[oregondan]

The country's (and the author's) claims of "sound democratic leadership" are also disputed.

Levitsky and Way, in Competitive Authoritarianism, (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=NZDI05p1PDgC&oi=...) describe it as a stable authoritarian government. Although the country does hold nominally competitive elections, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has held power since they gained independence. That the country's diamond industry has thrived over the last 40 years is no coincidence.