Poverty Reduction and Changing Policy Regimes in Botswana

2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-27016-0
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 247 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 456 g

Reihe: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selolwane, O.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From National to People's Poverty in Changing Policy Regimes; O.Selolwane Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Botswana; H.Siphambe Wealth and Income Inequalities; I.Mogotsi Welfare, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction; O.Selolwane Basic Social Services and Poverty Reduction in Botswana; K.Nthomang Organized Interests, Development Strategies and Social Policies; O.Selolwane Developmental State Capacity, Poverty Reduction and Institutional Reform; G.Maipose

Über Autor(innen)

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 and has published in areas of governance, politics, gender and agrarian studies.