Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This systematic country diagnosis (SCD) for Chad aims to identify how to achieve the twin goals of ending poverty and improving shared prosperity. It acknowledges both: (i) the need for selectivity in pro-poor interventions, and (ii) the inherent difficulty to do so given the many competing binding reasons for poverty. Selectivity means the identification of principal opportunities for sustainable poverty reduction in the next 15 years, as well as the identification of binding constraints to reaping such opportunities. Selectivity also implies making trade-offs between immediate and longer term objectives, with priority given to the identification of poverty reduction opportunities which will: (i) deliver the highest possible results before 2030, and (ii) not undermine prospects for poverty reduction and shared prosperity beyond 2030. The analysis presented in the SCD draws on a variety of information sources. These include domestic statistics and reports, evaluations by the country's development partners, original research conducted by the World Bank team, and consultations held in N'Djamena with nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. Reaping poverty reduction opportunities will require addressing a selected number of binding constraints.

Administrative Costs --- Agricultural Productivity --- Agricultural Sector --- Cash Transfers --- Child Mortality --- Climate Change --- Commercial Banks --- Conflict --- Death --- Drinking Water --- Economic Growth --- Employment Opportunities --- Environment --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Farmland --- Food Consumption --- Food Security --- Household Consumption --- Household Size --- Human Capital --- Human Development Index --- Human Rights --- Income Distribution --- Inequality --- Insurance --- Irrigation --- Land Management --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Malnutrition --- Means Testing --- Nutrition --- Political Economy --- Poverty --- Poverty Line --- Poverty Reduction --- Public Spending --- Risk Management --- Rural Development --- Rural Economy --- Rural Electrification --- Rural Poverty --- Rural Poverty Reduction --- Sanitation --- Savings --- Transaction Costs

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Botswana has been one of the worlds fastest growing economies over the past 50 years, allowing the country to move from being among the poorest to upper middle income status - this has had the effect of pulling the majority of the population out of poverty. While Botswana is rightly praised for its management of resource wealth, it is apparent that the high levels of investment by government (in health, education, and infrastructure) are not delivering quality outcomes, making it increasingly difficult to meet the objectives of growth, diversification, and poverty elimination. Indeed, some of the foundations which drove the development success of Botswana over the past half century are being eroded or face risks. In this context, this systematic country diagnostic (SCD) is intended to assess the priorities for Botswana to make rapid progress in achieving the objectives of: (i) elimination of extreme poverty on a sustainable basis; and (ii) ensuring shared prosperity by improving the welfare of the less-well-off in the country. It includes individual chapters analyzing the opportunities and challenges to meeting these objectives with respect to: growth; inclusiveness; and sustainability. The SCD concludes with a prioritization of the key challenges.

Agricultural Sector --- Capacity Building --- Child Mortality --- Climate Change --- Coal --- Consumer Spending --- Debt --- Demographics --- Development Policy --- Economic Development --- Economic Diversification --- Economic Management --- Educational Attainment --- Employment Opportunities --- Environment --- Environment and Natural Resource Management --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Financial and Private Sector Development --- Financial Crisis --- Financial Sector --- Household Consumption --- Household Size --- Household Surveys --- Housing --- Human Capital --- Human Development --- Human Development Index --- Income Distribution --- Inequality --- Living Standards --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Malnutrition --- Meat --- Natural Resources --- Natural Resources Management --- Nutrition --- Poverty Line --- Poverty Reduction --- Primary Education --- Pro-Poor Growth --- Public Investment --- Public Sector --- Public Sector Governance --- Recycling --- Rural Economy --- Rural Poverty Reduction --- Sanitation --- Savings --- Trade Policy --- Unemployment --- Urban Areas --- Vulnerable Groups --- Working Poor