What works in Botswana
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Evidence snapshot for Botswana
Botswana has implemented several national programmes addressing digital inclusion, gender-based violence, and natural resource management. Kitsong Centres scaled from 3 pilot telecentres in 2004 to 110 centres by 2018, delivering internet access and training to rural villages, though independent evaluation remains limited. The 2008 Domestic Violence Act expanded legal protections and contributed to Botswana's Women, Business and the Law score rising from 38.1 to 63.8, but only five shelters serve a population of 2.6 million, and one-third of women experience gender-based violence in their lifetime. The Community-Based Natural Resource Management Programme covers roughly 100 community trusts across ~22% of national land, generating tourism and hunting revenue for rural communities, though it faces documented elite capture challenges.
Drawn from: Kitsong Centres – Rural Community Telecentre Network (Botswana) · Botswana Domestic Violence Act 2008 — First Explicit Legislation Against Domestic Violence · Botswana Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme · De Beers Group Net Positive Impact Biodiversity Programme — Okavango Eternal & Southern Africa Conservation Estate · Safer City — Botswana's Nationwide AI-Enabled Police Camera Network
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Sustainability +0.186
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Evaluation evidence -0.33
Scalability beyond pilot -0.356
Governance, certification & transferability -0.361
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -0.405
Transferability / replicability -0.437
Efficiency -0.517
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.538
Transparency, fairness & accountability -0.547
Evidence of impact / measured public value -0.598
Documented learning -0.724
Effectiveness -0.811
Impact on gender equality -0.827
Evaluated outcomes -0.837
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.902
Top good practices here
Kitsong Centres – Rural Community Telecentre Network (Botswana) · 52
Botswana Domestic Violence Act 2008 — First Explicit Legislation Against Domestic Violence · 37
Botswana Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme · 27
Safer City — Botswana's Nationwide AI-Enabled Police Camera Network · 7
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 115
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence