Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions

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  • Botswana's crawling-peg exchange rate system: trends and variations in the pula exchange rate 

    Motlaleng, G.R. (Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2009)
    This paper aims to show trends and variations in the Botswana Pula exchange rate before and after the introduction of the crawling-peg exchange rate system. The survey indicates that previous devaluations not accompanied ...

  • Understanding government and opposition parties in Botswana 

    Molomo, M.G. (Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com, 2000)
    This paper discusses the relationship between the ruling party and opposition parties in the struggle to capture political power in Botswana. It demonstrates the resilience of the multi-party framework that is founded on ...

  • Understanding unemployment in Botswana 

    Siphambe, H.K. (John Wiley, www.wiley.com, 2003)
    The impressive performance that Botswana has achieved since gaining independence in 1966 is one of the few success stories of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. For the period 1965-1990, growth in per capita ...

  • Dimensions and measures to reduce poverty in Botswana 

    Siphambe, H.K. (University of Botswana, http://ub.bw, 2003)
    This paper brings out the various theoretical measurements of poverty and looks at Botswana's performance in terms of these measures. In terms of income poverty, Botswana's poverty has been declining over time and ...

  • Bank of Botswana's reaction function: modelling Botswana's monetary policy strategy 

    Setlhare, L. (John Wiley, www.wiley.com, 2004)
    This paper examines how monetary policy was actually conducted in Botswana, by specifying and estimating a monetary reaction function for the Bank of Botswana (BoB). Basically, a monetary reaction function (MRF) for a ...

  • Widening the frontiers of democracy: towards a transformative agenda in Botswana politics 

    Somolekae, G.S. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
    This article is about the struggles of Batswana women to attain gender equality. The article traces women's exclusion from public decision-making much broadly as a fundamental feature of the Tswana patriachal structure. ...

  • Rates of return to education in Botswana: results from the 2002/2003 household income and expenditure survey data set 

    Siphambe, H.K. (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 ...

  • Corruption and its control in Botswana 

    Sebudubudu, D. (Botswana Society, 2003)
    Botswana is widely perceived as a succesful working democracy in Africa. What is striking about Botswana is that one party dominance over the past 36 years has not led to a proliferation of corruption as it did in most ...

  • The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade regime: Opportunities and challenges for Botswana 

    Mokhawa, G.; Osei-Hwedie, B. (Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2003)
    For a long time now, African countries have been demanding increased trade with the developed economies of the West as a means to promote economic development. 'Trade not aid,' has become the hallmark of this demand. ...

  • Power and powerlessness: when support becomes overbearing-the case of outsider activism on the resettlement issue of the Basarwa of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve 

    Mphinyane, S.T. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2002)
    Thefocus of this paper is on the role of outsider activists who are supporting a group of Basarwa resisting relocation from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in Botswana. The role of non Basarwa activists is ...

  • Declining voter participation in Botswana: trends and patterns 

    Mpabanga, D. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
    This article attempts to analyse the trends and patterns relating to the past eight general elections in Botswana, from the pre-independence period in 1965 to 1999. Factors that have influenced elections in the last eight ...

  • The complexities of female-headed households in Botswana 

    Mookodi, G.B. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
    The concept of female-headed household has emerged as an important analytical category in the examination of poverty in life chances both within the context of policy research and social science scholarship. This paper ...

  • The dynamics of domestic violence against women in Botswana 

    Mookodi, G. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2004)
    Gender inequality is characterised by unequal power relations between women and men. One of the key manifestations of these unequal power relations is violence. Studies conducted in Botswana indicate that actual violence ...

  • Opinion polls in Botswana 

    Molefe, W.B.; Mguni, B.S. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
    Opinion polls are a relatively new phenomenon in Botswana but nonetheless a welcome development as they inform both the candidates and the campaigners on pertinent issues facing the electorate. Opinion polls becomes more ...

  • Technology and poverty eradication: pre-conditions for effectiveness 

    Mogotsi, I. (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 ...

  • Finding the 'missing' male in gender discourses in Botswana 

    Mookodi, G.; Fuh, D. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2004)
    Researchers and activists in Botswana have played an active role in the international campaign to alleviate women s subordinate position in economic development. Of late attention has shifted from 'women' to 'gender'. This ...

  • In search of an alternative electoral system for Botswana 

    Molomo, M.G. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
    Electoral systems are manipulative instruments that determine how elections are won and lost. Botswana is widely regarded as a frontrunner in democratic politics, but the electoral system that it operates has been wanting ...

  • Personnel transfers: experiences of Batswana teachers 

    Ntseane, D.M. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2004)
    This article analyses the findings of a study conducted to investigate the effects of teacher transfers onfamily well-being. While much concern has been raised about the trauma of transfers on families, this is the ...

  • Demographic factors and party preferences in Botswana: A 1999 voters' survey 

    Mokomane, Z.S. (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
    In this anicle, data from a survey conducted in March 1999 by the University of Botswana Democracy Research Project in fifteen constituencies in Botswana is used to examine the relationship between party preference and ...

  • The making of a foreign "labour aristocracy" in Botswana 

    Mogalakwe, M. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, www.emeraldinsight.com/, 2008)
    Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether expatriate workers in Botswana are a labour aristocracy. Design/methodology/approach - This is a case study based on documentary research methods. Findings - ...