Big-ticket infrastructure to underpin NDP12

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Government’s next development roadmap, the National Development Plan (NDP) 12 is expected to anchor its economic diversification bid on infrastructure development, continuing the budgetary trend of accelerated spending on public works.

Whilst the first draft for the NDP12 is expected to be released in October this year, economic advisor in the Office of the President, Noma Sephuma, lifted the lid on government’s intentions to anchor its roadmap on accelerated infrastructure investment.

Speaking during an infrastructure and construction symposium organised by Absa Bank Botswana, Sephuma said that the upcoming NDP12 was aiming for real economic growth, with infrastructure identified as the driver.

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