The Bureau of Statistics (BOS) will conduct the 2008 Lesotho Labour Force Survey that is expected to take a month, starting from May.

According to information from the Bureau, the type of survey is conducted regularly after the population census with the aim of cross-checking the census results.

The BOS says the objective of the survey is to collect information on important aspects of the labour force in the country.

The information will help the government to assess the current economic activities, poverty levels, employment and gender as well as economically active population engaged in the informal sector.

It is expected to pave way for government to make informed decisions in the area of employment creation and poverty reduction.

The exercise involves interviews in households that will have been sampled and randomly selected.

The Bureau of Statistics says it is listing households in the selected areas in all the districts, an exercise that started on March 28 and expected to end on April 13.

In addition, it is winding up a pilot survey aimed at testing the survey instrument, which is a questionnaire, it started on March 28 and ends on Friday in preparation for the main survey.

The activity was carried out in Quthing, Qacha's Nek, Thaba Tseka and Mohale's Hoek.

The last Labour Force Survey was conducted in 1997, after the 1996 population census.

Source: LENA 04/04/2008