***Elections in Botswana (See below)

 

• African Development Bank Group on Botswana (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  --See especially: Statistics Botswana Data Portal
• AllAfrica.Com on Botswana (AllAfrica Global Media, Inc., Washington, DC)
  Current and recent news on Botswana from Botswana and other southern African regional news services and the UN agencies. Warning: the searchable archive for articles older than 30 days is only available through subscription.
  -- See also: Botswana Gazette and Mmegi below.
• Amnesty International on Botswana, 1998-- (Washington, DC and New York)
  
• Bank of Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana)
  • This official website offers current news and statistics on the bank, official documents, and other information on the banking sector and the Botswana economy in general.
• Bessie Head, 1937-1986
  • Bessie Amelia Head, 1937-1986 (Bessie Head Heritage Trust, Serowe, Botswana)
    This biographical site on the celebrated literary figure also includes information from 2009 about the "Bessie Head Papers" housed in the Khama III Memorial Museum.
  • Khama Museum Archives, Khama III Memorial Museum (2019-)
    
  • Postcolonial studies: Bessie Head Blog. (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • South African History Online: Bessie Amelia Head (South Africa)
• Bibliographies on the History of Botswana (Department of History, University of Botswana, Gaborone)
  • "Select Bibliography on the History of Botswana" by Neil Parsons (August 1999)
  • "Botswana History: Bibliography for Local Studies" by Neil Parsons (1999 reprint of 1987 edition)
• Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (Gaborone)
  • Manufacturers' Directory
  • BEDIA Publications: investment guides, sector profiles, etc.
• Botswana gazette, The. (Online) -- Gaborone: News Company Botswana, 1985-
  Current weekly Internet edition only.
• Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (Gaborone)
  • BIDPA is an autonomous non governmental research institute in Botswana. BIDPA's areas of interest are development policy analysis and capacity building.
  • All BIDPA publications: briefings, profiles, working papers, etc.
  • "Enhancing public budgeting transparency in Botswana: Why and how," September 2012 BIDPA policy brief; no. 10 ; 12 pages in PDF format
• Botswana Stock Exchange (Gaborone)
  
• Center for Strategic and International Studies: Botswana: assessing risks to stability. (June 2011)
  by David W. Throup. -- Washington, DC: CSIS, 2011. 26 pages in PDF format.
  --See also: Stress Testing African States series
• Central Statistics Office, Republic of Botswana (2011) (Gaborone)
  Note: The CSO was superseded by a new parastatal and web-based platform "Statistics Botswana" after 2009. The website included statistical data on major social and economic aspects of Botswana for the last 2 years and information on more in-depth reports published by the CSO.
  --See: Statistics Botswana below
  
• Constitution of Botswana, 1966, amended 2002 (via Embassy of the Republic of Botswana,
  Washington, DC)
  
• Demographic and Health Surveys: Botswana (1988) (Calverton, Maryland)
  --See also: Botswana Demographic Survey 2017 112 pages in PDF format
  --Other Demography information --via Statistics Botswana (Gaborone)
  
• Ditshwanelo -- The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (Gaborone, Botswana)
  Warning: as of November 1, 2019, this site is offline.  The website offers selected documents, local human rights news, and educational information for activists and NGOs. "DITSHWANELO is a locally based advocacy organisation, which was founded in 1993..."
• Ministry of Education and Skills Development -- Republic of Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana)
  • Current general information on programs and institutions, policies, and related links.
  • See also: Republic of Botswana Official Web Site below.
  
