Pace of 'doing business' reforms a concern
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
In recent years, Botswana has slipped in the World Bank’s authoritative Doing Business Report, once falling 11 places in 2017. The last report, released in October 2018, showed Botswana had fallen another five positions in the review covering 190 countries’ business climates.
While Cabinet has a sub-committee specifically attending to the deficiencies identified by the Doing Business reports and although various initiatives have been started, countries such as Rwanda and Mauritius are opening the gap on Botswana.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...