From drought relief to post-disaster recovery : The case of Botswana

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the initiative of the Government of Botswana in formulating and introducing a programme to assist recovery in rural areas after the present drought period as an important aspect of the national development effort. It examines the process by which this Post Drought Recovery Programme was arrived at, its limitations, the extent of its appropriateness to longer-term factors which render rural households more vulnerable to drought, and suggest conclusions which may be drawn to inform the design of similar programmes elsewhere.(AU)