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Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 2011
Cost recovery to finance operation and maintenance is considered a key component of sustainable i... more Cost recovery to finance operation and maintenance is considered a key component of sustainable infrastructure provision. With that realisation, the Botswana policy for wastewater and sanitation management has put cost recovery to the forefront of waterborne sanitation provision. Since the development of this policy framework, a number of waterborne sanitation projects have been undertaken in major villages that are expected to recover operation and maintenance costs. However, there has never been a comprehensive evaluation of the successes and failures of the cost recovery initiative since its inception. This paper reports on the experiences of waterborne sanitation cost recovery initiatives in two major villages of Botswana, and highlights some possible threats to its sustainability. The main threats to sustainability of the system were found to be the institutional set-up, which does not lend itself to effective cost recovery, complicated billing system, which leads to limited pa...
Cities, 2011
The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in Afric... more The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in African terms. Here is a city lacking in mass poverty, extensive squatter settlements or recurrent civil strife: for all appearances, an orderly, affluent urban area. For these reasons, it is an important example of how planning authorities in a developing nation have managed urban growth. Gaborone has had opportunities other African cities have not. Thus it invites questions as to how these have been managed and expressed. A key issue which emerges is the co-location of informal, traditional and modern forms of land allocation both within Gaborone City and the peri-urban regions with which it is increasingly connected. This throws up a number of issues, including the inconsistent way in which planning authorities have managed this 'balancing act'.
Spatium, 2011
This article evaluates the effectiveness of the Integrated Poverty Alleviation and Housing Scheme... more This article evaluates the effectiveness of the Integrated Poverty Alleviation and Housing Scheme (IPAHS) in Ramotswa; an urban village located 32 km south-east of the capital city of Botswana, Gaborone. This study emanates from the fact that low income urban and rural residents with no formal employment were left out of the Self Help Housing Scheme (SHHA). The SHHA was mandated to facilitate the acquisition of subsidised land and loan to purchase building materials. One of the major conditions to qualify for SHHA is that applicants should have formal employment.; the IPAHS was specifically introduced to facilitate economic empowerment to poor households who do not qualify under the SHHA scheme. The IPAHS scheme is a twothronged approach mandated to equip the residents with skills to build/improve houses for themselves and create employment for themselves through molding of bricks for sale in an effort to alleviate poverty. This paper is based on documentary and field research. The ...
CBN Economic and Financial Review, Jan 1, 2002
International Journal of Urban and Regional …, Jan 1, 2000
Cities, Jan 1, 2011
The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in Afric... more The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in African terms. Here is a city lacking in mass poverty, extensive squatter settlements or recurrent civil strife: for all appearances, an orderly, affluent urban area. For these reasons ...
Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 2011
Cost recovery to finance operation and maintenance is considered a key component of sustainable i... more Cost recovery to finance operation and maintenance is considered a key component of sustainable infrastructure provision. With that realisation, the Botswana policy for wastewater and sanitation management has put cost recovery to the forefront of waterborne sanitation provision. Since the development of this policy framework, a number of waterborne sanitation projects have been undertaken in major villages that are expected to recover operation and maintenance costs. However, there has never been a comprehensive evaluation of the successes and failures of the cost recovery initiative since its inception. This paper reports on the experiences of waterborne sanitation cost recovery initiatives in two major villages of Botswana, and highlights some possible threats to its sustainability. The main threats to sustainability of the system were found to be the institutional set-up, which does not lend itself to effective cost recovery, complicated billing system, which leads to limited pa...
Cities, 2011
The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in Afric... more The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in African terms. Here is a city lacking in mass poverty, extensive squatter settlements or recurrent civil strife: for all appearances, an orderly, affluent urban area. For these reasons, it is an important example of how planning authorities in a developing nation have managed urban growth. Gaborone has had opportunities other African cities have not. Thus it invites questions as to how these have been managed and expressed. A key issue which emerges is the co-location of informal, traditional and modern forms of land allocation both within Gaborone City and the peri-urban regions with which it is increasingly connected. This throws up a number of issues, including the inconsistent way in which planning authorities have managed this 'balancing act'.
Spatium, 2011
This article evaluates the effectiveness of the Integrated Poverty Alleviation and Housing Scheme... more This article evaluates the effectiveness of the Integrated Poverty Alleviation and Housing Scheme (IPAHS) in Ramotswa; an urban village located 32 km south-east of the capital city of Botswana, Gaborone. This study emanates from the fact that low income urban and rural residents with no formal employment were left out of the Self Help Housing Scheme (SHHA). The SHHA was mandated to facilitate the acquisition of subsidised land and loan to purchase building materials. One of the major conditions to qualify for SHHA is that applicants should have formal employment.; the IPAHS was specifically introduced to facilitate economic empowerment to poor households who do not qualify under the SHHA scheme. The IPAHS scheme is a twothronged approach mandated to equip the residents with skills to build/improve houses for themselves and create employment for themselves through molding of bricks for sale in an effort to alleviate poverty. This paper is based on documentary and field research. The ...
CBN Economic and Financial Review, Jan 1, 2002
International Journal of Urban and Regional …, Jan 1, 2000
Cities, Jan 1, 2011
The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in Afric... more The city of Gaborone, like Botswana, the nation of which it is capital, is extraordinary in African terms. Here is a city lacking in mass poverty, extensive squatter settlements or recurrent civil strife: for all appearances, an orderly, affluent urban area. For these reasons ...