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Issues of economic growth and poverty reduction
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, www.thuto.org/pula/html/, 2003)
Poverty is a complex problem and reducing it depends upon many interconnected factors. It cannot be attributed to one main cause. Its reduction is possible only by achieving economic growth. An indirect causal connection ...
Bank of Botswana's reaction function: modelling Botswana's monetary policy strategy
(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 ...
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 ...
Dimensions and measures to reduce poverty in Botswana
(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 ...
Understanding unemployment in Botswana
(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 ...
The role of vocational education and technical training in economic growth: a case of Botswana
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2009)
Over time, there has been a significant rise in vocational education
and technical training in Botswana. This article shows that there is a positive
and significant relationship between economic growth and vocational ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Botswana's crawling-peg exchange rate system: trends and variations in the pula exchange rate
(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 ...