LESOTHO 2022 VNR Key Messages
1. Over the past two decades, Lesotho has made strides in poverty reduction, with poverty declining from 56.6% in 2002 to 49.7% in 2017 and multidimensional child poverty dropping from 65.4% in 2014 to 45.5% in 2018. However, poverty is mostly concentrated in the rural areas and hard to reach areas. For instance, urban areas recorded a strong poverty reduction from 41.5% in 2002 to 28.5% in 2017, while…
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