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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1183 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Botswana: dominant-party democracy and diamond revenues (1966–present) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson attribute Botswana's growth to institutions of private property and constraints on political elites, rooted in pre-colonial institutions, light colonial rule and the interests of a cattle-owning elite, rather than to diamonds alone.”

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