Governments’ Policy Response to Drought in Eswatini and Lesotho: A Systematic Review of the Characteristics, Comprehensiveness, and Quality of Existing Policies to Improve Community Resilience to Drought Hazards

Table 1

Regional selected humanitarian appeals for drought emergency response.

Country	Botswana	Eswatini	Lesotho	Namibia	South Africa	Ref.
Drought period 1992-93
Population in need of assistance in million (%)	0.1 (33.1%)	0.25 (21.2%)	0.17 (28%)	0.25 (35.2%)	00	[30–32]
Appeal USD million	5.73	16.2	11.1	19.4	00
Drought period 2012-13
Population in need of assistance in million (%)	00	0.3 (28%)	0.76 (34%)	00	00	[13, 24]
Appeal USD million	00	11.3	5.5	00	00
Drought period 2015–17
Population in need of assistance in million (%)	0.057 (1.1%)	0.64 (72%)	0.71 (14.2%)	0.72 (15.4%)	14.3 (8.0%)	[24, 32, 33]
Appeal USD million	00	92	38	56.6	00