Nepal
type: Concept
definition: Nepal has experienced persistent poverty throughout its recent history and it is likely to do so into the near future. Nepal’s per capita income of $700 in 2012, with a growth rate averaging just over 2 percent for the past two decades, contrasts with those of India and China—the two large and fast-emerging economies sandwiching this landlocked country. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Nepal]
broader: South Asia

South Asia
type: Concept
narrower: Nepal

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Nepal