Supervision key to success of the package � Economists

Botswana is currently faced with a high unemployment as well as elevated inequality and poverty rates that are   not consistent with her upper middle-income status.

Whilst news of the stimulus package marked a conspicuous change from previous budget guidelines of restricting spending only to on-going and high impact projects, economists say the package will help ease the prevailing economic headwinds only if there is a radical change in monitoring and implementation of projects.