illiteracy in Nepal is currently at 64%. This number varies widely between rural and urban areas; Paul measured the illiteracy rate at 37% in urban areas and 67% in rural areas.

Girls, children of lower caste, and ethnic minorities are still not given equal education opportunity. Children in rural areas also have reduced access to education, and children who were internally displaced persons (IDPs) during the war have had difficulty getting back to school.

The quality of schools in Nepal has also been questioned. More resources are needed to fund the schools and particularly to provide better school facilities. Schools also lack skilled and competent teachers; more quality teacher training is necessary. In addition, more comprehensive curricula are needed to accommodate students from all backgrounds.

Women

Women in Nepal face discrimination, inequality,success of this project. (“They’ll love this condo-hotel, believe me.”)


Along with the fraud accusations, a separate lawsuit “claimed that Trump SoHo was developed with undisclosed involvement of convicted felons and financing from questionable sources in Russia and Kasakhstan.”

The said sketchy sources were Felix H. Sater, a Russian immigrant, and Teyfik Arif, a former Soviet-era commerce official born in Kazakhstan. Arif founded Bayrock Group, a development company with offices in Trump Tower, and asked Sater to join Bayrock. Trump was fuzzy on the details, but he said Sater might have been the Bayrock associate who suggested Trump license his name to several projects, including Trump SoHo. Trump said he and Arif had pondered “numerous deals all over the world” and that Arif had introduced him to prospective Russian investors.

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