IMF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation with Botswana

On July 28, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Botswana, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting [2]. Following a small contraction in 2015, economic activity recovered in 2016 with real GDP growth of 4.3 percent. Mineral production has remained subdued, but diamond sales rebounded as conditions… Read more on https://imf-fmi.africa-newsroom.com/press/imf-executive-board-concludes-2017-article-iv-consultation-with-botswana?lang=en