South Asia - Interesting_Facts

-Water could become Bangladesh's most pressing environmental and development challenge. Climate change could reduce the amount of fresh water in the summer and increase floods during the monsoon season.

-10% of the population in South Asia is disabled. Disability causes poverty and poverty exacerbates disability; people with disabilities are among the poorest in South Asia.

-South Asian progress to meet human development MDGs is too slow. But Global Monitoring Report says countries are still on track to halve poverty in ten years.

-Concern over family honor prevents Pakistani parents from sending girls to school. This is specially true when schools are outside their communities.

-With the right policies, Indian forestry incomes could rise ten fold by 2020. People and forests would benefit if local communities are given more rights to use and manage forests.

-25% of public primary school teachers in India skip work. Only 50% of teachers actually teach while at work, according to researchers.

-One fifth of the population in SAR is between the ages of 15 and 24. This is the largest number of people ever to transition to adulthood. If countries are not prepared, poverty can increase.

Summary of World Bank projects, data and research in each South Asia country
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka

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