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Finding the Roots of Poverty in Rural Nepal

Despite six decades of development interventions and nearly a billion dollars in annual foreign assistance, Nepal is still struggling to combat rural poverty. Some experts and local leaders say improving the lives of the rural poor requires patient community-driven initiatives and proper management of the resources communities already have, rather than large-scale strategies.   According to 2010 data from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), a …

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