An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Botswana : Volume I, Main Report

The objective of the Botswana Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in Botswana in all its operational dimensions and promote policies to strengthen the private sector. The investment climate is made up of the ma...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM ACCESS TO BANK ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCOUNTING ADVISORY SERVICE BANK ACCOUNT BANK CREDIT BANK FINANCING BANK LOANS BANK OF BOTSWANA BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BANKS CALCULATION CAPITAL ALLOCATION COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPETITORS CONTRIBUTIONS CORPORATE INCOME TAXES CORPORATE TAX RATE CORPORATION CORRUPTION COST OF CAPITAL COST OF LABOR COUNTRY COMPARISONS CREDIT BANK CREDIT INCREASE CREDIT PRODUCTS CURRENCY CURRENCY BASKET CURRICULUM DEPRECIATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DIRECT COSTS DISCRIMINATION DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS EARNINGS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC SUCCESS EDUCATION LEVELS EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE INSTABILITY EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE WORKERS FINANCES FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICE CENTERS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SOPHISTICATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FISCAL POLICY FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPANY FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT REVENUE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INDICATORS OF ACCESS INFLATION INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS INVESTMENT CLIMATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LARGE ENTERPRISES LARGE FIRMS LATIN AMERICAN LEVELS OF ACCESS LICENSING LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATION LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN MATURITY LONG-TERM FINANCE LONG-TERM INVESTMENT LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMICS MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MARKET DEVELOPMENT MICROENTERPRISES MONETARY FUND MONETARY FUNDS MOVABLE ASSETS NATURAL RESOURCES OIL PRICES OPEN ECONOMY OVERDRAFT OVERDRAFT FACILITIES OVERDRAFT FACILITY OVERDRAFTS PARENT COMPANIES POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE LOAN PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSPERITY PUBLIC FINANCES PURCHASES RAPID GROWTH REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY POLICIES RETAINED EARNINGS RETURNS RULE OF LAW SALES SEES SENIOR SIZE OF FIRM SIZE OF FIRMS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL ENTERPRISE SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SMALLER ENTERPRISES SMALLER FIRMS SOURCE OF FUNDS SOURCE OF INFORMATION STATE BANKS STATE LOANS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLIERS TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX CODE TAX COMPLIANCE TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX TREATMENT TAXATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION THE GAMBIA TRADE CREDIT TRAINING PROGRAMS UNFAIR COMPETITION UNION URBAN AREAS WAGE WAGE COSTS WAGES WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/9439859/assessment-investment-climate-botswana-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7093