Besides balancing, budget also needs greening

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A United Nations-backed effort to mainstream sustainability into local public spending is gathering momentum. Beyond saying budget numbers are in the black or the red, they need to be in the green, experts say. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

Joshua Sibonge, the chairperson of the Green Finance Mainstreaming Working Group, has a delightfully compact and enlightening explanation of why sustainability needs to be incorporated into the country’s budgeting process.

As a principal economist at the Bank of Botswana, Sibonge understands the link between natural resources and whatever definition of economic growth one holds.

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Besides balancing, budget also needs greening

A United Nations-backed effort to mainstream sustainability into local public spending is gathering momentum. Beyond saying budget numbers are in the black or the red, they need to be in the green, experts say. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

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