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<title>Understanding the Firm-Level Export Diversification Characteristics in Botswana</title>
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<name>Kebakile, Pinkie Gertrude</name>
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<updated>2023-03-28T13:13:35Z</updated>
<published>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Understanding the Firm-Level Export Diversification Characteristics in Botswana
Kebakile, Pinkie Gertrude
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY&#13;
prerequisite for sustained economic growth in the&#13;
country.&#13;
• The growth and diversification of Botswana’s&#13;
export bundle is undermined by the exporters’&#13;
inability to break into new export markets.&#13;
• The main policy message is therefore that to&#13;
transition from the upper-middle income status to&#13;
high-income status by 2036, the country needs to&#13;
nurture and develop the multi-product&#13;
multi-destination exporters. Targeted interventions&#13;
aimed at developing these exporters are therefore&#13;
called for.&#13;
his Policy Brief unravels interesting insights&#13;
pertaining to firm-level export diversification&#13;
characteristics in Botswana, which is an&#13;
approach that views export diversification at the&#13;
micro-level. The following are the key highlights&#13;
from the Policy Brief:&#13;
• Exporters whose export portfolios are varied&#13;
in terms of products and export markets,&#13;
commonly referred to as multi-product&#13;
multi-destination exporters in the literature&#13;
fetch high export values, which is
Policy Brief
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<dc:date>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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<entry>
<title>Abundant Resource Endowment: A Basis for Successful Economic  Diversification</title>
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<author>
<name>Sentsho, Joel</name>
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<updated>2021-06-07T13:17:45Z</updated>
<published>2006-12-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Abundant Resource Endowment: A Basis for Successful Economic  Diversification
Sentsho, Joel
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<dc:date>2006-12-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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<entry>
<title>EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: The Cost of Utilities for Business</title>
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<author>
<name>Sengwaketse, Margaret</name>
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<updated>2021-06-07T13:14:41Z</updated>
<published>2007-06-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: The Cost of Utilities for Business
Sengwaketse, Margaret
</summary>
<dc:date>2007-06-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Staple Food Prices in Botswana</title>
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<author>
<name>Grynberg, Roman</name>
</author>
<id>http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/62</id>
<updated>2021-06-07T13:09:31Z</updated>
<published>2010-05-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Staple Food Prices in Botswana
Grynberg, Roman
</summary>
<dc:date>2010-05-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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