Namibia - Poverty alleviation with sustainable growth
Paz Silva, Luis J
The major objectives of this report are to examine the structure and evolution of the economy, and several key sectors, and recommend an economic development or rehabilitation strategy for the country, including investment priorities and the main economic policy reforms needed to implement this strategy. Namibia is a country of sharp contrasts. It is a prosperous middle-income country from one standpoint, and a very poor country from another. The majority of the population lives under primitive conditions without adequate housing, potable water, sewerage, health services, or education. Namibia is also one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, however it is growing very fast. Effectively, there are two Namibias: one modern, one traditional. A third group, blacks in formal sector wage employment, bridges the two, but its income is closer to that of the traditional sector than to that enjoyed by the white population. The country was run as a neglected fifth province of South Africa until independence in 1990. Namibian communication links, power grids, agricultural exports and commercial banks are all interconnected with the Republic of South Africa. The country has a well developed transportation network that includes an efficiently managed railroad, an extensive well maintained paved road network, and expanding air services throughout the entire country.
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