Preface by Mr. Rintaro Tamaki, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Botswana is currently one of the strongest performers on the African continent in terms of GDP per capita and social indicators. The number of people living under the poverty line dropped from 30.6% in 2003 to 20.7% only seven years later. Over the past two decades, Botswana has also steadily improved its investment environment and striven to increase opportunities for foreign and domestic investors. The regulatory framework for investment has been strengthened through a series of laws, and the government has consistently taken care not to introduce undue restrictiveness on foreign investors.