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Technology and poverty eradication: pre-conditions for effectiveness
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2003)
New technology has been identified as one way to alleviate poverty in developing nations. This is because it makes available cheaper drugs, cheaper inputs such as fertilizers and new seed varieties that are needed by 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 ...
Understanding the development experience and aspirations of one Basarwa settlement in Botswana: failed implementation or relentless colonialism?
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, www.thuto.org/pula/html/, 2002)
This research note gives an overview of the doctoral research I conducted in 2000-0 I. The study entitled: Understanding the Development Experiences and Aspiration of One
Basarwa Settlement in Botswana: Failed Implementation ...
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 ...
On almost sure behavior of stable subordinators over rapidly increasing sequences
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, http://epubs.siam.org, 2006)
Let (X(t), t ≥ (0) with X(0) = 0 be a stable subordinator with index 0 < α < 1
and let (tk) be an increasing sequence such that tk+1/tk → ∞ as k → ∞. Let (at) be a positive
nondecreasing function of t such that a(t)/t ...
Education and the labour market in Botswana
(Taylor and Francis (Routledge), 2000)
Using primary data from a 1993/4 Household Income and Expenditure Survey in Botswana, this article presents empirical results on occupational attainment, its determinants, and the extent of filtering down in Botswana's ...
Political parties
(Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
This chapter discusses the national integrity system of political parties. In assessing the viability and integrity of political parties, the purpose of their existence needs to be established and analysed. The building ...
The boy child and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: A neglected issue in research and practice
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, www.thuto.org/pula/html/, 2004)
Even though HIV/AIDS affects people of all gender and age, most HIV research in Botswana has mainly focused on either girls or women, neglecying the boy child. This paper discusses the reasons for this neglect, explores ...
Are social workers needed in Botswana schools? Some food for thought
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, www.thuto.org/pula/html/, 2004)
Based on the premise that children in the 21st century face numerous problems that affect their educational,
social, psychological, and physical well being, this article argues that social workers are needed in Botswana ...