Poverty Asia

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli addressed, through a pre-recorded video, a high-level side event titled ‘Poverty at a Crossroad: Using Leadership and …

… and the Multidimensional Poverty Index to Build Back Better’ organized on the margins of the 75th Session of UN General Assembly, on Thursday.

The Constitution of Nepal enshrines several indicators of multiple poverty as fundamental rights of the citizens that include right to food, right to basic …

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 24. The number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the impact …

Highlighting Nepal’s approach of looking at poverty as a multidimensional problem, PM Oli shed light on the government’s targeted programs on …

goals to eradicate extreme poverty and preserve the environment by a 2030 target. “Today, we have a surplus of multilateral challenges and a deficit of …

The regional poverty rate is expected to increase as households close to the poverty line would likely fall into poverty due to the loss of income sources.

It is also a place where going to work abroad actually drives some households into poverty instead of lifting them out of it. This is why author Ramesh …

By 2021, for every 100 men living in extreme poverty, there will be 118 women, which is expected to increase to 121 women by 2030. Nepali Mahila.

For the past five months, sanitary napkins have not reached many remote villages, forcing girls to go back to using unhygienic methods. Period poverty …