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Showing 1 to 20 of 403 for “"Botswana"”.
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Battered women in Botswana, Volume2
One of the aims of this comparative ·chapter is to provide the researcher with ideas for recommendations for her own situation. A brief excursus will be made into selected Zimbabwean legislation and its practical effect on the lives of women in that country.
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Pupils' attitude toward technology-Botswana
… Toward Technology (PATT) research began in Botswana in 1993. The research was designed to study pupils attitudes toward technology through the use of an instrument that has shown to be effective in measuring affective/behavior and cognitive attitude dimensions. The instrument used was an …
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Children's experiences of divorce in Botswana
… of children's experiences of divorce in Botswana. To illuminate this complex topic, the study draws on two main overlapping theoretical perspectives. These are the social constructionist approach and the sociology of childhood approach. The concept of resilience as well as some concepts …
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Pans of the southern Kalahari, Botswana
… geomorphic features of the southern Kalahari in Botswana are the 1000 pans or small dry lakes which lie along the broad watershed between the Nossop - Molopo and Makgadikgadi drainages. No previous detailed studies exist of the pans, which appear to have developed under climatic conditions unlike …
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Fiscal redistribution, poverty, and inequality in Botswana
With mineral revenues forecast to diminish, Botswana's state-funded public services and social protection give the government cause for efficiency concerns in its pursuit of "achieving shared prosperity for all". Meanwhile data-driven policies are impeded by divergent estimated levels and trends …
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An assessment of Botswana teacher in-service
The importance of In-service training in Botswana's education system cannot be overemphasised. The formulation of an in-service policy and deployment of resources in the support of the policy, is testimony of the government's commitment to the in-service work. In-service is highly regarded in the …
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Functionally illiterate consumers’ food purchase behaviour in Botswana
… to be a major problem in developing countries. Botswana as an emerging economy with consumers of different literacy levels has no escape for this problem. This study puts the spotlight on consumer illiteracy in Botswana focusing specificallyon purchasing behaviour of functionally illiterate …
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Health and Nutrition of the Elderly in Botswana
… adequacy of nutrient intakes for the elderly in Botswana. Many developing countries lack information on the health and nutrition status of the elderly, and Botswana is no exception. Secondary analysis and cross-sectional survey methods were used to obtain data for the study. Villages and towns …
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The descriptive analysis of the Botswana stock exchange
… of supplying a descriptive analysis of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). The motivation is that little work has been done and relatively little is known about it. It is felt therefore that basic knowledge of BSE is important. This knowledge could be of interest to an investor who is …
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Dynamics of firm-level export diversification in Botswana
… firm-level dynamics of export diversification in Botswana. Botswana is a country characterised by a high level of export concentration, with diamonds dominating its export bundle. With the stock of diamonds expected to be depleted in the near future, Botswana faces the urgent challenge of …
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Monitoring and Conserving Wildlife Communities across Northern Botswana
… This information is particularly vital in Botswana, where knowledge of many of the diverse wildlife populations is lacking. To address this knowledge gap, my dissertation research evaluated the distributions, densities, and ecology of the wildlife community in northern Botswana, with a …
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Language learning strategies of Botswana students : An exploratory study
… is to explore the learning strategies used by Botswana students acquiring English as a second language. It also examines whether the choice of strategies is affected by the factors of different age/level of education, proficiency and gender. The research also explores whether the students’ …
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Participatory rangeland monitoring and management in the Kalahari, Botswana
… methods in the semi-arid rangelands of Botswana. This shows that multi-source,multi-scale land degradation assessment can provide more accurate and reliable results than the use of any single technique alone. This information is used to identify potential land degradation "hotspots",and …
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Knowledge management practices in the public sector in Botswana
… (KM) practices in the public sector in Botswana. The underlying premise is that good KM leads to efficiency and effectiveness. The study assesses the KM practices in the government departments by means of a questionnaire survey of senior managers. The assumption is that the corporate …
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Technical, Practical and Praxial: Understanding Music Teaching in Botswana
I concluded that dramatic changes to teacher education and Music education in particular are necessary if Music teaching is to become the rewarding, stimulating, and enjoyable experience the teachers and students crave. This would involve re-conceiving education and teacher education with an …
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Judicial management in Botswana : is it time for change?
… into the issue of whether there is a need for Botswana to reform its insolvency laws in order to accommodate a modernised corporate rescue regime. This dissertation probes on the shortcomings of judicial management as a corporate rescue regime which is currently operative in Botswana. …
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Factors affecting parliament's performance of budgetary oversight in Botswana
… assesses the extent to which the parliament of Botswana has improved or weakened in selected factors affecting parliamentary performance. The selected factors assessed in this study include parliamentary capacity and resources, parliamentary autonomy and internal complexity, formal powers of …
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Expanding the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA: Experiences from Botswana
… extending across the borders of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This research traces the expansion of the TFCA from its formation in 2003 to 2018, with a particular focus on its land integration and resource management processes in Botswana. To examine this expansion, this …
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Traditional leadership, democratic authority and public opinion in Botswana
… and speculative assumptions on traditional rule. Botswana has not been immune to this anomaly. By employing public opinion data from the Afrobarometer surveys of 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2008, the study hopes to contribute towards the limited empirical research on traditional leaders, particularly in …
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Tshidilo: a step towards understanding spine care in Botswana
This study sought to understand spine care in Botswana by focusing on the experiences of patients in a lower income neighbourhood community clinic in the capital, Gaborone, and the network of health care professionals in the city who manage patients with spinal related disorders. Spinal related …
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