Employment creation and poverty reduction strategies in Southern Africa : a policy paper

Abstract

This report is a policy paper on employment creation and poverty reduction strategies in Southern Africa covering eleven countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.The study was commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Southern Africa Sub-regional Office in Lusaka). The consultant, Professor Lloyd Sachikonye of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Department of Agrarian and Labour Studies, University of Zimbabwe, was assisted in his work by Kwanele Ona Jirira and Arnold E. Sibanda of the same institute and department, and Joyce Laetitia Kazembe of the SAPES Trust.