Lesotho - Sharing Growth by Reducing Inequality and Vulnerability : Choices for Change A Poverty, Gender, and Social Assessment

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:23:41Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:23:41Z
dc.date	2010-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:43:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:43:23Z
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dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2884
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243241
dc.description	Lesotho began a structural economic transformation in the early 1990s. The transformation has brought higher, more secure incomes to households while the government succeeded in dramatically improving access to services such as education, health, water, and transportation. Yet today, Lesotho faces a number of serious development challenges, including a high rate of chronic poverty, entrenched income inequality, and most troubling one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the world. This report focuses on three main areas: i) livelihood patterns among Lesotho's households and how these correlate with opportunity and exclusion; ii) how the government could make access to public services and overall social development more equitable; and iii) how the economic and social vulnerabilities of households, including HIV/AIDS, could be alleviated in order to reduce poverty. In this report concludes that it is possible for Lesotho to reduce poverty and to continue its transition to an economically diverse middle-income country by undertaking three key strategies: continuing to develop the investment climate for labor-intensive production; implementing programs to support commercial agriculture and reduce land degradation in rural areas; and developing a strategy to support socioeconomic and geographic mobility of workers into higher-productivity sectors. Public funds should be better targeted towards assisting the poor to build human capital and manage risks. Other recommendations to improve the plight of the people of Lesotho include creating a more equitable and inclusive society, especially for women, and developing a more effective campaign against HIV/AIDS.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AIDS
dc.subject	AIDS PREVENTION
dc.subject	AIDS RELIEF
dc.subject	ANTENATAL CARE
dc.subject	BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	CALORIES
dc.subject	CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILD NUTRITION
dc.subject	CHILDREN
dc.subject	CHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subject	CIRCUMCISION
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLINICS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	COMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subject	CONDOMS
dc.subject	CROP PRODUCTION
dc.subject	CYCLE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	DEATH
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION OF LAND
dc.subject	DROPOUT
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EMERGENCY PLAN
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	EQUAL ACCESS
dc.subject	EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EXTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subject	FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
dc.subject	FOOD AID
dc.subject	FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject	FOOD NEEDS
dc.subject	FOOD PRICES
dc.subject	FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	GRAIN PRODUCTION
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	HEALTH
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HOSPITALS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS WITH LIVESTOCK
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subject	INCIDENCE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INCOME POVERTY
dc.subject	INCOME RISK
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INEQUITIES
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFORMAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	INTERNAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	INTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOUR MARKET
dc.subject	LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject	LAND DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	LAND RIGHTS
dc.subject	LAND TENURE
dc.subject	LANDHOLDINGS
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LIFE EVENTS
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MALNUTRITION
dc.subject	MARKETING
dc.subject	MEASURES
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MIGRATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MINORITY
dc.subject	MORBIDITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	MOTHER-TO-CHILD
dc.subject	MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
dc.subject	NATIONAL AIDS
dc.subject	NATIONAL AIDS COMMISSION
dc.subject	NATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject	NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NURSING
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	NUTRITION OUTCOMES
dc.subject	OPEN SOCIETY
dc.subject	ORPHANS
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	PEOPLE
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR AREAS
dc.subject	POOR CHILDREN
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POOR NUTRITION
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	POVERTY PROFILE
dc.subject	POVERTY RATES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
dc.subject	POVERTY SITUATION
dc.subject	PREVENTION
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PROFITABLE FARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	RAPE
dc.subject	RECREATION
dc.subject	REGISTRATION
dc.subject	REMITTANCE
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	RISK GROUPS
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RISKS
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RURAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	RURAL HEALTH
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	RURAL INCOME
dc.subject	RURAL INCOMES
dc.subject	RURAL INEQUALITY
dc.subject	RURAL LABOR
dc.subject	RURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	RURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subject	SAFE WATER
dc.subject	SAFETY NET SYSTEMS
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SERVICE FACILITIES
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SEXUAL VIOLENCE
dc.subject	SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
dc.subject	SHARECROPPING
dc.subject	SOCIAL CHANGE
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICE
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	SPOUSES
dc.subject	STRATEGY
dc.subject	STRESS
dc.subject	STUDENTS
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE FARMING
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TARGETING
dc.subject	TEACHER SALARIES
dc.subject	TERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	TRAINING
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN MIGRATION
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VICTIMS
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	WATER PROJECT
dc.subject	WOMEN
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.title	Lesotho - Sharing Growth by Reducing Inequality and Vulnerability : Choices for Change A Poverty, Gender, and Social Assessment
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	Southern Africa
dc.coverage	Lesotho