Smith, W. JamesMistiaen, EmmaGuven, MelisMorojele, Morabo2014-07-222014-07-222013-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18967This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MARKETSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL SECTORASSISTANCE PROGRAMSBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDSBENEFIT LEVELSCASH GRANTSCASH INCOMECASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFER SCHEMECASH TRANSFERSCASH-FOR-WORKCHILD SUPPORTCHRONIC FOOD INSECURITYCHRONICALLY POORCOMMUNITY COUNCILCONDITIONAL CASHCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECOST-EFFECTIVENESSDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDIRECT BENEFICIARIESDONOR FUNDINGDROUGHTECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC DOWNTURNECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SHOCKSELDERLY PEOPLEEMERGENCY FOODEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT SCHEMEEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY MEMBERSFARMERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFISCAL CRISISFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD INSECURITYFOOD ITEMSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD PRICESFOOD REQUIREMENTSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGESFOOD-FOR-WORKGRANT PROGRAMHEALTH SERVICESHIGH INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDRENHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEIMPACT ON POVERTYINADEQUATE FOODINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME POVERTYINEQUALITYIRRIGATIONLABOR-INTENSIVE WORKSLAND MANAGEMENTLAND RECLAMATIONLANDLESSLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLOSS OF INCOMEMALNUTRITIONMEANS TESTMEANS TESTINGMOUNTAIN AREASMOUNTAIN REGIONSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL SHOCKSNEEDY HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITION PROGRAMNUTRITIONAL STATUSOLD AGEOLD AGE PENSIONOLD AGE PENSIONSPENSIONSPERSISTENT INEQUALITYPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOORPOOR AREASPOOR FARMERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOORER AREASPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATESPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY STATUSPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPROTECTION POLICIESPROTECTION POLICYPROTECTION SYSTEMPUBLIC ASSISTANCEPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSPURCHASING POWERRECOVERY PROGRAMREFORM PROGRAMREMOTE AREASROAD MAINTENANCERURALRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DIVIDERURAL FARMERSRURAL GAPRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL PHENOMENONRURAL POORRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL ROADRURAL ROAD MAINTENANCESAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET SYSTEMSAFETY NET SYSTEMSSAFETY NET TRANSFERSSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSCHOOL MEALSCHOOL MEALSSHOCKSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SPENDINGSOCIAL TRANSFERSOCIAL TRANSFERSSOCIAL WELFARESTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONSUBSISTENCESUBSISTENCE ECONOMYSUPPORT PAYMENTSSUPPORT PROGRAMTARGETED TRANSFERSTARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTEMPORARY SHOCKSTRANSFER AMOUNTSTRANSFER PROGRAMTRANSFER PROGRAMSTRANSFER RESOURCESUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSAL TRANSFERVILLAGE LEVELVOUCHERSVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTVULNERABLE CHILDRENVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSVULNERABLE PEOPLEVULNERABLE POPULATIONSWAGE BILLWAGE EMPLOYMENTWAGE RATEWAGE RATESWELFARE MONITORINGWORK PROGRAMWORKS PROGRAM10.1596/18967