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Lesotho : a safety net to end extreme poverty

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  • Smith, W. James
  • Mistiaen, Emma
  • Guven, Melis
  • Morojele, Morabo

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This report shows that while more inclusive growth is the ultimate solution to poverty in Lesotho, the country can and should use selective social transfers to reduce poverty more rapidly among the extreme poor. But because the majority of the transfers are received by people who are not among the extreme poor there is room for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of spending on safety nets which. These programs should be productive and concentrate on the extreme poor Basotho. In the long run, Lesotho should move towards a more consolidated safety net and strengthen existing programs, such as the Child Grants Program, that already provide some important and positive outcomes and enjoy strong popular and political support.

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  • Smith, W. James & Mistiaen, Emma & Guven, Melis & Morojele, Morabo, 2013. "Lesotho : a safety net to end extreme poverty," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 88999, The World Bank.
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    1. World Bank, 2012. "Swaziland - Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty," World Bank Publications - Reports 12321, The World Bank Group.
    2. Margaret Grosh & Carlo del Ninno & Emil Tesliuc & Azedine Ouerghi, 2008. "For Protection and Promotion : The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6582.
    3. Government of Lesotho, 2011. "Lesotho Post-Disaster Needs Assessment : Heavy Rains 2010-11," World Bank Publications - Reports 12683, The World Bank Group.
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    1. Prifti, Ervin & Daidone, Silvio & Davis, Benjamin, 2019. "Causal pathways of the productive impacts of cash transfers: Experimental evidence from Lesotho," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 258-268.

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    Safety Nets and Transfers; Rural Poverty Reduction; Regional Economic Development; Services&Transfers to Poor;
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