The World Bank in Lesotho

The World Bank helps the government enhance competitiveness, foster private sector–led growth, improve human capital outcomes, and strengthen climate resilience through improving the management of natural resources and access to climate-resilient infrastructure.

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Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Lesotho

New World Bank Group Strategy Focuses on Job Creation, Human Capital, and Climate Resilience.
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Transforming Lesotho’s Farmers into Entrepreneurs

A World Bank-supported project is helping smallholder farmers diversify their crops, and expand markets.
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Lesotho Policy Notes

Key findings from a broad range of World Bank engagements in Lesotho, including policy dialogue, analytics and lending.

Lesotho At-A-Glance

Lesotho is a small, mountainous, and landlocked country, surrounded by its much larger neighbor, South Africa. It has a population of almost 2.3 million and nominal GDP per capita of $1,045.9 in 2022. A lower-middle-income country, Lesotho is mostly highlands, with its lowest point 1,400 meters above sea level.

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Pathways to Sustainable Livelihoods Project

The Pathways to Sustainable Livelihoods project aims to improve the efficiency and equity of selected social assistance programs and to strengthen the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable households.

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Country Partnership Framework M&E Dashboard

Lesotho’s five-year Country Partnership Framework is centered around three high-level, long-term outcomes: increased employment in the private sector through improving the enabling environment for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises’ growth to crowd in private investment for enhanced job creation, improved human capital outcomes through the strengthening of the quality of education, health, and social protection; and strengthened climate resilience through improving the management of natural resources and access to climate resilient infrastructure.

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Satu Kahkonen

Country Director for South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini

Yoichiro Ishihara

Country Representative for Lesotho

Asmeen Khan

Manager, Operations

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