Masters dissertations approved by the Faculty of Social Sciences http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1227 2026-07-11T06:38:01Z 2026-07-11T06:38:01Z Lekaukau, Elaine Thandeka http://hdl.handle.net/10311/2549 2024-10-26T00:00:21Z 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z

Assessing the possibility of mandating corporate social responsibility in Botswana: the case of non-governmental organisations and corporate partnerships Lekaukau, Elaine Thandeka Botswana has achieved phenomenal economic growth since its independence in 1966, though it has struggled to contain its socio-economic challenges. Some scholars recommend corporate social responsibility (CSR) to address African governments' failure to solve their socio-economic problems. In Botswana, corporates have not come to the rescue, with the literature describing the amounts invested by corporates in CSR as inadequate and insignificant. The literature has also suggested that CSR/corporate-NGO partnerships could enable corporates to engage in CSR more effectively; however, there is a dearth of literature on CSR in Botswana to verify this suggestion in the context of Botswana. This study aimed to gain in-depth insights into CSR and CSR partnerships in Botswana through a qualitative instrumental single nested case study of the Botswana-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Stepping Stones International (SSI). Data was collected from online newspapers, participant testimonials, and semi-structured telephone interviews of an SSI management representative and nine participants who participated in SSI's corporate-sponsored CSR programmes. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. This study found that the Stakeholder Theory supported stakeholder reciprocity as a plausible explanation for CSR parthership's success criteria, and Resource Dependency Theory (RDT) gave clarity to NGO's role in CSR partnerships. Programme evaluation was deemed valuable to assess CSR programmes success and keep NGOs accountable. Participants evaluations confirmed that SSI's CSR strategies and approach CSR on an ad-hoc basis. Where corporates partnered with NGOs, the partnerships were able to deliver successful, sustainable CSR programmes. Inadequate understanding of CSR and CSR partnerships by corporates were identified as impediments to CSR engagement. The government of Botswana's tax incentives related to CSR were perceived as complex to retrieve and unknown to most companies. Measures recommend to stimulate CSR included educating corporates on CSR tax incentives and mandating CSR to ensure Botswana corporates participation. Lekaukau, E.T. (2021) Assessing the possibility of mandating corporate social responsibility in Botswana: the case of non-governmental organisations and corporate partnerships. A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the award of Masters in Research and Public Policy, University of Botswana.

2021-03-01T00:00:00Z Madi, Otsile http://hdl.handle.net/10311/2473 2022-09-22T00:00:53Z 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some economic implicatios of large salary increase for government employees: a computable general equilibrium model analysis for Botswana Madi, Otsile This study analysed the economic implications of the 2019 salary increase for Government employees in Botswana. The study used the static computable general equilibrium (CGE) model that has been calibrated to the 2011 social accounting matrix (SAM) database for Botswana for 2011. The shock examined is a 16.5 percent increase in Government employees’ wages. The simulation results showed that increase in public sector incomes has contractionary effects on the economy. GDP at both market prices and at factor costs and absorption decreased in the short run. While household consumption and government budget deficit increased, investment, employment, indirect taxes, total imports and exports decreased and there was a depreciation of the exchange rate. Household welfare gain was disproportionately distributed to households in cities and towns and less to those in rural areas. The impact on activities was also uneven. The construction, other manufacturing, general government and other mining contracted whereas others sectors expanded. The policy implication that arise is that, the increase in government wages should be implemented with another policy tool to ensure that the beneficial effects of salary increase on households is not accompanied by contraction in economic activity. A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Masters in Economics. Citation: Madi, O. (2020) Some economic implications of large salary increase for government employees: a computable general equilibrium model analysis for Botswana, University of Botswana.

2020-11-01T00:00:00Z Rakenosi, Matshwenyego Marx http://hdl.handle.net/10311/2468 2022-09-22T00:01:59Z 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

Illegal trade in wildlife products as a threat to Botswana’s national security Rakenosi, Matshwenyego Marx Poaching and illegal trade in wildlife products have become a global concern leading to the decline in wildlife in developing countries such as Botswana. The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes of illegal trade in wildlife; how illegal trade in wildlife products threatens the country’s national security and how Botswana can combat illegal trade in wildlife products. Illegal trade in wildlife products is done on a national and international scale in Botswana. Data were analyzed to give a comprehensive descriptive narrative guided by themes that emerged from data collected through reviewing of literature. The study’s central findings were that poor socio-economic conditions faced by some rural communities compel people to participate in illegal trade in wildlife products and poaching. Furthermore, the study established that illegal trade in wildlife products and poaching is used as a source of finance by terrorists and other criminals thereby threatening the security of the state. The study concluded that collaborating with the community stakeholders and improving the lives of rural people may help combat illegal trade in wildlife. A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies. Citation: Rakenosi, M.M. (2020) Illegal trade in wildlife products as a threat to Botswana’s national security, University of Botswana.

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Gobhoza, Omponye Daisy http://hdl.handle.net/10311/2467 2022-09-22T00:01:43Z 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z

The relationship between inflation and unemployment in Botswana: analysis of the Phillips curve Gobhoza, Omponye Daisy The study conducts a Phillip’s curve analysis of the relationship between unemployment and inflation in Botswana. In investigating inflation-unemployment nexus, cointegration is tested using autoregressive distributive (ARDL) bounds testing approach on the yearly data from 1980 to 2017. The paper initially investigates a bivariate regression between inflation and unemployment, where the proxies used are change in price levels and output gap respectively. To make the investigation robust and yield relevant results, control variables are added; real GDP, real exchange rate, nominal interest rates, import prices and lastly broad money supply. Post establishing presence of strong cointegration effects between inflation and unemployment, ARDL coefficient diagnostics for cointegration and long run form are used to find the impact of unemployment and other control variables on inflation. Unemployment is found to not have a significant impact on inflation, failure to identify a significant relationship between inflation and unemployment implies that existing high levels of unemployment has little to do with the current low inflation rate experienced in Botswana. Import prices are found to have a significant impact on inflation. The last interesting finding of the study is that depreciation of the Pula against the Rand leads to inflation while interest rates have no significant impact on inflation. This is then perhaps a call for monetary policy authorities to focus more on the crawling peg between Botswana and its trading partners. To increase employment Authorities should consider lowering the crawling peg (depreciating the pula) against its trading partners. While this may lead to a modest increase in inflation, this will have a significant impact since Botswana is a net importer. A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Masters in Economics. Citation: Gobhoza, O.D. (2020) The relationship between inflation and unemployment in Botswana: analysis of the Phillips curve, University of Botswana.

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