TABLES
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3.1 List of international treaties and conventions signed by Lesotho ............................................
46
3.2 Election results and distribution of National Assembly seats in 1993, 1998 and 2002 ...........
63
3.3 Gender representation in political and decision-making leadership, 1996–2008 ....................
84
4.1 Selected economic indicators ...................................................................................................
97
5.1 Labour codes signed by Lesotho ...............................................................................................
142
5.2 Ease of doing business ..............................................................................................................
145
5.3 Starting a business ....................................................................................................................
147
5.4 Registering property ..................................................................................................................
147
5.5 Enforcing contracts ....................................................................................................................
148
5.6 The most problematic factors in doing business (per cent of responses) ................................
149
6.1 External funding, 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 ..............................................................................
180
6.2 External debt, 2003 to 2008 ......................................................................................................
181
6.3 Lesotho’s rating of the prospects of achieving the Millennium Development Goals
at a glance .................................................................................................................................
187
6.4 Millennium Development Goal indicators ................................................................................
192
6.5 Gross enrolment rates for preprimary schools (1999 to 2006) .................................................
197
6.6 Gross enrolment rates and net enrolment rates for primary schools (1999 to 2006) ...............
198
6.7 Gross enrolment rates and net enrolment rates for secondary schools (1999 to 2006) ..........
199
6.8 Gross enrolment rates for tertiary institutions (1999 to 2006) .................................................
200
6.9 Data on health and family planning, 2006 ................................................................................
201
6.10 Bulk electricity supply to the Lesotho Electricity Company in megawatt hours .......................
209
6.11 Energy imports in megawatt hours for 2008 .............................................................................
209
6.12 Gender disparities in primary enrolments .................................................................................
214
6.13 Gender disparities in secondary enrolments ............................................................................
215
6.14 Gender disparities in tertiary enrolments (2005) ......................................................................
215
7.1 Selected demographic indicators for Lesotho, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 ..................................
222
7.2 Unemployment rate, 1994/1995 to 2002/2003 .........................................................................
235
7.3 Economic significance of Basotho miners in South Africa ........................................................
235