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Marketing in Lesotho

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Elize Moody
Elize Moody
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Senior Researcher, Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria
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As one of the 25 countries listed as ‘least developed’ by the United Nations, considerable thought is at present being given in many quarters to various aspects of development in Lesotho. Agricultural schemes involving millions of dollars have been initiated, and experts in different disciplines are employed by the Government to help solve some of the seemingly intractable problems of this small country surrounded by the Republic of South Africa.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1976 , pp. 144 - 154
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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