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Why Nepal’s poverty rate is stuck : After a dramatic drop in the past decade, poverty is now static despite remittances and state intervention, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 23/08/2024)

Nepal’s poorest district identified as Bajura, richest as Mustang, by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 27/04/2024)

How are different social groups faring? There is a need for disaggregated data by social groups to understand it, by Deepak Thapa (kp 07/03/2024)

Urban poverty is on the rise, while rural poverty keeps falling : Experts call for creation of more jobs in order to address the livelihood issues of the urban poor, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/02/2024), The poverty paradox : The steady rise in urban poverty calls for a shift in the country’s rural areas-centric approach (kp 26/02/2024)

Not rising Nepal : Statistics tell us the poverty rate has declined, the reality is different for the poorest Nepalis (nt 17/02/2024)

Nepal sees less than expected decline in poverty : Poverty fell from over 25 percent in 2011 to just over 20 percent in 2023, says the Fourth Living Standard Survey, by Krishana Prasain (kp 13/02/2024), 20.27 percent of Nepalis are living under the poverty line (rep 13/02/2024)

Documents / Websites

Nepal Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021, by NPC et al., 18 August 2021

Fighting inequality in Nepal: The road to prosperity. OXFAM report, 11 January 2019




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