Despite the huge economic growth in Nepal's two neighboring countries, China and India, Nepal remains one of the poorest countries in the world. While poverty rates are decreasing, some 30% of Nepal's 29 million people are still living in abject poverty. High illiteracy rates, low agriculture productivity, malnutrition, poor access to basic services and inequities are just some of the issues that challenge the country's population, with considerable inequities across geographic regions, castes, ethnicity and gender.

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