Botswana�s poor work ethic repute worsens

According to the recently released 2015-16 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), poor work ethic is the most problematic factor for doing business in Botswana with the severity of the problem increasing by 0.5% in relation to the previous year. In this year’s report, like in the previous six reports, poor work ethic again topped the list of problematic areas for doing business with a score of 19 out of 30. This was a deterioration from 18.5 scored in the previous report.

The report reflects results of a survey carried out by the Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) on behalf of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in which respondents were asked to select the most problematic factors for doing business in their country; ranging from corruption, crime and theft, government instability/coups and tax regulations.