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Nepal

Nepal is an agricultural country. However, due to very low and high monsoon rainfall, agriculture is severely affected in some areas. The consequences of the strong earthquakes of 2015 and the floods in 2017 continue to burden many people. According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, the...
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Peru

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, Peru has a population of more than 33 million. In recent years, the poverty rate and income inequality have fallen. However, indigenous communities and families in rural areas feel little of this. They often live in poverty and have no secure...

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South Sudan

On July 9, 2011, South Sudan gained independence from Sudan to the north. Since then, however, various ethnic groups have been fighting for power. From 2013 to 2018, a civil war raged between the ethnic groups Dinka and Nuer - hundreds of thousands of people died and several million fled to other...

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Vietnam

Vietnam has a tropical to temperate tropical climate. During the rainy season between May and October, typhoons often rage, threatening the population with flooding time and again. Slash and burn and deforestation are further challenges in the country. According to the Human Development Report 2021...
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Bangladesh

The People's Republic of Bangladesh has a population of about 165 million, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. Although the poverty rate is declining, about 24 % of the population lived in poverty in 2018, according to the World Bank. Cox's Bazar in the south of the country is home...
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Burundi

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, twelve million people live in the Republic of Burundi. More than half of the population are Christians. A civil war raged from 1993 to 2005. To date, the country has barely recovered from its consequences. In addition, the people are struggling...
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Rwanda

After the Hutu genocide of the Tutsi in 1994, the human rights situation in Rwanda has improved for its more than 13 million inhabitants, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. However, restrictions on freedom of expression, media freedom and freedom of association remain problematic...

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Uganda

Poverty and hunger are widespread in Uganda despite economic growth. Climate change threatens the country's development. Extreme droughts are affecting the country's population of around 46 million, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. Crop failures are occurring. Only just under...
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Water is the elixir of life, as the saying goes. But in southern countries, it is commonplace to have no or only very limited access to the most basic of all goods. The climate is hot and often very dry, rivers and water points carry little of it, a public supply does not exist in many countries...

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Haiti

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, eleven million people live in Haiti. The island nation has not yet recovered from the consequences of the severe earthquake in 2010 and the renewed quakes in 2021. Poverty, a high illiteracy rate and a deficient health care system determine the...

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