http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 12:07:25 GMT 2026-06-20T12:07:25Z http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/175 Multidimensional Energy Poverty for Botswana Lekobane, Khaufelo Raymond; Molefhi, Koketso The energy-gender nexus is a topical issue that has gained traction among researchers and policymakers. Access to clean energy and gender equality are two of the most crucial sustainable development goals (SDGs) that affect households directly. Notwithstanding this, the gendered analysis of multidimensional energy poverty has been minimal in the empirical literature. Using the 2015/16 Botswana multi-topic household survey, this study investigates the gendered dimensions of energy poverty in Botswana, emphasising the disparities in energy access and affordability between male and female-headed households. We employed the Alkire-Foster (AF) methodology to compute our aggregate multidimensional energy poverty index (MEPI). Overall, we find that in Botswana, the gender gaps in multidimensional energy poverty levels are more than 10% for the poverty incidence and adjusted headcount ratio. This suggests that energy poverty in Botswana seems to be feminised. However, the gender gap in the intensity of multidimensional energy poverty is lower than 3% in favour of femaleheaded households. Finally, substantial gender gaps exist across household demographic characteristics, human capital, economic variables, and geography. The findings suggest that while Botswana has made significant progress in promoting renewable energy access through initiatives such as the Photovoltaic Rural Electrification Programme, gender-specific barriers remain. The study recommends enhanced policies that integrate gender considerations to foster equitable energy solutions, ensuring that all households, irrespective of the gender of the household head, can thrive in a sustainable and energy secure environment. The series comprises of papers which reflect work in progress or limited research efforts, which may be of interest to researchers and policy makers, or of a public education character. Working papers may already have been published elsewhere or may appear in other publications. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/175 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/115 Consumption Inequality in Botswana: The Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient of Consumer Expenditures Mookodi, Lillian This paper applies the Lerman and Yitzhaki (1985) inequality decomposition approach on food and non-food expenditures on the 2009/10 Botswana Core Welfare Indicator Survey; and the 2015/16 Multi Topic Indicator Survey datasets with an objective to see how overall inequality translates into inequality within each expenditure component. To test for a robustness of our results, we apply a simple bootstrap procedure to obtain the means, standard errors and confidence intervals for the component Gini coefficients estimates. The decomposition analysis results show that overall inequality based on the Gini coefficient of consumption expenditure within the groups has increased between the two periods from 0.498 to 0.533. These results suggest that this rise in overall expenditure inequality is due to the increased burden in the household budget of non-food spending, which tends to be more unequal than food spending. The consumption expenditure is very unequal on non-food items like recreation and hotels; health; education and transport. On one hand, lower Gini coefficients are observed for food; and clothing and footwear; these commodities are considered as necessities among others. This paper finally offers some possible policy measures to curb this consumption expenditure inequality. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/115 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/114 Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Study of Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Botswana: Inception report Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA) Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 GMT http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/114 1996-05-01T00:00:00Z http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/113 Competitiveness of ACP Sugar Exports in the Global Market Seleka, Tebogo B.; Dlamini, Thulani S. We employ the Normalized Revealed Comparative Advantage (NRCA) index on data for the period 1961-2013 to examine the competitiveness of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries in the global sugar market. Results indicate that the majority of the ACP states had comparative advantage in the global sugar market during the period 1961-2013. However, most of these countries also experienced declining comparative advantage, except for a few African countries that emerged from initial states of extreme comparative disadvantage to marginal comparative (dis)advantage. This occurred despite the fact that these countries enjoyed tariff free access to the highly protected EU market. Mauritius, followed by Fiji, Guyana and Jamaica, recorded the strongest comparative advantage among the ACP countries. However, it recorded weaker comparative advantage than the leading comparator non-ACP countries of Australia, Brazil and Thailand, which experienced considerable increases in comparative advantage over the considered period. Overall, there has been convergence in comparative advantage among ACP states since the signing of the Lomé convention in 1975. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/113 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z