Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004

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2005-10

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PLAAS, University of the Western Cape & Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc. (CARE)

Abstract

The study compares the livelihoods and inter-household sharing mechanisms in a Lesotho village across a 28 year period. The report examines the complex socio-economic structures and systems that are in place in the rural village. Despite external signs of improved housing standards, the study finds ominous signs of growing vulnerability as much of the community's economic backbone has been lost. Options for assistance by external agencies and by social protection systems are explored.

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Livelihoods, Crops, Lesotho, Sharecropping, Livestock

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Turner, S. (2005) Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004. Research Report 22, October 2005. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape & CARE

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