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BIDPA House
Plot 134 Tshwene Drive
Millennium Office Park

Private Bag BR-29
Gaborone
Botswana

Tel: (+267) 3971750
Fax: (+267) 3971748
Email: webmaster@bidpa.bw

Grace Kgakge ( Research Fellow)
Projects and Consultancies
  • The Impact of Botswana’s ALDEP Input Subsidy Scheme on arable Output of Targeted farmers. (University of Botswana, 1998)
  • Review of a study on “National Income, Natural Resources and Economic Growth in Africa” (University of Botswana, 1998)
  • Participated in a study called “A Poverty Profile for Gaborone” (BIDPA, 1998).
  • Participated in a study on the “Review and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Related Data for an Expanded National Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Botswana” (BIDPA, 1998).
  • Contributed towards the development of the Botswana Position Paper for SACU Renegotiations. (BIDPA, 1999).
  • Collected, analysed and interpreted data for a study on  “Botswana’s Pension Funds” (BIDPA, 1999).
  • Member of the research team of “The Fourth Evaluation of Financial Assistance Policy (FAP)  in Botswana” (BIDPA, 1999-2000).
  • Co-wrote and presented to USAID a study on “Trade, Commodity Price and Investment Data in SADC countries” (BIDPA, 2000).
  • Team member of a project on “Economic Mapping for Botswana” (BIDPA, 2001).
  • Coordinator and team member of the BIDPA Briefing project, (BIDPA, 2001)
  • Team member of  A SADC Project Assessing The Impact On SADC Countries Of The Proposed Economic Partnership Agreement Between ACP Countries And The EU.
  • Co-author of a project for Citizen Entepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) on the Food Industry Survey. (BIDPA, 2002-2003)
  • Coordinator and Team member of a project on the EU-LDC Network. (BIDPA, 2003)
  • Assisted with write up of sections on the Economic Management and Corporate Governance Project, (BIDPA, 2003)
  • Coordinator and Team member of the Global Competitiveness Survey Study for the World Economic Forum ( BIDPA, 2003)
  • Coordinated and co-authored on a project for the Foreign Investment Advisory Service and the World Bank on the Regulatory and Administrative Costs of doing Business in Botswana, BIDPA (BIDPA, 2003-2004)
  • Participating on the Review of the Revised National Incomes Policy of 1990 for Ministry of Finance and Development Planning ,(BIDPA, 2004).
  • Coordinator and author of a study on the effect of high oil prices on Mozambique and Zambia, (BIDPA, 2005).
  • Coordinator and author of a series of articles focusing on recent economic developments (Market Watch Botswana Issues), for Motswedi Securities, (BIDPA, 2005).
  • Coordinating a survey of nanstate actors and business perceptions on SADC regional integration for Friedrich Ebert Foundation, (BIDPA, 2005)

Published Research Work

  • Wrote a research paper on “The Determinants of Non-Mining Private Investment in Botswana” (  published as a BIDPA working paper)
  • Wrote a theme for the year 2000 BITEC on “Intra-Trade Between SADC Countries and Beyond: Key to Success for Manufacturing and Export Industries” (BIDPA, 2000).
  • Wrote a research paper on “Exchange Rate Volatility and the Effects of  Shifts in Monetary Policy for Botswana and South Africa using ARCH Models. University of Warwick, 2001(being summarised for publication).
  • Writing a research paper on “Possible Trade and Welfare Effects of Regional Economic Partnership Agreements (REPAs) on Botswana (in progress).
  • Wrote various articles published in the BIDPA Briefing since 2001 i.e
  • Botswana’s Pension Funds
  • Volatile Mineral Sector: Implications for government spending
  • Growth of Bank Credit
  • Performance of non-mining sectors: A review (contribution to GDP, export performance, contribution to revenue and employment)
  • Amendments to the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA II)
  • New Credit Ratings for Botswana
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows to Botswana: A review
  • Co Authoured 2003/2004 Budget Briefing
  • Botswana’s credit ratings: 2001-2003

 

 

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