BOCCIM Report Evokes Criticism.

(From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM)

Byline: Stryker Motlaloso

The proposals to revamp the country's economy and create sustainable employment contained in the just released Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) has elicited criticism.

While there is general consensus that Botswana's public service is large as BOCCIM argues, it is said down-sizing will create social costs that government might be ill-prepared to handle. Proponents of this view argue that downsizing of the public service may have far reaching social costs given that government is the largest employer. That would mean that government would make a …