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Lesotho:
Textile Industry Gets a Lifeline
UNIRIN, 24 November 2011
The Lesotho Government plans to spend 100 million maloti (US$12.7 million) over the next two years in an effort to breathe life into the crucial textile industry. Read more »
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Lesotho:
Government to Turn Its Back On Textile Industry
IPS, 28 October 2011
Lesotho's textile sector - the country's largest employer - is regarded by many as the only way out of the poverty trap in a tiny kingdom where more than half of the population… Read more »
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Lesotho:
Country's Textiles Battle the Odds
Business Day, 7 August 2006
PROLONGED rand strength since 2002 has decimated Lesotho's exports, particularly textiles, which form the backbone of the economy. Read more »
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Lesotho:
Global Changes, Negative Results
Business Day, 7 August 2006
THE efforts of global nongovernmental organisations to get rich countries to open their markets could have unintended negative consequences for many developing countries. ComMark… Read more »
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Lesotho:
Textiles No Longer Hanging By a Thread
UNIRIN, 3 July 2006
Lesotho's single largest employer, the textile industry, has made a remarkable comeback, setting an example for the region and giving thousands back their jobs. Read more »
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Africa:
Lesotho Shows Textile Woes Are About More Than China
Business Day, 1 July 2006
IF THE example of Lesotho is anything to go by, China might not be solely responsible for the woeful state of the South African clothing and textile industry after all. Read more »
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Lesotho:
New Strategies to Boost a Flagging Economy
UNIRIN, 21 September 2005
Job creation and bolstering food production are to be the cornerstones of the Lesotho government's fight against deepening poverty. Read more »
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Africa:
Textile Producers Get a Boost from Trade Bill Adopted in Pre-Adjournment Congressional Flurry
allAfrica, 12 December 2006
Legislation that has been credited with spurring expanded American trade with Africa received a late-hour extension from the United States Congress just before both houses… Read more »
