Botswana
Population (World Bank): 2,397,240 (2021)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 1.6% (2020)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 0 Mb/d (2021)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 100
2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): Not Available
EITI Status: None
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Local Content Relevant News:
May 2017 – Mining Investment and Governance Review Aims to Improve Botswana Mining Sector
October 2013 – Goodbye London, Hello Gaborone: De Beers Sales Head to Africa
Analysis and Case Studies:
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development (2018) – IGF Local Content Guidance Case Study Botswana: Downstream Linkages
UNCTAD (2017) – Commodities and Development Report
World Bank (2017) – Botswana Mining Investment and Governance Review
Fessehaie et al. (2016) – Mining-Related National Systems of Innovation in Southern Africa: National Trajectories and Regional Integration
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2016) – Local Content: Botswana - Mining
World Bank (2014) – Skills Implications of Botswana's Diamond Beneficiation Strategy
ECDPM (2013) – Some Like Them Rough: The Future of Diamond Beneficiation in Botswana
Mbayi (2011) – Linkages in Botswana’s Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry
Relevant Initiatives: