A new policy brief by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has highlighted how Botswana unwittingly slipped into the middle-income trap.![]()
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Warning that the country’s economic progress is stagnating despite past successes, the UNFPA states that “Botswana stands at a pivotal crossroads in its development journey.”![]()
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“Despite maintaining middle-income status for over 30 years, the country remains constrained by structural inequalities that hinder inclusive growth and human capital development,” the brief says.![]()
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Read more at: www.sundaystandard.info/botswana-sleepwalked-into-middle-income-curse-un/
Botswana’s banking sector is battling a liquidity squeeze that emerged in the latter half of 2024 and has persisted into the first quarter of 2025, despite banks reporting strong profit growth. ![]()
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Tight liquidity conditions have heightened competition for deposits, increased borrowing costs, and constrained credit expansion. While relief is expected after April, when the government injects fresh funds into the economy through its new fiscal year budget, uncertainty lingers, particularly if diamond sales continue to underperform, further straining government revenues and the broader financial system.![]()
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Read more at: www.sundaystandard.info/banks-grapple-with-liquidity-squeeze-despite-record-profit-surge/
The government and doctors have clashed over allegations that scores of Batswana patients may have been exposed to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products at the national blood bank.![]()
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Doctors this week raised alarm about the safety of donated blood suggesting that blood tainted with the HIV/AIDS and other virus has been able to go past the safety screening procedures at the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS).![]()
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Read more at: www.sundaystandard.info/patients-given-infected-blood/
