Botswana: Illicit financial flows hurting the economy

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) from tax evasion, corruption and mismanagement and money laundering silently affect the lives of Batswana, particularly women and young people. While IFFs are discussed in economic terms, their social and gendered impact is rarely unpacked. As funding for empowerment initiatives and youth opportunities shrinks, poverty deepens, pushing many women and young people into informal or survival economies including commercial sex.

This story puts a human face to the issue by exploring how financial losses at the top trickle down into hardship and inequality at the bottom.

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Reporting by Keneilwe Lephoi. This special feature, produced by YTV Botswana, is part of the Media Parity Capacity Building Programme and shared as part of the programme series.