BOXES 4.1 The implications of overdependence on Southern African Customs Union revenue ............... 114 4.2 The new Southern African Customs Union revenue-sharing formula and its implications for Lesotho ................................................................................................................................. 122 4.3 Low project implementation rate a major concern ................................................................... 124 5.1 Some of the regulations issued by the Central Bank of Lesotho for financial supervision ...... 140 5.2 Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Developing own brand of corporate governance ensures sustainability and strengthens regional integration ................................................................. 162 GOOD AND BEST PRACTICES 3.1 Security sector reforms ............................................................................................................. 59 3.2 Constitutional monarchy ............................................................................................................ 66 3.3 Electoral system reform ............................................................................................................ 66 6.1 Gender equality ......................................................................................................................... 216 FIGURES 1.1 Key postreview mission activities up to the stage of peer review ........................................... 24 1.2 African Peer Review Mechanism geographical coverage ........................................................ 25 4.1 Structure of gross domestic product, 2007 (per cent) ............................................................... 99 4.2 Consumer price inflation, 2002–2008 (per cent) ....................................................................... 109 4.3 Trends in Southern African Customs Union revenue ................................................................ 112 4.4 Sources of finance for capital expenditure, 2007 (per cent of total) ........................................ 123 5.1 Ease of doing business – global rankings ................................................................................. 146 5.2 Protecting investors ................................................................................................................... 148 6.1 Contribution of sectors to gross domestic product (average of 2001 to 2006) ........................ 173 7.1 Annual trends in population growth (in per cent), 1980 to 2009 .............................................. 223 vii

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