Lesotho is a small Southern African country that has introduced two national cash transfer programmes, the Old Age … Pension and the Child Grant Programme. Although Lesotho has followed what has been called the 'Southern African model', the … Programme was initially driven by international organizations, but the dynamics were not Southern African, and the Lesotho …

cash transfer, in Lesotho. We show that the poorest households do not increase investment in children's human capital …

cash transfer (CT), in Lesotho. We show that the poorest households do not increase investment in children's human capital …

and Lesotho, two large apparel exporters serving both global and regional markets. We use a linear probability model to …

households in Lesotho. Under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act of 2000, the employment of women in ready-made garment …

investment (FDI). This is also the case in Lesotho that has developed to the largest Sub-Sahara African (SSA) apparel exporter to … Lesotho the regional market of South Africa. The two export markets US and South Africa are supplied by different types of FDI … distinct value chains. This paper assesses the implications for upgrading of integration into these two value chains in Lesotho …

Botswana's welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa … contract - to those of its neighbours in Southern Africa. It is the result of the specific character of poverty in Botswana and … the enduring, but not unchallenged, political dominance of the conservatively paternalist Botswana Democratic Party. …

This study investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on poverty reduction in Botswana from …

policy. This paper investigates linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and …