Botswana

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Published annually by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the International Development (Debt and Aid) Statistics provide up-to-date comparative statistics and information on international development from 1975 onwards, presented in the following key tables: External Debt Statistics (discontinued as of 2004)

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This series of small datasets, covering a range of research topics in the social sciences, was created to illustrate statistical techniques. Users should note that these datasets are for use with the first edition of the following publication only: Marsh, C. (1988) Exploring data, Cambridge: Polity Press.