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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 ...
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 business sector
(Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
This chapter reviews Botswana's integrity mechanisms within the business sector. It examines the role of the state owned businesses, by far the majority in Botswana,as well as the emerging privately owned business sector. ...
Democracy under siege: the Presidency and executive powers in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article outlines that the Constitution of Botswana provides for an executive presidency with
extensive powers. Unlike other constitutions in the region where power is vested with the people, in Botswana it is vested ...
The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade regime: Opportunities and challenges for Botswana
(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. ...
Declining voter participation in Botswana: trends and patterns
(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 ...
Persistence and decline of traditional authority in modern Botswana politics
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2008)
This paper explores the role traditional authorities have played in post-independence Botswana and their likely future impact. Three overarching themes run through the analysis. First, this illiberal institution is ...
The politics of poverty in Botswana
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2003)
For many years, Botswana has achieved both a fast growing economy and worsening inequalities.
'Botswana's annual growth in real GDP had averaged 10.9 percent in the period 1981-90, faster even than the east Asian Tigers ...