second poorest of the FSU republics, and one of the poorest countries in the world. Absolute poverty affected about half of … the population in spite of progress made in 2001, and, although poverty is highest in rural areas, there are large … regional disparities, where transient poverty is high as a result of high consumption volatility. Access to public services …

This report on managing government finances for growth and poverty reduction in Lesotho is centered on three areas of … workers in South Africa and a slowdown in GDP growth rate; 2) the increase in the incidence of poverty over the past twenty …

workfare scheme in which the government acts as the employer of last resort. Is this a cost-effective policy against poverty … sufficient for a typical poor family to reach the poverty line would bring the annual poverty rate down from 34 percent to 25 … (three months) would bring the annual poverty rate down to 31 percent at a cost of 1.3 percent of GDP. While the gains from a …