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    1) The document compares the living conditions of two families in Nepal - the Maharjan family with a monthly income of $84, and the Bastakoti family with a monthly income of $3829. 2) It finds major differences in housing quality, access to technology and amenities, and sanitation/hygiene between the two families due to the large gap in their incomes. 3) While clean drinking water is available to both due to government provision, the higher income family has significantly better housing, electricity, appliances, toilet/bathing facilities, and hygiene products.

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    1) The document compares the living conditions of two families in Nepal - the Maharjan family with a monthly income of $84, and the Bastakoti family with a monthly income of $3829. 2) It finds major differences in housing quality, access to technology and amenities, and sanitation/hygiene between the two families due to the large gap in their incomes. 3) While clean drinking water is available to both due to government provision, the higher income family has significantly better housing, electricity, appliances, toilet/bathing facilities, and hygiene products.

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    1) The document compares the living conditions of two families in Nepal - the Maharjan family with a monthly income of $84, and the Bastakoti family with a monthly income of $3829. 2) It finds major differences in housing quality, access to technology and amenities, and sanitation/hygiene between the two families due to the large gap in their incomes. 3) While clean drinking water is available to both due to government provision, the higher income family has significantly better housing, electricity, appliances, toilet/bathing facilities, and hygiene products.

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    NEPAL (TGD)

    Q1) Using the data from Statisticstimes,


    (i) Nepal's GDP per capita in 2018 is $970.7.
    The world GDP per capita is $11,368 in the same year. The ranking of Nepal was 165th out of 192
    countries. It's GDP per capita is only about 8.533% of the world's average.
    Hence, the Nepal's relative position in comparison to the world is very poor, and is less than 1/11th of
    the world average. It definitely falls in the ‘less than half’ category.
    (ii) Using data from Dollar Street (Gapminder)
    Simple Range= Highest – Lowest HH Income = $3829-$84 = $3745
    Relative percentage range= Range/ [(Highest + Lowest)/2] *100 = $3745/$1956.5 *100 = 191.413%

    Q2) Using data from Dollar Street (Gapminder) MI= Monthly Income
    Interpretation: The difference in income creates a huge divide, especially in housing and luxury items
    owned by a family, but not water as the government could be supplying clean drinkable water due to
    the absence of water purifiers even in the high-income house.

    Functionings Home of Maharjan (MI $84) Home of Bastakoti (MI $3829)

    Source of Income Farming (Wife) Manager (Wife)


    (Relative) Labour (Husband) Travel agency owner (Husband)
    1BHK home, Asbestos roof, uneven ceiling, one 5BHK home (bungalow), Tiled roof, cemented
    Housing layered asbestos door, makeshift lock for front ceiling, wooden sturdy door, manufactured
    (Living) door, bamboo walls lined with clay and dung, door-lock, brick and cemented walls, marble-
    clay floor, non-fenced backyard tiled floor, fenced backyard
    Multiple light sources, motorcycle, box TV,
    Electricity/Technology Single light source, no vehicle, old box TV, no
    VAIO laptop, box phone, washing machine,
    (Ease of laptop, box phone, handwashing clothes, no
    sources of heat (heater), sources for cooling
    living/working) sources for heat/cool, makeshift stove
    (fan), mechanical stove
    Open defecation, same bucket for bathing, Western toilet, shower for bathing, sprinkler for
    handwashing, and cleaning up after the toilet, toilet, washing machine, shampoo bottle,
    handwashing clothes, shampoo sachets, one multiple toothbrushes, global toothpaste &
    Sanitation/Hygiene
    toothbrush for all, medicine, local toothpaste, no medicine brand, presence of kitchen sink,
    (Cleaning)
    kitchen sink, nearby pond is their drainage, no proper water outlets for drainage, dustbin with
    trashcan, single cleaning equipment (straw plastic covering, single cleaning equipment
    broom), drinking water is the same as tap water. (straw broom), no presence of water purifier.

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