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Correlates of work-place stress: a case study of Botswana nurses working in clinics
(Botswana Society, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980365, 2004)The nature of the work of a nurse incorporates several distinctive and stressful features which include dealing with crises, the continuous physical and emotional demands of patients, and daily confrontation with pain, ... -
Using MATLAB as a teaching and learning tool for beam bending problems in mechanics
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2004)This paper presents a MATLAB solution for the shear force, bending movement, and deflection as continuous functions of the distance measured from the left and support for a simply supported beam carrying concentrated and ... -
Botswana's economy and labour market: are there any lessons for SADC regional integration?
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/, 2004)Regional integration is a necessity for sustainable development and the generation of dynamic growth amongst SADC countries. For real integration to be achieved, there is a need for deep integration, which allows countries ... -
Finding the 'missing' male in gender discourses in Botswana
(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 ... -
The dynamics of domestic violence against women in Botswana
(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 ... -
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 ... -
HIV/AIDS and home based care in Botswana: panacea or perfidy?
(Taylor & Francis, taylorandfrancis.com/, 2004)The extent of the AIDS pandemic in Africa (and specifically in Botswana), and the lack of institutional frameworks to address concomitant issues, have necessitated the adoption of home based care for sufferers as national ... -
Relentless Colonialism: the case of the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP) and the Basarwa in Botswana
(Cambridge University Press, http://www.cambridge.org/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?mnemonic=MOA, 2004-08)Colonial processes continue to dominate many Indigenous peoples development programmes in countries around the world. This paper examines some of the underlying factors that contribute to continued failure in the implementation ... -
Bayesian computation for logistic regression
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com, 2005)A method for the simulation of samples from the exact posterior distributions of the parameters in logistic regression is proposed. It is based on the principle of data augmentation and a latent variable is introduced, ... -
Monopoly politikos: How Botswana's opposition parties have helped sustain one-party dominance
(African Sociological Review, 2006)The main thesis of this paper is that Botswana's opposition parties are accountable for their failure to provide the voting public with a meaningful alternative to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party. While conceding the ... -
Social and psychological factors associated with willingness to test for HIV infection among young people in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)In spite of extensive campaigns to promote voluntary counselling and testing through the radio, television, newspapers and mass rallies, testing for HIV remains a challenge in Botswana. Using a representative sample of ... -
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 ... -
How Britain underdeveloped Bechuanaland protectorate: a brief critique of the political economy of colonial Botswana
(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, http://www.codesria.org/?lang=en, 2006)Britain declared Bechuanaland a 'protectorate' in 1885 in a move largely driven by military strategic considerations rather than by the availability of economic resources. This can give the impression that in Botswana the ... -
Searching for appropriateness in Social Work education in Botswana:The process of developing a Master in Social Work (MSW) programme in a 'developing’ country
(Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2006)Developing a tertiary academic programme in Botswana is not only an intellectual activity but also an institutional process that must be balanced to satisfy different stakeholders and contending claims. This paper focuses ... -
Intellectual property law and the protection of indigenous knowledge
(CODESRIA http://www.africanbookscollective.com, 2007)Copyrights may provide more effective protection for indigenous knowledge than other forms of intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, and 97 confidential information. The most important aspect of copyright law ... -
Determinants of effective productivity among service workers: the case of nurses in Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2007)The study proposes a measure of effective productivity among service workers and seeks a parsimonious predictive model of “effective productivity” among nurses in Botswana. Employee productivity has become a concern of ... -
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 ...