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percent growth targeted in Vision 2016 (Republic of Botswana National
Development Plan 9, 2003).
With regard to these projections, what growth rate will Botswana need to achieve
between 2008/09 and the critical Year 2015/16 to make up for this shortfall in growth
up to 2008/09, and still achieve the Vision target of trebling Botswana's real per
capita income by 2015/16? Assuming that the population continuous to grow at 2,1
percent per annum over that period, the required growth rate during the period of
2008/09 to 2015/16 will be about 9,5 percent for per capita GDP and 11,8 percent
for total GDP (Republic of Botswana National Development Plan 9, 2003).
5.2.3.2 Employment Status
According to the Republic of Botswana Mid-Term Review of National Development
Plan (NDP) 8 (2003), formal sector employment grew by 25 200 employees (8,4
percent) from 272 800 persons in March 2001 to 298 000 persons in March 2003.
Private and parastatal sector employment grew by 10 500 persons (7 percent) from
155 900 persons in March 2000 to 166 400 persons in March 2001. Local
government employment figures increased by 600 persons (3 percent) from 20 400
persons in March 2000 to 21 000 persons in the corresponding quarter of 2001
(Republic of Botswana Statistical Bulletin, 2001). According to Van Buren (2002), the
government is the second largest formal sector employer, accounting for
approximately 37 percent of employment, followed by the parastatal sector (59
percent). The primary sector, including agriculture and mining, has a falling
employment percentage of approximately one percent every two years. The private
sector is still the largest formal sector employer accounting for approximately 57
percent of employment. Botswana's agricultural sector employs an estimated 44
percent of the economically active population. However, the majority of the
employment is categorised as informal sector employment or self-employment, with
a considerably smaller number of 'formal sector' agricultural professionals and
technicians. The number of Batswana employed in South African mines, which stood
at a record 25 500 in 1976, had fallen to 12 464 by 1997, and to 6 393 by
September 2000. As priority in mine employment is now given to South African
citizens, this figure is unlikely to rise (Van Buren, 2002).
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