about of the namibian households cannot afford conventional housing and only of urban households have access to sanitation facilities which has serious environmental and health implications the government s ongoing public housing programme will need to be completed with better urban infrastructure development programmes and further strengthening of rural growth points to create more rural jobs agriculture continues to drive the economy and as it is mostly rainfed it is very much at the mercy of climaterelated shocks economic prospects are quite good mainly because of the expected expansion of extractive industries and more investment in agriculture and transport