Country Assistance Evaluations

Abstract: This Report evaluates Bank Group assistance to the Kingdom of Lesotho. On the basis of an earlier understanding between the Bank and the World Bank, the evaluation was carried out jointly by the two institutions. Chapters 1 and 2 of the Report, which were prepared jointly, are common to the evaluation reports of both institutions. The present evaluation report focuses on the main sectors of Bank’s assistance, namely the transport and social sectors, while the World Bank focuses on poverty and poverty-related issues, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, human resource development and private sector development. Resource constraints preclude the inclusion of the agricultural sector which, on cumulative basis, accounts for 13.1% of Bank approved loans and grants as of December 31, 1999.