Namibia - CountryWatch

Acknowledgements
There are several people without whom the creation of the CountryWatch Country
Reviews could not have been accomplished. Robert Kelly, the Founder and Chairman of
CountryWatch envisioned the original idea of CountryWatch Country Reviews as a
concise and meaningful source of country-specific information, containing
fundamental demographic, socio-cultural, political, economic, investment and
environmental information, in a consistent format. Special thanks must be conveyed to
Robert Baldwin, the Co-Chairman of CountryWatch, who championed the idea of
intensified contributions by regional specialists in building meaningful content. Today,
while I am responsible for the Herculean task of writing almost 200 CountryWatch
Country Reviews, these monographs covering the recognized countries of the world
simply would not exist without the research assistance of the current Editorial
Department at CountryWatch. Accordingly, I would like to acknowledge the unique
talents of Mary Ann Azevedo, Julie Zhu, Ryan Jennings, Ryan Holliway, Rachel Marcus,
Cristy Kelly, Anne Marie Surnson and Michelle Hughes within the Editorial Department.
These individuals faithfully expend long hours of work, incredible diligence and the
highest degree of dedication in their efforts. For these reasons, they have my utmost
gratitude and unflagging respect. A word of thanks must also be extended to
colleagues in the academic world with whom specialized global knowledge has been
shared and whose contributions to CountryWatch are enduring. Accordingly, I am
indebted to Stanton Doyle, the former co-Editor of CountryWatch, Richard Marcus, the
Director of the International Studies Program at California State University and former
Africa Editor for CountryWatch, Brigette Allen former Latin America Editor for
CountryWatch, and Christina Surowiec, former Regional Editor for CountryWatch. Also
of vital importance is the extraordinary technical and production assistance of our
Information Technology department. The CountryWatch Country Reviews simply
would not be published without the efforts of Cesar Rosa who works responsively with
the Editorial Department to ensure their annual production and publication. There are
no words that can adequately convey my thanks to him for his technical solutions,
which are always crafted in the spirit of calm creativity. As such, I am truly indebted to
him for his efforts. I must also note that John Torres ensures our technical capacity
functions efficiently -- a boon in a 24-hour production cycle. Finally, my utmost
gratitude is extended to my mentors in the disciplines of Anthropology, International
Development and International Relations, who taught me about the tensions between
states and nations in the contemporary world, the value of ethnographic research as
the best lens of understanding the complexity of the human condition, and that policy
is meaningless unless it positively impacts the quotidian lives of people across the
planet.
Denise Youngblood Coleman Ph. D.,
Executive Vice President and Editor in Chief
Contributors
Robert C. Kelly
Founder and Chairman
Denise Youngblood-
Coleman Ph. D.
Executive Vice President
and Editor-in-Chief
Mary Ann Azevedo M. A.
Managing Editor
Cesar Rosa
IT Consultant
Julie Zhu
Economics Editor
Ryan Jennings
Economics Analyst
Ryan Holliway
Researcher and Writer
Rachel Marcus
Researcher and Writer
Cristy Kelly
Research Analyst
Anne Marie Surnson
News Wire Manager
Michelle Hughes
News Wire Editor
John Torres
Technical Network Manager