Eswatini also has an opportunity to enable greater entrepreneurship opportunities and support more MSMEs with access to finance and skills by facilitating gender inclusion and unlocking the potential of the digital economy – an important pathway to harness the demographic dividend arising from a young population.
The CPSD explores challenges facing the country’s private sector—including the impact of climate change, especially drought, and COVID-19—and strategies that can help address existing constraints. The CPSD highlights the need to implement various reforms to improve business regulations, reduce the state footprint in the economy and increase private participation. The CPSD outlines areas where further policy changes can unlock investment opportunities and where the World Bank Group can best provide support.