IMF raises Botswana growth forecast
Friday, April 17, 2015
Botlhale
According to the IMF’s bi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released on Wednesday, Botswana economic growth is estimated at 4.5 percent in 2015.
The new forecast is marginally northwards of the 4.2 percent growth forecast for 2015 the Bretton Woods Institution had forecast in October 2014.
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