INFRASTRUCTURE AND TIME POVERTY IN LESOTHO

This paper uses a combination of nationally representative individual level time use, household and community data to further our understanding of time poverty. With a common, and growing, perception in the empirical literature being that Sub Saharan African females are typically disadvantaged in market-based activities because of the large time burden of having to undertake both formal work and domestic duties, it is important to understand some of the key processes and issues that underpin, and link with, poverty reduction. Using nationally representative data from Lesotho we are able to provide unique insights into gender-related, formal and informal, work allocations and specifically obtain insights regarding the main determinants of those who are "time poor", and how key infrastructural elements impact on this. Copyright (c) 2008 The Author. Journal compilation (c) Economic Society of South Africa 2008.