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Population: 22 million
Below poverty line: n/a
Per capita income: n/a
Population: 1,123 million
Below poverty line: 29% (2000)
GNI per capita income: $950
Population: 162 million
Below poverty line: 33%
GNI per capita income: $870
Population:159 million
Below poverty line: 50% (2000)
Per capita income: $470
Population:28 million
Below poverty line: 42% (2000)
GNI per capita income: $340
Population:20 million
Below poverty line: n/a
GNI per capita income: $1,540
Population:0.66 million
Below poverty line: n/a
GNI per capita income: $1,770
Population:0.31 million
Below poverty line: n/a
GNI per capita income: $3,200

South Asia: Data, Projects, and Research

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Select a Country: South Asia is home to half the world's poor. The World Bank is helping these countries eliminate poverty.

Overview: How the World Bank is helping South Asian countries accelerate growth and reduce poverty.

Breaking Barriers, Crossing Borders: (May 2012) There are signs that South Asia, long the least integrated of the world’s regions, is beginning to see the advantages of greater regional cooperation and openness to trade. Deals are being signed to build power transmission lines across borders, and Pakistan has even granted most-favored-nation status to its neighbor India.

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Last updated: 2011-03-16

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