  
• Elections in Botswana in 2024, 2019 and earlier
  • African Elections Database: Botswana, 2009. (Albert C. Nunley, via Tripod.Com, USA)
    
  • African Union: "Preliminary Statement: African Union Election Observation Mission to the 2019 General Elections..." October 25, 2019 ;  "African Union Deploys Short Term Observers...," October 18, 2019. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    
  • Botswana Gazette: "Special Report: So What Next, Mr. President (Duma Boko)?" November 4, 2024 ; "Masisi must be a servant of the people," November 1, 2019. (Gaborone)
    
  • The Daily Maverick (South Africa): "Electoral revolution by centre-left coalition wipes out 58-year rule of Botswana Democratic Party," November 5, 2024. By Jeremy Seekings ; "Masisi’s shock defeat in Botswana heralds big changes, difficult turnaround," November 3, 2024 ; "Botswana poll: Ruling BDP faces first serious challenge in 53 years." October 24, 2019.
    
  • EISA--Electoral Institute for Sustainability in Africa: Botswana, 1999-2019 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Independent Electoral Commission of Botswana (Gaborone)
  • Mail and Guardian (South Africa): "Botswana’s election highlights concerns over governance, corruption and its diamond economy," October 31, 2024 ; "Khama's hand still rocks Botswana," October 18, 2019.
    --See also: "Who is Botswana's new President Mokgweetsi Masisi?" April 3, 2018.
  
  
• Elephants Without Borders --- Scientific Publications (Kasane, Botswana; Buffalo, New York, USA)
  "EWB operates its’ projects and activities in the southern Africa region of the contiguous wildlife populations range between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe under the official endorsement and full support of government authorities...We use state-of-the-art technology, to monitor the movements, status and behavior of wildlife, addressing complex issues regarding wildlife ecology through research studies and sharing the results with decision makers and local communities."
• Embassy of the Republic of Botswana, Washington, DC
  -- See especially: Useful links
  
• Ministry of Finance and Development Planning -- Republic of Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana)
  • Current general information on programs and institutions, recent statistics, and related links.
  • See also: Republic of Botswana Official Web Site below.
• Food and Agriculture Organization on Botswana (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Aquastat profile on Botswana, 2005 (FAO, Rome, Italy)
    A brief profile. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  • Search FAO Document Repository for "Botswana"
  
  
• Government of Botswana -- Official Web Site (See Republic of Botswana below)
  
• IBIS--Info Botswana Internet Services: Botswana "Local Links" (Gaborone)
  An extensive and frequently updated list of links to government, commercial & non-commercial organizations, and other sites from and about Botswana.
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Botswana (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Documents & resources on Botswana (Reports and statistics)
  • World data on education for Botswana, 2010-11
  • The development of education : national report, 21/05/01 (Botswana. Ministry of Education. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001) PDF format.
• The International Monetary Fund: Botswana Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring  Adobe Acrobat.
• IST-Africa 2011 Conference & Exhibition, 11-13 May 2011, Gabarone, Botswana (Government of Botswana, Department of Research, Science and Technology; supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission)
  "Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa": this site includes previous conference years, with downloadable reports. "IST-Africa 2011 will focus on the Role of ICT for Africa's Development and specifically on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission's Information Communications Technologies (ICT) Theme of FP7."
• Kalahari Peoples Fund (KPF) (Austin, Texas)
  The site offers a list of KPF projects and brief information concerning this non-profit organization (est. in 1973) for the benefit of the San and other rural peoples of the Kalahari desert region in southern Africa.
• Seretse Khama, 1921-1980
  • Khama III Memorial Museum: Seretse Khama (Serowe, Botswana)
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (UK): Sir Seretse Khama (1921-1980)
    
  • South African History Online (South Africa): President Seretse Khama
    
  • University of Botswana, History Department (Gaborone): Seretse Khama, 1921-1980. A brief biography by Neil Parsons.
    
