Joint Research and Consultancies

Impact Assessment Survey of Services Offered by Botswana Bureau of Standards among the Manufacturers, Service Providers and Consumers- 2005 – lead consultant

Study on Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour (KAB) of Learners in the Vocational training Sector - 2005 – lead consultant

The Feasibility Study of the Agricultural Infrastructure Development Initiative, Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana, 2004 – lead consultant

Baseline Study for the Teacher Capacity Building Project for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Ministry of Education, Botswana,  2003 - lead consultant.

Funding the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Southern and Latin American Countries, Budget Information Service (BIS), South Africa, 2003. lead consultant.

Botswana Human Development Report, United Nations Development programme (UNDP), 1998 team leader for socio-economic review

Community Based Natural Resource Management Programme Formulation Study,  International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD), 1997 - team leader for socio-economic profiling.

AIDS Home-Based Care Pilot Project Evaluation, SNV Netherlands Development Corporation Botswana Country Program Review, Botswana Institution for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), 1997. lead consultant

Study on Veld Products and Associated Processing and Preservation Techniques Study conducted by Rural Industries Innovation Centre for Veld Products Research, Botswana, 1997. lead consultant

Study on Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Botswana. Botswana Institution for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), 1996 - team leader for agricultural review section

Book Chapters and Reviews

C.K Kerapeletswe (2004) eds “Migration, Common Property Resources and Degradation, Interlink ages to India’s Arid and semi-Arid Regions.” Chopra and S.C Gulati, Sage Publications, India. 

C.K Kerapeletswe and Moremi T. (2001). “Poverty and Democratization: The Case of  Botswana in Poverty Reduction  What Role for the  State in Today's Globalised Economy.” Chapter 11 in Francis Wilson, Nazneen Kanji and Einar Braathen (eds) Poverty Reduction What Role for the State in Today's Globalised Economy? ZED Books, 2001.

Research  and Conference Papers 

N.H Fidzani and Charity K. Kerapeletswe (2005) Policy Processes in Botswana Agriculture: A Retrospective and Perspective,  Presented at the Botswana Agricultural Research  Information Network Bi-Annual Conference, May 24-26, 2005

Charity K. Kerapeletswe and N.H Fidzani (2005) Privatisation of Agricultural Extension, Is it an Option for Botswana? Concepts, Reasons and Assumptions, Presented at the Botswana Agricultural Research  Information Network Bi-Annual Conference, May 24-26, 2005

Charity K. Kerapeletswe and Daphney Keboneilwe (2005) Women in Agricultural Micro-enterprises:  Challenges and Prospects of Street Vending in Gaborone City,  Presented at the Botswana Agricultural Research  Information Network Bi-Annual Conference, May 24-26, 2005

C.K Kerapeletswe (2005) Community-Based Natural Resources Management, Does it Work for Marginal Ethnic Groups? The Case of Basarwa (San) of Botswana. (submitted to the Human Ecology Journal)

C.K Kerapeletswe (2005) Egalitarian Regime in the Midst of Socio-Economic Heterogeneity: Challenges and Opportunities for Institutional Success and Conservation Outcomes: Evidence from Botswana (submitted to Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa) 

C.K Kerapeletswe (2004) “The Non-Timber Forest Product Management Impacts on Biodiversity in Botswana”,  Digital Library of the Commons.

Kerapeletswe, C.K  (2003) “Property Rights and Biodiversity Conservation in a Common Property Regime, The Case of  Chobe and Ghanzi/Kgalagadi, Botswana”, PhD Thesis, University York, York.

Kerapeletswe, C.K and Lovett, J.C. (2002). “The Likely Effects of Inequality and Globalisation on Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources: The Case of Basarwa (Bushmen) of Botswana. “ This paper was presented at the 9th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Study of Common Property (IASCP), 17- 21 June 2002, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Kerapeletswe, C. K. and Lovett J.C. (2002). “Factors that Contribute to Participation in Common Property Resource Management, The Case of Chobe Enclave and Ghanzi/Kgalagadi, Botswana.” presented at the Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists was held at the Marriott Hotel in Monterey, California, June 24-27.

Kerapeletswe, C.K and Lovett, J.C. (2001), "The Role of Common Pool Resources in Economic Welfare of Rural Households." Environment Department, University of York. This paper was submitted to the Digital Library of the Commons.

Kerapeletswe, C. K. and Moremi, T. (2000) “Participation and the Performance of the State in Poverty Alleviation, the Case of Botswana.” Paper presented at CROP-initiated Conference on the Role of the State in Poverty Alleviation took place in Cape Town, South Africa from the 18th to 22nd of September 1999.

Kerapeletswe, C.K (1997). “Impact of the Arable lands Development Programme on Poverty Reduction.” A paper presented at a Seminar on Poverty Alleviation in Botswana. Boipuso Hall, Gaborone.

Kerapeletswe, C.K (1996). “ The role of Appropriate Technology in Rural Development.” A paper presented at FAO Food security Seminar for Sub-Saharan Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 1996.

Kerapeletswe, C.K (1995). “Botswana's Income Support and Stabilisation Policies for Subsistence Farmers, a Case Study of the Arable Lands Development Program (ALDEP).” Masters Thesis, Kansas State University, USA.

Kerapeletswe, C. K. (1993). “Ten Years of the Arable Lands Development Program-Impact Assessment.” Ministry of Agriculture.

Kerapeletswe, C.K (1993). “Incentives for women Entrepreneurs.” A paper presented at Southern African Development Community (SADC) Engendering Food Security Workshop, Gaborone, Botswana.

Kerapeletswe, C.K (1992). “Food Processing Technologies that Promote Income Generating Acitives for Women at Grassroots.” A paper presented at Southern African Development Community (SADC) Engendering Food Security Workshop, Mababane, Swaziland.

Kerapeletswe, C.K (1991). “The Role of Project Monitoring and Evaluation – Lessons Learnt from Arable Lands Development Programme.”  Paper Presented at a Workshop on Establishing Monitoring and Evaluation Section for Ministry of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana

Kerapeletswe, C. K. (1992). “ North East and South East Districts Tractor Utilization.” Ministry of Agriculture.

Kerapeletswe, C. K. (1992). “ ALDEP Plough Package Uptake.” Ministry of Agriculture.

Kerapeletswe, C. K. (1992). “The ALDEP Package Physical Audit.”  Ministry of Agriculture.

Kerapeletswe, C. K. (1991). “Nine Years of Arable Lands Development Program.” Ministry of Agriculture.

Kerapeletswe, C. K. (1991). “The Tlokweng Extension Area ALDEP Package Uptake”. Ministry of Agriculture.

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