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Dr.Douglas Rasbash PhD

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International consultant, researcher; columnist - Botswana Gazette, Chair Botswana Climate Change Network, special eMobility adviser. Eternally hopeful.

Gaborone, Botswana
Joined December 2012
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@FemiOke @AJEnglish @AJStream Previous pandemics have catalyzed changes in medical science, public health & town planning. In this case it will be transport. Traveling will be replaced by online, for work, education, shopping and services. The age of mobility will be replaced by accessibility.
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@Ndaba_Gaolathe Lack of outcomes.
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@spectatorindex Presumably all past presidents still have security clearance. Obama Bush Clinton- so what difference does revoking Biden’s make?
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@elonmusk The largest increase is education -Isn’t that great!!!
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@AssaadRazzouk What climate change activists need to do more of is economics. Explain that solar energy is cheaper making companies more competitive while lowering energy bills at home. As anyone that runs an EV will say, they are much cheaper to run. Focus on the economics Assaad.
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How will ⁦the nascent ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ confront its new economic reality? ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@Ndaba_Gaolathe⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo⁩. Not by sugar coating its first budget. Read more on ⁦@gazettebw
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Decentralization might give a boost that ⁦@Botswana⁩ needs. My piece in ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ ⁦@Ndaba_Gaolathe⁩ ⁦@BogoloKenewendo
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@TheEconomist AID should have a multiplier effect on those that provide it and receive it.
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@elonmusk Gender is not a biological classification but a social and psychological one. Sex is the biological classification for all animals. Regarding gender - there has been and always will be gender issues. We cannot legislate them away, anymore than food preferences
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The diversification top ten for diamond dependent ⁦@Botswana⁩ in the ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment
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@BWPresidency The usual uninformative statement. If two parties talk - it is bilateral. If parties talk it is because they have ties and mutual interests. Let this more enlightened and open UDC government provide interesting, intelligent and more informative public statements.
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@Ferasalsaab @gazettebw @duma_boko @BWGovernment @BogoloKenewendo Thank you. Hard times ahead for Botswana
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@elonmusk Is work a punishment, where workers must sacrifice and suffer? If jobs can be done better and cheaper at home then why not support that. In the future realm of 4IR and robotics we will think very differently.
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No calls for unity - only a deepening of the polarization gripping this country. It will not end well. ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment⁩ ⁦@USEmbassyBW
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@TheNamibian Not if you drive. Namibia has one of the highest rates of road accident fatalities in the world. In 2020, the age-adjusted death rate from road traffic accidents was 44.05 per 100,000 people.
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@elonmusk Untrue. Look at the data - Europeans are satisfied with their quality of life
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Sweep away colonial nonsense and restore African dignity my item in ⁦@gazettebw⁩ ⁦@duma_boko⁩ ⁦@BWGovernment
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@AssaadRazzouk Thank you so much Assad for your contribution to making our planet healthier. You are the best online commentator. Now here is the $64 billion question. ( used to thousand when I was a kid) Is the rate of climate change slowing?
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@MmegiOnline What has long been feared is now happening - the bedrock of the economy of Botswana and its cushioned society is slipping away. How this new government coalition responds will chart the future course of this fledgling nation.
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