Can Botswana optimize on the harnessing of the demographic dividend?

Brothers Wilright Malema, University of Botswana
Moses Keetile, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The paper is intended to investigate the country’s potential in realizing the demographic dividend. It is meant to thoroughly investigate the impediments to the realization of the dividend and possible measures that the country can adopt with a view to enhance the potential for the realization of this population transition possible economic benefits. The paper may prove very helpful in aiding policy formulation intended to harness the dividend.