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Privatisation in Botswana: the demise of a developmental state?
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. www.wiley.com, 2008)
This article argues that efforts by the Government of Botswana to embark on privatisation of some parastatals as well as contracting out the provision of certain services with the main intention of enhancing productivity ...
State culture, building and renewing the Botswana developmental state
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2008)
The post-colonial Botswana elite built a developmental state.The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) inherited a developmental state-promoting state culture, which it used to modernise state institutions, to focus on creating ...
Vission 2016 and reforming the intelligence in Botswana
(The Botswana Society, 2008)
The Botswana government proposed to the national parliament the setting up of an enlarged intelligence agency known as the Directorate of Intelligence and Security. It drafted and published in the Government Gazette, an ...
Rates of return to education in Botswana: results from the 2002/2003 household income and expenditure survey data set
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, www.blackwellpublishing.com, 2008)
Using the most recent Household Income and Expenditure Survey data (2002/2003), this paper presents current rates of return to education for Botswana. The results show that the rates of return
have in general declined by ...
Patronage and corruption under the National Party and African National Congress governments in South Africa, 1948-2000
(University of Botswana, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
This article argues that despite a change in government in 1994, there are continuities and parallels between the politics of patronage and political corruption under the apartheid National Party and African National ...
Managing organizational change in higher education: lessons from the University of Botswana
(The Haworth Press, www.haworthpress.com/, 2008)
Utilizing data collected from a randomly selected sample of 360 academic and managerial staff, regression analysis was performed to identify the determinants of acceptance of change among employees at the University of ...
Local governance
(Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
This chapter looks at local governance in the context of the national integrity system. Local councils provide local services and incur financial expenses within the statutory framework set by the central government. The ...
Independent Electoral Commission
(Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
Botswana has since 1965 held nine successive multi-party elections, making it Africa's longest running democracy. Although elections are high tension events, they have not sparked violence in Botswana- a rare feature in ...
Realization of human rights: a path towards the reduction of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS by the government of Botswana
(BONELA, www.bonela.org, 2008)
HIV continues to spread throughout the world, posing increasing challenges to human rights, at both national and global levels. The epidermic continues to be marked by discrimination against certain population groups; those ...
Supreme audit institution
(Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
This chapter assesses the effectiveness of the Office of the Auditor General as a key pillar of the national integrity system in Botswana. It gives an overview of the laws and rules governing the establishment and operation ...