In Lesotho, poverty and unemployment are rife in rural areas. This study sought to establish the profile of unemployed people, their challenges and how they cope with unemployment. This was a quantitative study with a sample size of 120 unemployed people drawn from Manonyane rural area in the ...
The Lesotho economy is experiencing a downturn of economic growth, high unemployment and poverty, and fiscal and balance-of-payments pressures. The size of the proposed fiscal adjustment is adequate because it focuses on improvement in the external current account balance and the maintenance of gross...
1983-91 (30 percent of each paycheck is now "deferred" until the worker returns home). If this downward spiral continues, Lesotho will face severe unemployment and a staggering loss of outside earnings that have been the primary source of family support and economic development since independence...
and largest city Maseru 29°28′S27°56′E / 29.467°S 27.933°E Ethnic groups 99.7%Basotho 0.3% Others Demonym(s) Mosotho(singular) Basotho(plural) GovernmentUnitaryparliamentaryconstitutional monarchy •Monarch Letsie III •Prime Minister ...
century. The continued decline in agricultural production—caused in part byendemicsoilerosionin the already limited arable land as well as by repeated droughts and the impact of the HIV/AIDSpandemicon the workforce—resulted in chronic food shortages, and widespreadpovertyand unemployment plagued the ...
Unemployment rate 24.6% (2021 est.) 24.56% (2020 est.) 22.44% (2019 est.) Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) total:37.4% (2021 est.) male:32.8% NA female:43.8% NA Population below poverty line 49.7% (2017 est.) Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income ...
Lesotho's unemployment, poverty and income inequality and other social ills remain pervasive in the face of non-inclusive growth. Using structural vector a... M Damane,L Sekantsi - 《Modern Economy》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 Lesotho - Systematic country diagnostic Lesotho is one of the poorest...
The Kingdom of Lesotho is faced with high levels of unemployment and poverty, especially in the rural areas. The local community at HA Mofutho near Quasha's Nek (Lesotho, Africa) was separated from health clinics, markets and employment by the Senqu River. Royal HaskoningDHV was appointed ...
o. While Lesotho has grown faster than its regional peers over the last decade, partly driven by capital intensive mining and infrastructure projects, high levels of unemployment, poverty, and inequality persist. GDP growth is expected to be around 3 pe
Unemployment rate 28.1% (2014 est.) 25% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world:205 Population below poverty line 57% (2016 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:1% highest 10%:39.4% (2003) Distribution of family income - Gini index ...