… DR DOUGLAS RASBASH A DIFFERENT ANSWER By the time the final whistle blew on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Spain had become world champions after defeating Argentina in the final.…
… By Douglas Rasbash Botswana’s old development model was simple: spend more, build more, import more, employ more through the state, and assume that wellbeing would follow. …
By Douglas Rasbash A severely burned infant’s desperate journey from a public clinic to a private hospital exposes deeper questions about medicine shortages, emergency care and Botswana’s ability to protect its most vulnerable citizens. …
Time for a new development paradigm Douglas Rasbash Despite billions in development spending, Douglas Rasbash argues that Botswana’s planning model has drifted from transformation to performance, with weaker growth and higher unemployment exposing the need for sharper, outcome fo …
By Douglas Rasbash The forensic audit report should be read like an iceberg. What the public can see above the waterline is already alarming: 814 findings, 585 of them rated Very High or High severity, 80 special investigation referrals, contracts and payments with a combined gro …
… As growth stalls and pressures mount, Douglas Rasbash argues that six critical pillars must move from fragmented ideas into a single, disciplined economic framework. …
Botswana's transport sector may represent an economy-wide burden approaching 17% of GDP, though it is commonly underestimated. The piece argues that transport is the most commonly experienced but least understood of all economic activities.
Botswana's transport sector may represent an economy-wide burden approaching 17% of GDP, though it is commonly underestimated. The piece argues that transport is the most commonly experienced but least understood of all economic activities.
Spain became world champions at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeating Argentina in the final. The 48-team format widened opportunity, challenged traditional hierarchies, and gave more nations competitive hope.
As land waiting lists grow and development costs rise, Botswana faces questions about whether its policy of free residential land allocation, a nation-building measure from an earlier era, can remain sustainable in its present form.
Botswana's historical development model of increased spending, construction, imports, and state employment succeeded while diamonds sustained it, but a new model is needed that raises wellbeing, productivity, and exports without relying on higher public spending, diamonds, or resource consumption.
A severely burned infant's transfer from a public clinic to a private hospital raises questions about medicine shortages and Botswana's emergency care capacity for vulnerable populations.
Douglas Rasbash argues that despite over P660 billion in development spending, Botswana's planning model has drifted from transformation to performance, with weaker growth and higher unemployment exposing the need for sharper, outcome-focused development policy.
As climate change intensifies and nearly half of Botswana's land shows signs of ecological stress, the country is pursuing an ambitious national restoration programme to rebuild degraded communal rangelands before environmental decline threatens long-term economic survival.
A forensic audit report identified 814 findings, 585 of them rated Very High or High severity, 80 special investigation referrals, and contracts and payments with a combined gross value of about P160 billion, with the author suggesting this represents only a portion of the underlying problems.
Douglas Rasbash argues that Botswana has abundant plans and strategies but lacks a binding policy to truly shape the economy, and contends that six critical pillars must move from fragmented ideas into a single, disciplined economic framework.