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Article: The jewel of Africa: as Botswana approaches its 40th independence anniversary, it continues to grow in lustre. It is now officially one of the easiest places in the world in which to do business. Report by Neil Ford.(BOTSWANA)
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- African Business
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- April 1, 2005
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Next year is the 40th anniversary of Botswana's independence and there will certainly be a great deal to celebrate. One of Africa's poorest countries has been transformed into one of its richest, a strong sense of nationhood has been inculcated and economic growth has been consistently high.
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More recently, Botswana has begun to feature highly in surveys of the best places to do business in Africa. It is ranked as the least corrupt country in Africa by Transparency International and has now broken into the Top 20 in the World Bank's list of the easiest places in the world to invest. Yet has all this success been built on diamond ...