Introduction -- Ethnic Heterogeneity -- The Welfare State -- Poverty and Inequality -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Welfare State -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and Poverty and Inequality -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

Nepal has undergone enormous economic and political changes during the past two decades. Data suggest that these were accompanied by large and increasing economic inequality after the mid 1990s with income from house rental, employment, businesses and remittances as well as the stock of wealth...

Development literature reports significant progress towards reducing poverty in the recent past in South Asia. The consistently positive rates of economic growth support this conclusion, as do the declining poverty headcount ratios. Policymakers facing enormous resource constraints, however,...