University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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The socio-demographic and intermediate factors influencing non-marital childbearing among women aged 15-49 years in Uganda
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2015-09)Background: Over the years, Uganda has experienced high levels of fertility which has hampered economic and social development. Among many reasons attributed to the high levels of fertility was the digression from tradition ... -
Prospects for peace in the DRC: challenges and opportunities
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016)The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a long history of conflict. It has endured a lengthy, difficult and brutal episode in its history since independence in 1960. The country has been engulfed by civil war, ... -
The presidentialization of Botswana’s Parliamentary Democracy
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-02)Botswana attained independence from the British in 1966, adopting a parliamentary system of government similar to the Westminster model. However over the years, the country undertook a gradual shift from parliamentary ... -
A critical analysis of humanitarian intervention justification
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2015)This research critically analyses the United Nations humanitarian interventions to determine what informs the decisions and to ascertain whether the decisions are following any logical pattern. This is a desktop research ... -
Community base natural resource management: a comparative analysis of the performance of two groups of community trusts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-06)Community based natural resource management (CBNRM) is a strategy devised to promote biodiversity conservation and rural livelihoods. Community Trusts (CTs) serve as the framework for implementing CBNRM projects, and by ... -
Trade openness, financial development and economic growth: a trivariate analysis of Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016)The primary objective of the study was to investigate the causal relationship among trade openness, financial development, and economic growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries. To achieve this, a ... -
Determinants of commercial banks' interest rate spreads in Botswaana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-05)This study investigates the determinants of commercial banks’ interest rate spread using time series cross-sectional analysis for the period of 2004Q1 to 2014Q4. It reveals that Botswana’s bank charges are high by regional ... -
An integrated waste management approach as an alternative domestic solid waste management strategy for the growing African urban environments: a case study of Gaborone, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016)Domestic Solid waste management in Gaborone, as in most of African cities has become a daunting task for urban practioners to tackle. Rapid urbanisation without the matched increase in service provision has exerted pressure ... -
Singing in labour pains: understanding trade union protests through indigenous and non-indigenous methods
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019)This study is descriptive in nature, and seeks to understand trade union protests through the use of two research methods; indigenous and non-indigenous method. It will be looking at the 2011 BOFEPUSU strike, with the ... -
Development of a multiple reaction monitoring liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous determination of five antiretroviral drugs in human blood plasma-a contrast of extraction efficiencies using selected sample preparation techniques
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-04)A multiple reaction monitoring liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry (MRM LC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of antiretroviral drugs (Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Efavirenz, Lopinavir and Retonavir) ... -
Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
(Elsivier, www.elsevier.com, 2020-02-13)Background: Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-existent in many countries. We estimated ... -
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(Elsivier, www.elsivier.com, 2020-08-27)Background: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship. Making progress towards UHC is a policy priority ... -
Dolutegravir induced sub-acute hepatic failure in HIV positive treatment naïve man in Botswana
(Sciedu Press, www.sciedupress.com, 2019-09-24)Dolutegravir associated hepatic failure has rarely been reported. Hepatic failure can occur either acutely or after few weeks as it happened in our patient. We report a case of 61 years old HIV-positive treatment naïve ... -
Determinants of comprehensive knowledge of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and its prevention among Zimbabwean women: Analysis of 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey
(Taylor & Francis; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/, 2019-09-29)Introduction: The global burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has significantly decreased; however, new HIV infections decline slowly; this poses challenges to achieve ... -
Simulation and evaluation of water supply reservoirs using HEC-ressim model and RRV indices in the Notwane catchment
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016)Botswana has gradually developed its water resources at great expense but it is estimated that as much as half of it is wasted through leakage, lack of water demand management, knowledge gap, inefficient management and ... -
The determinants of non-interest income and financial performance of commercial banks in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-07)The main objective of this study is to investigate the determinants of non-interest income in Botswana’s commercial banks and its association with the financial performance. An empirical analysis is conducted to determine ... -
Foreign direct investment and economic growth: an application of Markov switching model for Liberia
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2015-05)This study models the long run effect of FDI on economic growth in Liberia using a two-regime fixed transition probabilities (FTP) Markov Switching Model (MSM). This model, which is advantageous in capturing asymmetry and ... -
Water resource evaluation and modelling of Motloutse alluvial water course - a case study of Tobane River reach
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-04)Surface water is generally not available for irrigation as rain fed agriculture is hindered by the harsh climatic conditions in Botswana. In order to suite their agricultural needs communities in the Motloutse River catchment ... -
Modelling population registration and national indentification system in Uganda
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2014)The study examines the current state, access, accuracy and utilisation of population information in Uganda. The problem was that many people are born; they die unaccounted for; enabling the presentation of false demographic ... -
Towards a software process improvement selection framework for small and medium enterprises in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2016-05)Software Process Improvement (SPI) models are quality models or standards for software development used to produce quality software. It involves systematic procedures to improve performance of an existing processing system ...