Lesotho at fifty years of independence
Subtitle: aspects of a chequered development journey
By: Tumelo Tsikoane, editor ; contributors Bohloa, Tseko A (Mr) [and 9 others]
Contributors: National University of Lesotho; National University of Lesotho. Department of Development Studies; National University of Lesotho. Department of Economics
Publisher: National University of Lesotho
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Roma, Lesotho
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789991128443
Subjects: Congresses; Economic conditions; Economic development; History; Economic history
Notes: Five of these eight contributions were presented at a conference in October 2016 hosted at the National University of Lesotho, in a partnership of the Departments of Development Studies and Economics, with the theme "Rethinking Development for Lesotho: Cataloguing 50 Years of Development Mystique and Forecasting the Implementation of Agenda 2063."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Tumelo Tsikoane; title: Bilateral necessity : Basotho 'irregular migrants' and South Africa's special permits for Lesotho  -- Vusiliswe Thebe; title: Downsizing of the foreign migrant labourers on South African goldmines : the consequences of Basotho mineworkers retrenchments on rural and national development in Lesotho--a search for alternative and sustainable livelihood strategies  -- Tšepiso A. Rantšo; title: Thinking about foreign aid in Lesotho : fifty years of trial and error, 1966-2016  -- Khabele Matlosa; title: The status of decentralisation in Lesotho : evaluation of policy framework  -- Hoolo 'Nyane & Tumelo Tsikoane; title: Development of the Constitution of Lesotho since independence : a critical analysis of the Westminster Design in Lesotho  -- Hoolo 'Nyane; title: Prophets or allies? Interrogating the post-colonial Church intervention strategies in Lesotho's political instability  -- Lekholokoe Leshota; title: The role of the Christian Council of Lesotho in conflict management and mediation over the past 50 years of Lesotho's independence  -- Khosi Makubakube; title: Headways, regression, stagnation and lost opportunities : a bird's eye-view of development initiatives over Lesotho's 50 years of independence -- Tseko Bohloa, Ramosehlana Mapetla and Taelo Ramotšoari.