botswana

Ian Khama is the president of Botswana (this is not to detract from Botswana’s good governance and its incorporation of Western values).

My sense (not an anthropologist by any means) is that Botswana has a culture very much like an extended farm village.

The government of Botswana found out and told Peace Corps to send all the math/science teachers they could.

Reading the original paper, they compare Botswana and S Africa and find a correlation between seroprevalence and viral load.

Although the country does hold nominally competitive elections, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has held power since they gained independence.

South Africa is ranked 9th, behind the likes of Botswana (6th) and Gabon (8th), and Côte d'Ivoire is ranked 34th.

The resource curse [1] is a well accepted phenomenon, if Botswana managed to avoid it, that alone is worthy of study.

During the interview, they asked if I would go to Botswana next week if I got hired today.

I think what distinguishes Botswana is how much of the diamond revenue the government turns into benefits for its citizens.

Sometimes Botswana Pula and Zambian Kwatsha are also used (esp.

North Korea -- Population 25 Million -- has the same estimated GDP as Botswana -- A poor African country ravaged by HIV with a population 2.1 Million.

The police in Botswana also doesn't carry guns...

"where the USA are behind Botswana and El Salvador" You mean, in position 46 of 180?

If you read that Wikipedia page, it mentions prosperous nations that don't fit their "rule", like the wealthy democratic Botswana.

Not the best position, surely, almost on the Top 4th Nice attempt of data manipulation, btw, also implying that Botswana and El Salvador should not have good freedom of press "of course"

> "Twenty years ago the time to Aids was 10 years, but in the last 10 years in Botswana that might have increased to 12.5 years, a sort of incremental change, but in the big picture that is a rapid change." 20 years ago, the ARV's and mixes weren't what they were 10 years ago and awareness + access to therapy also changed.

As a Peace Corps volunteer, I spent 1.5 years in Africa (Botswana), in a village with no electricity.

Ian Khama is the chief of the Bamagwato (in Botswana).

Botswana is different from Zimbabwe even if it is not that far away, but generally, in the 3rd world, you can expect delays and that things are mañana or insha'allah.