Botswana
- Capital:
Gaborone - Population:
2029307 - Size:
600370.0 Km2
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- The BLDS print collection
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- Climate change is likely to worsen the public health threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana
- K. A. Alexander / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- Diarrheal disease is an important health challenge, accounting for the majority of childhood deaths globally. Climate change is expected to increase the global burden of diarrheal disease but little is known regarding climate drivers,...
- Factors affecting prevalence of malnutrition among children under three years of age in Botswana
- S.E.O. Mahgoub; M. Nnyepi; T. Bandeke / African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2006
- This study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey conducted to evaluate the level of malnutrition and the impact of some socio-economic and demographic factors of households on the nutritional status of children under 3years of age ...
- African Media Barometer (Botswana 2011)
- fesmedia Africa, 2011
- The African Media Barometer (AMB) is an in-depth and comprehensive description and measurement system for national media environments on the African continent. This report focuses on the media landscape in Botswana in 2011.
- Addressing corruption and money laundering in Africa
- C. Goredema / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011
- The relationship between anti-money laundering and anti-corruption strategies is a key issue for developing countries. This paper presents an overview of measures in place to combat both corruption and money laundering in Botswana, Ta...
- Energy, water and climate change in southern Africa: what are the issues that need further investment and research?
- G. Prasad / Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
- Regional climate change projections for southern Africa indicate that global warming is likely to lead to greater increases in annual mean temperatures than the global average. This means increasing rainfall intensities, decreasing fr...
- Social protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
- 2012
- Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’...
- The Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) of the Southern African Development Community
- Southern African Development Community, 2012
- Guided by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Treaty of 1992, several SADC Protocols have been developed to guide, support and promote appropriate actions at regional and national levels towards the attainment of the SAD...
- A risky climate for southern African hydro: assessing hydrological risks and consequences for Zambezi river basin dams
- R. Beilfuss / International Rivers Network, 2012
- This report gives an early warning about what southern Africa could be facing as countries contemplate plans for more large hydropower dams in a time of climate change. The report finds that existing and proposed hydropower dams are n...
- Building climate change adaptation on community experiences: lessons from community-based natural resource management in southern Africa
- N. Chishakwe / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
- This publication examines how community based natural resource management (CBNRM) can inform and contribute to climate change adaptation at the community level, specifically to community based adaptation (CBA). It provides a framework...
- Community-based Knowledge of Indigenous Vegetation in Arid African Landscapes
- A. Angassa 2012
- This article is based on comparative research conducted in three African countries—Mali, Botswana and Kenya—between 2006 and 2007. The research focuses on local perceptions of biodiversity loss and land degradation in grazin...
- Ditshwanelo - the Botswana Centre for Human Rights
- DITSHWANELO is an advocacy organisation with a key role in the promotion and protection of human rights in Botswana society.
- University of Botswana
- Teaching and research university.
- Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA)
- Conducts teaching and training in agriculture-related fields
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Aims to create Southern African common market
- Botswana Institute For Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
- An autonomous non governmental research institute. Maintains library. BIDPA's areas of interest are development policy analysis and capacity building. Within its areas of concentration, BIDPA will seek to: (a) Conduct and promote research. (b) Monitor the performance of Botswana's economy and management of public policy implementation as it relates to economic and social development. (c) Pr...
