Nepal

Nepal Sierra Maille and Sydney Parry

__Political Information__
 * The president of Nepal was Ram Baran Yadav.
 * They had a federal democratic republic.
 * The voting age is 18 in Nepal.
 * The capital of Nepal is Kathmandu.
 * The prime minister of Nepal is Madhav Kumar.
 * Transition to complete democracy completed in may 2008.
 * Based on Hindu legal concepts and english common law.

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 * Nepal has a population of 29.3 million people.
 * Life expectancy for males is 66 years and is 67 years for women.
 * Education expenses cost about 3.4% of GDP(2003).
 * Many people in government and busness also speak english.
 * Age 15 and over- population= 48.6%, male population= 62.7%, female population=34.9%

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__Economic Information__ []
 * 1 rupee = 100 paisa
 * 100 Indian rupees = 160 Nepali rupees
 * Nepal is 31% below the poverty line.
 * There are tourism, oilseed mills, cement and brick production and carpet industries.
 * Rice is a major export of Nepal. Forest exports wood or cooking, heating, and timber. Nepals exports increased by 2.4% compared to a decrease of 1.4% in 2006/2007. Imports grew 16.1% cmpared to 12% in 2006/2007. Exports grew owning to improve in the political situation.
 * They raise livestock, cows, yaks, water buffalo, sheep, goats, and chickens. Other's used animals for transportation. 40% of the land ramains forested. Natural resources pressure is increasing, and is alreadly straining the carrying capasity.
 * GDP: 12.69 billion. $470 in 2009 per capita, over 71% of the population and providing 32.12% of GDP.

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__Current events and Issues__ [|Nepal malnutrition affecting half of under-fives] ** || Malnutrition: Almost half of Nepal’s children under five are suffering from malnutrition. There has been slow progress in cutting poverty. And health experts say that extra attention should be given to women during pregnancy and for the first two years of the child’s life. They say with out it the child can have permanent intellectual damage. Health exports have said that more needs to be done. The Nepalese plans to use an already established network of 50,000 female health volunteers to combat malnutrition. It says it plans to make nutrition a key element of its upcoming national health plan.
 * ** [|Gunmen shoot Nepal publisher dead in southern town]

I do agree with the government. I think that they need to get more help for the children. And I think that they need more volunteers to help out. And I also think that it is bad that over half the population is suffering from this problem. They need to come up with more supportive and better plans to help the people with the malnutrition issues. They need to make sure that all the children get the care they need and don’t develop permanent damage on them selves and get the vitamins they need. That is what I think of the situation.

Gunmen Shoot Nepal Publisher:

Nepali news paper publisher Arun Singhaniya was in Janakpur when he was shot by passing motorcyclists. He was 53 at the time and owned his own radio station. Some journalists say that it was political instability that lead to this and other killings. Singhaniya had been traveling home after celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi when he was attacked. When he arrived at the hospital he was pronounced dead. His murder had been the most recent in a series of killings. Uma Singh, a young female reporter who worked for Singhaniya, was hacked to death. Also the owner of Nepal's first cable television channel was shot dead in Kathmandu.

I believe that politicians have a will to stop this but they don't want "to get thier hands dirty" so to speak. Also it seems that the murders have been targeting people involed in news spreading activites. If these people were given a little bit of protection then it would be possible to lower if not stop the murders. If these so called wandering gang-like groups were found and prosecuted that could also help to end te killing.


 * Nepal is the poorest country in Asia.
 * There is a lack of education for children in Nepal.
 * Children are being beaten everyday in school.
 * Parents are to poor to pay the cost for children to go to school.
 * Deforestation.
 * Contaminated water.

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