high unemployment rate. This selected issues paper sheds considerable light on ways that Botswana can enhance inclusive growth and reduce the high level of structural unemployment....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor Corporativo: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2012.
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Colección: | IMF staff country report ;
no. 12/235. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Executive Summary; I. Inequality and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union Region; A. Background; B. Empirical Analysis; Boxes; I.1. Lessons for Botswana from Brazil, Chile, and Indonesia for achieving more inclusive growth; Figures; I.1. Effect of Increase of Different Factors on Growth Spell Duration; I.2. Average GDP per Capita Growth Rate, 2000-10; Tables; 1. Contributing Factors to the End of Growth Spells in the SACU Region; 2. Comparative Impact of Income Inequalities on Growth Spell Duration; I.3. Comparing Gini Coefficients Between SACU countries
- 3. Highest HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rates in the World, 2009C. Conclusions; Appendixes; Appendix I.1; Appendix I.2; II. Closing the Jobs Gap in the Southern Africa Customs Union Region; A. Introduction; II. 1. Unemployment Crisis in SACU Compared to Other Regions; B. The Unemployment Data; II. 2. Cross-Country Unemployment Rates; II. 3. SACU Unemployment Rate Estimates; II. 4. Employment in Agricultural Sector; C. The Empirical Analysis of the Data; II. 5. Employment-Output Elasticity, Job Creation, and the Effective Cost of Capital
- II. 6. Unemployment Rates and Labor Market Indicators-Correlation AnalysisII. 7. SACU Countries: Demographic Projections, 2015-2050; II. 8. Average Effective Tax Rates on Labor and Capital; II. 1. Botswana and Chile: Case Studies on Policies for Tackling Unemployment; D. Conclusions; Appendix II. 1