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KEY ISSUESSetting: The seeds of good governance and prudent macroeconomic and naturalresources management planted by the Botswana authorities paid off with an impressive increase in the GDP per capita during the last three decades. However, as in many other small middle-income countries (SMICs) in the region, trend growth has softened in recent years, reflecting the decline in the contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to growth which calls for policies to reduce structural bottlenecks in the economy.Current conditions and outlook: Botswana''s economy remains broadly internally and ex

This Technical Assistance Report focuses on Botswanaâ??s Medium-term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The Government of Botswana has committed to introduce the MTEF by 2016. The MTEF will provide a more explicit linkage between National Development Plan priorities and budget allocations by adopting a medium-term budgeting horizon. An MTEF model based on a binding nominal expenditure ceiling covering 100 percent of government expenditure is appropriate. To support the commitment to the resource allocations approved under the MTEF, a number of prioritization, control, and accountability arrangement

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Glossary -- SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) -- A. Rebasing CPI -- B. Dissemination of CPI -- C. Owner Occupied Housing -- PRODUCER PRICE INDEX (PPI) -- D. Mining and Quarrying -- E. Coverage of PPI -- STAFF RESOURCES -- DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- A. Detailed Workplan for CPI -- B. Detailed Work Plan for PPI -- C. Officials Met During the Mission -- TABLE -- 1. Priority Recommendations.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Glossary -- SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS -- ANNUAL NATIONAL ACCOUNTS REBASE -- SUPPLY AND USE TABLES -- STRATEGIC ISSUES -- DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- A. Simple Method for Estimating FISIM -- B. Officials Met During the Mission -- TABLES -- 1. Priority Recommendations -- 2. Results Based Framework.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Glossary -- SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTITUTIONAL AND DATA COVERAGE OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTORS -- RECORDING, COMPILING, AND REPORTING GFS -- A. COFOG Reporting -- B. Reporting of Current and Capital Expenditure -- C. Disaggregating Expense Transactions into Subsidies, Grants, Social Benefits, and Other Transfers -- D. Classifying and Reporting Transactions by Economic Nature -- E. Reporting GFS and Public Debt Statistics -- MIGRATION PLAN TO GFSM 2014 -- RESOURCES, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -- DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- A. Project Outputs -- B. Main Counterparts Met During the Mission -- TABLES -- 1. Priority Recommendations -- APPENDICES -- I. Budgetary Central Government COFOG Data for 2012-2013 to 2015-2016 -- II. Sample Breakdown of Grants and Subventions Expenditures into GFMS 2014 Classification Categories.

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