Botswana 2.8 Media diversity is promoted through adequate competition regulation/legislation. ANALYSIS: There is no regulation or competition board at present. The government intends to come up with a competition policy but debate over this issue is not transparent enough. The draft is considered confidential at the moment but expected to be widely distributed eventually. It deals with competition generally rather than being sector-specific. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average score: 1.2 2.9 Government promotes a political and economic environment which allows a diverse media landscape. ANALYSIS: Government competes with the private sector for advertising in print and broadcasting media and does not think the views of its political opponents are important. No incentives are being given to private media and media are even taxed. More promotion might occur in the ICT sector, where government has taken a lot of interest. P15 million was provided to bail out the construction industry but the media has never been considered for government assistance of any type. African Media Barometer - Botswana 2005 17