BIDPA study reveals hideous wage disparity

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A study conducted by the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) has revealed a scenario where salaries of Botswana’s professional labour force are too high by regional standards while unskilled workers are comparatively underpaid.

According to a study on export diversification conducting by Professor Roman Grynberg of BIDPA, the high salaries for skilled labour in the non-mining private sector have eaten into the rate of return for investing in Botswana thereby discouraging investments into the sector.

Because of the high-end colossal wages in the products and services, Grynberg says that Botswana has become uncompetitive for the export market throwing spanners in the economic diversification efforts. 

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