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The Political Economy of Botswana: A Study of Growth and Distribution
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The article was published on 1980-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 98 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Political economy of climate change & Planned economy.read more
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Livelihoods and poverty: The role of migration ‐ a critical review of the migration literature
TL;DR: A review of the literature concludes that development studies have paid insufficient attention to labour migration, and makes a plea to integrate analyses of migration within those of agricultural and rural development.
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Pedagogical classroom practice and the social context: The case of Botswana
TL;DR: In this paper, a socio-historical approach is adopted to trace the genesis of authoritarian classroom practices that studies have reported in Botswana classrooms, including the imported bureaucratic educational model of nineteenth century Britain, the missionaries/colonialists' belief in the supremacy of Western civilisation, the authoritarianism inherent in Tswana society, and the human resource development policy of post-independence Botswana.
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Interpreting the Exceptionality of Botswana
TL;DR: Botswana has achieved rapid growth with stability since independence in 1966, largely through the supportive interrelations between an open market economy and a system of elite democracy, successfully blending traditional and modern elements, and offering a range of fairly free and meaningful political choices as discussed by the authors.
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Corruption and Mismanagement in Botswana: a Best-Case Example?
TL;DR: In Botswana, the civil service was maintained at a high level, according to Ravi Gulhati, by avoiding rapid localisation, by providing high compensation for officials, and by keeping well defined lines of authority and accountability as discussed by the authors.
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Rates of Return to Education in Botswana.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented up-to-date private rates of return to education in Botswana using data from a Household Income and Expenditure Survey and data collected by the author.