• Enhancing Social Protection Amidst Fiscal Constraints 

  Mookodi, Lillian (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), 2025)

  Botswana has long demonstrated a strong commitment to social protection, with established programmes to support vulnerable populations, reduce poverty, and promote social cohesion. Over the years, these initiatives ...
• Budgeting for Effective Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Botswana 

  Omotoye, Marumo (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), 2025)

  Corruption remains a significant challenge to governance and economic development in Botswana. To tackle this issue, strategic budgeting is essential to ensure that anti-corruption agencies, such as the Directorate on ...
• Multidimensional Energy Poverty for Botswana 

  Lekobane, Khaufelo Raymond; Molefhi, Koketso (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), 2025-09)

  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 ...
• THE RECENT FINANCIAL CRISIS: Some Reflections on its Likely Financial and Economic Effects on Botswana 

  Taye, Haile (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2009)
• THE FEASIBILITY OF MANDATORY FORTIFICATION OF CEREALS IN BOTSWANA 

  Seleka, Tebogo B.; Makepe, Patricia M.; Kebakile, Pinkie; Batsetswe, Letsogile; Mmopelwa, David; Mbaiwa, Keleswetse; Jackson, Jose (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2008)
• Botswana's Position Paper on Strategies for Poverty Alleviation Bringing the Regional Dimension of Economic Integration as a Strategy for Poverty Alleviation. 

  Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA) (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2008-04)
• BOTSWANA SOCIAL PROTECTION ASSESSMENT 

  The World Bank; Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA) (The World Bank and Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2013-12)
• Social Safety Nets In Botswana: Administration, targeting and sustainability 

  Seleka, Tebogo B.; Siphambe, Happy; Ntseane, Dolly; Mbere, Nomtuse; Kerapeletswe, Charity; Sharp, Chris (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2007)

  Public policy in Botswana is aimed at reducing poverty through broad-based economic growth, specifically through employment creation initiatives. However, public policy in Botswana also recognizes that economic growth is ...
• Consumption Inequality in Botswana: The Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient of Consumer Expenditures 

  Mookodi, Lillian (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2019-03)

  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 ...
• Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Study of Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Botswana: Inception report 

  Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA) (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 1996-05)
• Competitiveness of ACP Sugar Exports in the Global Market 

  Seleka, Tebogo B.; Dlamini, Thulani S. (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2018-03)

  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. ...
• Revealed Comparative Advantage in the Global Citrus Market and Implications for South Africa 

  Seleka, Tebogo B.; Obi, Ajuruchukwu (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2018-03)

  This paper adopts the Normalized Revealed Comparative Advantage (NRCA) index and data for the period 1961-2013 to examine comparative advantage among the leading citrus exporters in the global market and draws implications ...
• Effects of Input Subsidies on Subsistence Crop Acreage Diversity in Botswana 

  Seleka, Tebogo B.; Mmopelwa, David (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2018-03)

  We investigate the patterns and determinants of subsistence acreage diversity in Botswana for the period 1978/79-2013/14, focusing on the role of input subsidies. Results suggest that acreage diversity declined during ...
• The Role Of Macroeconomic Policy Towards Food Security In Botswana 

  Moepeng, Pelotshweu (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2003-06)

  Macroeconomic policy plays an important role towards the attainment of food security in Botswana because the country is a high cost production area, due to very low, erratic and unreliable rainfall and soils generally not ...
• Export Competitiveness of Botswana’s Beef Industry 

  Seleka, Tebogo B.; Kebakile, Pinkie G. (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2015-08)

  We investigate Botswana’s beef export competitiveness using indices of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and data for the period 1961-2011. Results indicate that Botswana has been the most competitive SADC beef ...
• Factors Underlying Communal Beef Cattle Marketing Decisions In Botswana: The Role Of Public And Private Transfers 

  Mmopelwa, David; Seleka, Tebogo B. (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2011-08)

  This article examines factors underlying communal beef cattle marketing at a household level in Botswana, with emphasis placed on the role of public and private transfers. Results show that public and private transfers ...
• Poverty Assessment and Poverty Alleviation in Botswana 

  Ditlhong, Molapisi (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 1997-07)

  This paper examines the nature and extent of poverty using the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 1984/85 and 1993/94 and goes on to give a synoptic view of Government's poverty alleviation strategies in which six ...
• Determinants of Household Welfare and Poverty in Botswana, 2002/03 and 2009/10 

  Lekobane, Khaufelo R.; Seleka, Tebogo B. (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2014-05)

  This paper investigates household determinants of welfare and poverty in Botswana. Using the 2002/03 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) and the 2009/10 Botswana Core Welfare Indicator Survey (BCWIS), and ...
• Examining Evidence of Feminization of Poverty in Botswana 

  Lekobane, Khaufelo R.; Mooketsane, Keneilwe S. (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2015-10)

  Poverty in Botswana is more pronounced in female-headed households (FHHs) especially those residing in rural areas where employment opportunities are limited. Similarly, the proportion of the FHHs to the total poor increased ...
• Do Public Transfers Discourage Farmer Participation in Subsistence Crop Production? Empirical Evidence from Botswana 

  Lekobane, Khaufelo R.; Seleka, Tebogo B. (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA), 2011-08)

  We analyze the impact of public food and cash transfers on farmer participation in Botswana’s subsistence arable agriculture. The results indicate that publicly provided social pensions and food packages (rations) reduce ...

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