Joshua Galeforolwe

Joshua Galeforolwe discusses the creation of Botswana’s Public Enterprise Evaluation and Privatisation Agency, using a consultancy model.  He outlines the goals behind Botswana’s privatization efforts and the challenges of putting together a privatization strategic plan, identifying candidate enterprises for privatization and restructuring other state owned enterprises.  Galeforolwe also discusses the difficulty of coordinating privatization efforts and policies across ministries and in dealing with lack of support from many of those ministries.  He touches on the challenges for Botswana of a self-directed structural adjustment program.  He also offers advice for other countries attempting the privatization of public enterprise.