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Dutch Disease, Resource Curse and Development*

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Botswana – a very special case<br />

Botswana – a success model:<br />

• Botswana (only 2 Mio. inhabitants) benefits from wealth<br />

in diamonds remarkable continuous GDP growth with<br />

fairly low inflation<br />

• Economy strongly dependent on diamonds exports<br />

• In contrast to oil – steady increase of world market<br />

diamonds prices since five decades permanent boom<br />

• Very little diversification of industry – manufacturing<br />

neglegible, but strong civil service <strong>and</strong> parastatal sector<br />

• Increasing inequality of income distribution<br />

• Real exchange rate strongly managed by central bank<br />

UNCTAD Division on Technology <strong>and</strong> Logistics - Knowledge Sharing, Training <strong>and</strong> Capacity Development Branch<br />

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