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Portrait of Ellen Hillbom. Photo.

Ellen Hillbom

Professor, Deputy head of department, Director of third cycle studies, Department of Economic History

Portrait of Ellen Hillbom. Photo.

Botswana - questioning an African success story

Author

  • Ellen Hillbom

Summary, in English

Botswana has been depicted as an African success story having the highest long-run growth rates over the last four decades since independence combined with a stable multi-party democratic system. In this paper the success story is critically investigated and analysed from a structural perspective. The question is posed if Botswana's success truly is a case of economic development as opposed to growth.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • Botswana
  • economic development
  • growth
  • structural change

Conference name

Lund University Development Research Day, 2006

Conference date

2006-09-18 - 2006-09-18

Conference place

Lund, Sweden

Status

Unpublished