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Botswana achieves 52% of SDGs

MAUN: Botswana has attained 52% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), according to the latest United Nations( UN) Statistical Index of 2020.

Speaking during training aimed at advancing knowledge and understanding of the SDGs amongst the media recently, Ministry of Finance Chief Economist Patrick Seitiso said the outbreak of COVID-19 affected their performance.

"We started well but the pandemic came and shattered almost everything but we now have to rebuild and get back on track. We have good policies and structures and the best model," he said.

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