Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“Botswana has a lot going for it, including a stable history of relatively ethical and responsible government sustained by a fast-growing economy and a GDP per capita that puts it a world ahead of neighbors such as Zimbabwe and Namibia, an economy that is experiencing much-needed diversification but one in which diamond mining and diamond cartels still play an outsized role. There was a peaceful transfer of power after the Botswana Democratic Party was turned out by voters in the 2024 elections after 58 years in power. … Botswana is doing reasonably well. But if it is not doing as well as it could be, it is because it is not making the most of the resources with which it is blessed. I don’t mean diamonds. I mean the people.” (10/01/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/productivity-botswana-diamonds-farming/