• Maps on Botswana
  • Perry Castañeda Map Library: Botswana maps (University of Texas at Austin)
• Mmegi. (Online) -- Gaborone, Botswana: Dikgang Publishing Co., 2003-
  The online version of the Botswana newspaper, originally founded in 1992, with the masthead Mmegi since 1994 and published daily since 2003. The site includes an archive of selected articles since December 2003.
• The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: The Bugakwe, Dxeriku, Hambukushu, Wayeyi, and Xanekwe Peoples. (Dr. John Bock, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton)
  This web site features text summaries, maps, and photos on the Okavango region and its people, and on Botswana, in general; plus a compilation of useful links.
  --See also: Okavango Delta Information System (via University of Botswana)
• Okavango Wildlife Society (Bromhof, South Africa; via Paal Skjetnep, University of Trondheim, Norway)
  
  
• Republic of Botswana Official Web Site (Gaborone)
  • Official general information, current news summaries, budget speeches, development plans, and other business & investment information.
  • Government of Botswana -- Ministries
  • Publications
  
  
• SADC: Southern African Development Community (Gaborone, Botswana)
  • Member state information, policies and programs on food security, trade, infrastructure, and strategic planning, with some numerical indicators; plus related links.
    --See also: SARDC--Southern African Research and Documentation Centre
  • SADC Newsletters
  • SADC Press Releases and Statements
    
  • 42nd SADC Summit, August 17-18, 2022, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 108 pages in PDF format; via SARDC
  • SADC Macroeconomic Statistics Bulletin (November 2021) 77 pages in PDF format
  • European Union's Cooperation with SADC (2021)
  • 41st SADC Summit, August 17-18, 2021, Lilongwe, Malawi. 108 pages in PDF format; via SARDC, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 40th SADC Summit, August 17, 2020, Maputo, Mozambique. 109 pages in PDF format; via SARDC, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 39th SADC Summit, August 17-18, 2019, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 108 pages in PDF format ; via SARDC, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • SADC Energy Monitor (2018)
    
  • SADC Summit and Council Records (2016)
• Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations -- Country Reports:  All reports
  XXII SCECSAL Botswana Library Association Country Report, Swaziland, 25-29 April 2016
  
  
• Statistics Botswana (Gaborone)
  "...a parastatal organization charged with responsibilities of collecting and disseminating all official statistics in Botswana. The autonomy of the organisation was realised under the Statistics Act of 2009."
  --All publications (current and since 1977)
  --Statistical yearbook 2017 . 46 pages in PDF format
  
  
• Survival International on the "Bushmen of Botswana" (London, UK)
  A human rights campaign website on Gana and Gwi peoples--who have been forcibly relocated or threatened by such policies; with documents, news clips, and related links.
• United Nations on Botswana (New York and Gaborone)
  • UN in Botswana (Gaborone)
    --See also: UN in Botswana on Facebook
  • UNAIDS on Botswana
    
  • UN Development Programme in Botswana: reports and news (Gaborone)
    -- 2009 UNDP Human Development Index for Botswana (2007 data)
    -- Harnessing Science and Technology for Human Development--Botswana Human Development Report 2005 PDF format
    -- Towards an AIDS-Free Generation--Botswana Human Development Report 2000 PDF format
  • UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Botswana Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
• United States Agencies on Botswana (Washington, DC)
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-Botswana Trade Balance, 1992--
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Botswana (2024)
    
  • United States. Department of State
    • Country Commercial Guides for Botswana:  2019
    • Botswana Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
      --Search by country for years: 1996-1999 -and- 1999-2015
    • U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana
  • US Energy Administration Country Profile on Botswana

 

• University of Botswana, Gaborone
  • UB Main Library Home Page and catalog
  • Botswana History Resources (2011)
    "The Botswana History pages by Prof. Neil Parsons and other resources are designed for seekers after knowledge about Botswana. There are 2 pages of general history, followed by 13 informative pages with a historical bias - on archaeology,culture, economy, education, geography, language, literature, politics, religion, science, society, tourism, and media."
  • Okavango Research Institute (Maun, Botswana)
    "ODIS is a knowledge management system which brings together scientific data and information (spatial and non spatial) to facilitate research and information sharing about the Okavango Delta and Basin amongst researchers, resource users and managers."
  
  
• The World Bank on Botswana (Washington, DC)
  A country brief and data (in PDF); plus a searchable database on project information.

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