01636cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009849 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451806472 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Botswana : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (35 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper suggests that it is essential to save a substantial portion of mineral revenues now to ensure fiscal sustainability for a post-diamond period. Taking the non-mineral primary balance into account can help clarify desirable fiscal policies. Botswana's real effective exchange rate is broadly in line with economic fundamentals and consistent with external sustainability, indicating no threat to external stability. Export performance and other indicators suggest a number of structural competitiveness obstacles that could explain the low labor productivity and poor export and export diversification outcomes. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/057 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/057/002.2008.issue-057-en.xml IMF e-Library