Posted by: hakim_saab November 7, 2011
Is Nepal really that poor?
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I recently visited Nepal after many years and I saw a lot of major changes. Tonnes of houses and cars and fancy motorbikes. I remember back in the 90's a person was considered 'rich' if he had a marble in his house or if they had a nicer motorcycle. Nowadays everyone has a 3-4 story house and a large majority of have a vehicle. I went to Ktm, Pokhara, Butwal and Bharatpur and its the same story everywhere. It seems like there's a new generation of people in Nepal who are quite well to do...sabai ko ghar ko price is in the crores.

I know around the world Nepal is seen as one of the  'poorest' countries in the world. But when I went back after a while, it seemed that we aren't really THAT poor...your thoughts?

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