The Botswana Democratic Party(BDP)and the president，Ian Khama，will maintain their dominance of the political scene，with the president reasserting his authority and restoring party discipline．
The divided opposition will at best take only a handful of additional seats at the general election in October 2014．

Highlights 7

Political outlook 8

Economic policy outlook 9

Economic forecast 11

Annual data and forecast 14

Quarterly data 15

Monthly data 16

Annual trends charts 17

Monthly trends charts 18

Comparative economic indicators 19

Basic data 20

Political structure 21

Politics 22

Economy 26

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