Botswana ranked Africa's leader in economic freedom
Thursday, September 06, 2007
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With an improved overall rating of 7.2, Botswana is once more ranked number one in the study's Sub-Saharan Africa region table and indeed in first place on the African continent as a whole.
Botswana has maintained its lead position in the Africa table for over a decade, during which time the country's rating has risen from 6.4 to 7.2.
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