Mineral wealth and limited redistribution: social transfers and taxation in Botswana

Ulriksen, Marianne S.

doi:10.1080/02589001.2016.1246684

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“…As Ulriksen (2012) emphasizes, the absence of an independent middle class meant that the political elite faced little political pressure to implement the more 'social democratic' programmes introduced in Mauritius. Successive governments have been reluctant to increase either direct or indirect taxation (Ulriksen 2017). Nonetheless, the leadership of the BDP, drawn from the educated, cattle-owning elite, was under pressure to legitimate the new state, which entailed taking over responsibilities from chiefs, and to consolidate electoral support for the BDP in the face of competition from opposition parties.…”

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The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa

Ouma

2021

The Journal of Development Studies

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The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa

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2021

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…Bar-On (2001) emphasized the parsimony of the country's welfare policies, and concluded that 'Botswana's social assistance scheme fails many of the very poor completely, and those who do benefit from it are receiving steadily less of the nation's increasing prosperity' ( Bar-On 2001: 264). Ulriksen (2011Ulriksen ( , 2012Ulriksen ( , 2016 contrasted Botswana with Mauritius. Both were multi-party democracies with open, middle-income economies and competent state institutions.…”

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