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Poverty Reduction and Changing Policy Regimes in Botswana

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Onalenna Selolwane

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Botswana

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Part of the book series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction (POD)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. From National to People’s Poverty in Changing Policy Regimes

    • Onalenna Selolwane
    Pages 1-21

  3. Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Botswana

    • Happy Kufigwa Siphambe
    Pages 22-57

  4. Wealth and Income Inequalities

    • Imogen Patience Bonolo Mogotsi
    Pages 58-101

  5. Welfare, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction

    • Onalenna Selolwane
    Pages 102-138

  6. Basic Social Services and Poverty Reduction in Botswana

    • Keitseope Nthomang
    Pages 139-174

  7. Organized Interests, Development Strategies and Social Policies

    • Onalenna Selolwane
    Pages 175-209

  8. Developmental State Capacity, Poverty Reduction and Institutional Reform

    • Gervase S. Maipose
    Pages 210-239

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 241-247
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An examination of how Botswana overcame the legacies of exceptional resource deficiency and colonial neglect, to transform itself from one of the poorest nations of the world to a middle income economy. Contributions review how economic, social and institutional policies interacted to produce successful poverty reduction.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Botswana

    Onalenna Selolwane

About the editor

ONALENNA SELOLWANE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Botswana. She holds an MPhil (University of Sussex) and a PhD in Development Studies (University of East Anglia). She is editor of the African Sociological Review and has published in areas of governance, politics, gender and agrarian studies.

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