Botswana can be regional financial hub � IMF
Friday, August 11, 2017
The IMF believes Botswana's financial system has the potential to become a regional centre
In a country report released this week, the IMF said developing a regional financial hub can contribute to private sector development as it could adapt its services, regulation, and infrastructure to make investment by foreign investors easier and allow them to hedge risks.
The Bretton Woods institution believes this would enable capital to be efficiently channeled into investment projects.
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