The inequality and vulnerability that laborers from places like Nepal face overseas also stalk them in death, when dreams evaporate.
Tag: Nepal
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Migrant Workers Are the Qatar World Cup’s Forgotten Team
Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis were part of an army of migrant workers who remade Qatar for its World Cup moment. But in chasing desperately needed paychecks abroad, many pay a heavy price.
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Kathmandu Finally Got Tap Water. After a Climate Disaster, It Was Gone.
A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal’s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts and rapid global warming.
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On a Divided Mount Everest, Climate Cooperation Is Being Tested
China and Nepal have both established unmanned weather stations high on the world’s tallest mountain.
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Bamboo Is a Salve for Impoverished Nepal
The ubiquitous crop yields a degree of economic freedom — and lessons for other needy nations.