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Depressed commodity prices have caused a raft of mine closures in recent months, resulting in thousands of jobs lost across the minerals industry. Gaborone hopes to offset this though an ambitious investment programme.
Impacts
Low job creation rates coupled with rising numbers of graduates portends a major youth unemployment problem in the coming years.
The new single-visa scheme covering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia will facilitate tourism to wildlife conservation areas.
The EU-Southern Africa Development Community Economic Partnership Agreement, signed in June, will facilitate trade between the two blocs.
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