As you can see in the picture there are categories that influence the prosperity of a country. Botswana is ranked 1st and has been for the past 3 years. Although they do have an abundant supply of diamonds thats bringing in plenty of money, they are ranked 17th in economy. That might seem odd for a country to be rather far down the line in economy even though they have plenty of diamond mines at their exposure.
Botswana also was ranked 3rd in entrepreneurship and opportunity. This means that they have many opportunities for people to look for jobs and other ventures. They also are good at exporting and importing goods. This helps bring in income and raise the GDP for the country. Although they make plenty off of the diamond mines, they have been trying to look into other ways to bring in profits for the country.
As being ranked 1st in governance and 4th in personal freedom, Botswana has developed well since gaining independence from Great Britain in 1966. There is little corruption within it's governement. They care very little aboutbthe immigrants coming into the country.
It's good to see that Botswana is ranked 3rd in opportunity because the rest of Africa seems to be hurting in that category especially with the articles I last read. The other countries percentages are very low in employment rates. Will other countries look to Botswana as a goal they want to set? Or will they still be blind to the problem and not fix it?
ReplyDeleteI feel as if other countries right now should look towards Botswana as a goal they would like to set. They are setting a very good example right now and I believe people of the different countries are going to try to follow. The problem is starting to become clearer to everyone, and everyone is talking about solutions so I believe they will start working together to fix this. Botswana is setting a great example of how to run their country and the other countries need to start following.
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