Why Botswana Prospered

By J. Leith. 2005

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The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development (2010, unknown): “Much of the apparent homogeneity of Botswana is actually an outcome of the process of state formation, rather than a prerequisite for it (see Leith, 2005, on this).”
Using Expert Judgment to Assess Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: Evidence From a Conjoint Choice Survey (2005, unknown): “Following this practice, we therefore construct an indicator equal to one if a country’s Gini index is 0.50 or more, and zero otherwise (Leith, 2005).”
Diamonds or development? A structural assessment of Botswana's forty years of success (2008, background): “In the early years of Independence, two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly were large or medium sized cattle owners (Samatar 1999: 69–70).”
Is Development Path Dependent or Political? A Reinterpretation of Mineral-Dependent Development in Botswana (2009, background): “There was an even stronger expansion in nursing staff, from 124 per 100,000 in 1980 (Leith, 2005) to 261.6 in 2000 (CSO, 2007a).”
Democracy, State Capacity, and Economic Growth (2013, background): “Botswana and Mauritius are examples of (initially poor) countries with regimes that invested in productivity-enhancing public goods and services like infrastructure, education and health care (Leith, 2005; Bräutingham, 1997).”