Agriculture: sorghum, maize, millet, pulses, groundnuts, beans,
cowpeas, sunflower seeds; livestock
Economic aid:
recipient: US aid (1992), $13 million; Norway (1992), $16 million;
Sweden (1992), $15.5 million; Germany (1992), $3.6 million; EC/Lome-IV
(1992), $3 million-$6 million in grants; $28.7 million in long-term
projects (1992)
Currency: 1 pula (P) = 100 thebe
Exchange rates: pula (P) per US$1 - 1.7086 (January 1995), 2.6976 (November 1994), 2.4190 (1993), 2.1327 (1992), 2.0173 (1991), 1.8601 (1990)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
@Botswana:Transportation
Railroads: total: 888 km narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (1992)
Highways:
total: 11,514 km
paved: 1,600 km
unpaved: crushed stone, gravel 1,700 km; improved earth 5,177 km;
unimproved earth 3,037 km
Ports: none
Airports:
total: 100
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 23
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 5
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 62