Exchange Rate Assessment in a Resource-Dependent Economy : The Case of Botswana /

The paper combines various methodologies to assessing the level of the exchange rate in Botswana, explicitly taking into account the implications of its dependency on diamond exports. Real exchange rate estimation indicates that, after a period of overvaluation, Botswana's real effective exchan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delechat, Corinne
Other Authors: Gaertner, Matthew
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/083
Online Access:Full text available on IMF