NDP11 targets inclusive economic growth

According to Key Policy Paper (KPP) for the preparation of NDP11, a major challenge to be tackled in the development plan is how the country can achieve inclusive growth through three dimensions. The three pronged approach targets enlarging the size of the economy, increasing productive employment opportunities and providing protection for the disadvantaged and marginalised groups.

Despite the country’s success in promoting sustainable economic growth prior to the global financial crisis of 2008/09, the three major development challenges of unemployment, poverty and income inequality have remained an albatross on the development history of Botswana.