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Features
19 Mar 2012
In Nepal, Families’ Incomes Grow Together
Self-help groups help rural Nepali women lease land and grow high value vegetables when rice fields are fallow. Now families can earn income between rice seasons.
12 Jan 2012
Breaking with Tradition
An ADB-supported project in Nepal is helping some of the most disadvantaged women in the country build careers in occupations once reserved for men.
16 Dec 2011
Nepal: The Power of Wind to Empower the Poor
ADB's pilot wind power project brings inclusive and sustainable growth in poor rural areas suffering from acute energy shortage.
30 Nov 2011
Transforming Lives
In rural Nepal, small changes go a long way in improving the lot of disadvantaged women.
26 Oct 2011
South Asia Mulls Ways to Develop and Manage Cross Border Tourism
Tourism is thriving in South Asia with overseas visitors flocking to its vast array of natural, cultural and historic attractions.
8 Nov 2010
Roads that Move Mountains
With new roads, rural people who live in the world's highest mountain range can access markets and increase their incomes.
3 May 2010
The Power of Water
Electricity generated by a hydropower plant has brought better health care and schooling to and improved incomes in a village in Nepal.
22 Mar 2010
Clean Water Brings Equality for Nepali Women, Minorities
In Nepal, an ADB-funded program is overcoming caste and gender prejudices, while providing wells and sanitation to villages.
22 Mar 2010
In Nepal, 'Good Water Changes Everything'
A small town water supply and sanitation sector project in Nepal is empowering the Tharu minority and keeps students in school.
10 Mar 2008
Funding a Microcredit Revolution
A rural microcredit scheme is not only reducing poverty in rural Nepal, but also empowering women and breaking down gender barriers.