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IMF Country Report No. 22/110
BOTSWANA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT—PRICE STATISTICS
April 2022
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT
BOTSWANA
Report on the Price Statistics Mission
JANUARY 2022
PREPARED BY
Chris Jenkins
MEMBERS
Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
PARTNERS
European Union, SADC, COMESA, SECO, Germany, China, UKaid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, European Investment Bank, Australian Aid
DISCLAIMER
The contents of this report constitute technical assistance (TA) provided by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the authorities of Botswana (the “TA recipient ”) in response to their request for TA. This report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by the IMF to IMF Executive Directors and members of their staff, as well as to other agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, and upon their request, to World Bank staff, and other TA providers and donors with legitimate interest including members of the AFRITAC South Steering Committee, unless the TA recipient specifically objects to such disclosure (see Operational Guidelines for the Dissemination of Technical Assistance Information). Publication or Disclosure of t his report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof to parties outside the IMF other than agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, World Bank staff, other TA providers and donors with legitimate interest, including members of the AFRITAC South Steering Committee, shall require the explicit consent of the TA recipient and the IMF’s Statistics Department.
MEMBERS
PARTNERS
Contents
Glossary
SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS
DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Expanding PPI Coverage
B. Agriculture
C. Improving the CPI
D. Officials Met During the Mission
TABLES
1. Botswana: Priority Recommendations
2. Botswana: Preliminary Sample of Establishments for Manufacturing PPI
ANNEXES
I. Detailed Action Plan
II. Initiation of Establishments for PPI
III. Product and Transaction Selection for Manufacturing PPI
IV. Example of Price Data Available from BAMB
Glossary
| AFS | IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa – AFRITAC South |
| BMTHS | Botswana Multi Topic Household Survey |
| BAMB | Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board |
| BISIC | Botswana International Standard Classification |
| CPC | Central Product Classification |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| HBS | Household Budget Survey |
| IIP | Index of Industrial Production |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISIC Rev. 4 | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 4 |
| OOH | Owner occupied housing costs |
| PPI | Producer Price Index |
| SB | Statistics Botswana |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
