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LORCS, NAM, OAU, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMOZ,

       UNOMUR, UNOSOM, UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Botsweletse Kingsley SEBELE

       chancery:

       Suite 7M, 3400 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008

       telephone:

       (202) 244–4990 or 4991

       FAX:

       (202) 244–4164

       US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Howard JETER

       embassy:

       address NA, Gaborone

       mailing address:

       P. O. Box 90, Gaborone

       telephone:

       [267] 353–982

       FAX:

       [267] 356–947

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       light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center

      @Botswana, Economy

      Overview:

       The economy has historically been based on cattle raising and crops.

       Agriculture today provides a livelihood for more than 80% of the

       population, but produces only about 50% of food needs. The driving

       force behind the rapid economic growth of the 1970s and 1980s has been

       the mining industry. This sector, mostly on the strength of diamonds,

       has gone from generating 25% of GDP in 1980 to 50% in 1991. No other

       sector has experienced such growth, especially not agriculture, which

       is plagued by erratic rainfall and poor soils. The unemployment rate

       remains a problem at 25%. Although diamond production was down

       slightly in 1992, substantial gains in coal output and manufacturing

       helped boost the economy. Recovery in sluggish diamond markets in

       second half 1993 helped Botswana achieve moderate growth of 3% for the

       year.

       National product:

       GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $6 billion (1993 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       3% (1993 est.)

       National product per capita:

       $4,500 (1993 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       14% (1993 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       25% (1993 est.)

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $1.7 billion

       expenditures:

       $1.99 billion, including capital expenditures of $652 million (FY94)

       Exports:

       $1.7 billion (f.o.b. 1992)

       commodities:

       diamonds 78%, copper and nickel 6%, meat 5%

       partners:

       Switzerland, UK, SACU (Southern African Customs Union)

       Imports:

       $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

       commodities:

       foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment, textiles, petroleum

       products

       partners:

       Switzerland, SACU (Southern African Customs Union), UK, US

       External debt:

       $344 million (December 1991)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 6.8% (FY91); accounts for about 53% of GDP, including

       mining

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       220,000 kW

       production:

       901 million kWh (in addition 228,000,000 kWh were imported)

       consumption per capita:

       874 kWh (1992 est.)

       Industries:

       mining of diamonds, copper, nickel, coal, salt, soda ash, potash;

       livestock processing

       Agriculture:

       accounts for only 5% of GDP; subsistence farming predominates; cattle

       raising supports 50% of the population; must import up to of 80% of

       food needs

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US aid (1992), $13 million; Norway (1992), $16 million; Sweden (1992),

       $15.5 million; Germany (1992), $3.6 million; EC/Lome-IV (1992), $3–6

       million in grants; $28.7 million in long-term projects (1992)

       Currency:

       1 pula (P) = 100 thebe

       Exchange rates:

       pula (P) per US$1 - 3.1309 (January 1994), 2.4190 (1993), 2.1327

       (1992), 2.0173 (1991), 1.8601 (1990), 2.0125 (1989)

       Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      @Botswana, Communications

      Railroads:

       712 km 1.067-meter gauge

       Highways:

       total:

       11,514 km

       paved:

       1,600 km

       unpaved:

       crushed stone, gravel 1,700 km; improved earth 5,177 km; unimproved

       earth 3,037 km

       Airports:

       total:

       101

       usable:

       90

       with permanent-surface runways:

       9

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       1

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       30

       Telecommunications:

       the small system is a combination of open-wire lines, microwave radio

       relay links, and a few radio-communications stations; 26,000

       telephones; broadcast stations - 7 AM, 13 FM, no TV; 1 Indian Ocean

       INTELSAT earth station

      @Botswana, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Botswana Defense Force (including Army and Air Wing), Botswana

       National Police

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 294,603; fit for military service 154,997; reach

       military age (18) annually 15,156 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $196 million, 4.9% of GDP (FY93/94)

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