Browsing by Subject "Rural development"
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Community based natural resource management, tourism and poverty alleviation in southern Africa: what works and what doesn’t work
(David Publishers, http://www.davidpublishing.com, 2013)Community based natural resource management (CBNRM) is perhaps the most important tool for driving community and rural development in southern Africa. The paper therefore analyses the CBNRM framework as a strategy for ... -
A departure from the past? Extension workers and participatory rural development: the case of Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.informaworld.com, 1998-07)This article addresses the question of whether extension workers can change their attitudes and practices in order to promote participatory rural development by considering the case of Botswana. It discusses the emergent ... -
Driving local community transformation through participatory rural entrepreneurship development
(Emerald, http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/, 2015-04)Purpose – Rural entrepreneurship development and employment generation are fundamental to enhancing local-level progress and transformation. Achieving gainful employment in rural communities contributes immensely to the ... -
The experience of sub-regional planning in Botswana: achievements and challenges
(United Nations Centre for Regional Development, http://www.uncrd.or.jp, 2007)Botswana, with a population of nearly two million is a democratic, landlocked and prosperous country with one of the highest economic growth rates in the world with the bulk of its economy coming from minerals and cattle. ... -
Participation and rural development in contemporary Botswana: rhetoric or reality? the case of Mmankgodi village
(2015)Participatory approaches and methods have over the years been justified as a precondition for sustainable rural development. Participation entails the involvement of in-community stakeholders in the initiation, implementation, ... -
Soils, people and policy: land resource management conundrum in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, https://www.jaeid.it, 2017-06-26)The multi-faceted aspects of natural resource governance underscore the complex nature of the subject. The intricacies associated with the skewed power relations between those who allocate these resources (land, in this ... -
Tourism and biodiversity conservation: the case of community-based natural resource management in southern Africa
(CAB International Publishing, www.cabi.org, 2013-01-10)This review analyses the potential of tourism to contribute to biodiversity conservation with particular reference to developing countries. In the last quarter of a century, there has been a global concern about the extent ...