This study examined ongoing economic empowerment programs that are being implemented by both government and NGOs in rural areas of Lesotho. The key objectives were to gain some insight into major government and NGO poverty reduction programs that target or at least include the rural poor, and to establish the challenges encountered by the benefactors in executing their poverty reduction efforts. A qualitative approach involving interviews was utilized to collect data from a sample of six government ministries and six NGOs. The study revealed that various economic empowerment programs were being implemented throughout the country. The main challenges faced by the government and NGOs in their quest to assist the rural poor were constrained resources, inadequate cooperation and/or interference from political leadership, and the insufficient enthusiasm of target groups.

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莱索托政府和非政府组织在农村减贫方面的经济赋权计划

这项研究审查了政府和非政府组织在莱索托农村地区正在实施的经济赋权计划。主要目标是深入了解主要针对或至少包括农村贫困人口的政府和非政府组织减贫计划，并确定捐助者在执行减贫工作时遇到的挑战。使用涉及访谈的定性方法从六个政府部委和六个非政府组织的样本中收集数据。研究表明，全国正在实施各种经济赋权计划。政府和非政府组织在寻求帮助农村贫困人口的过程中面临的主要挑战是资源有限、合作不足和/或政治领导层的干预、