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Global Voices
Global Voices
Countries in the South Asian region. Image via Wikipedia by Iktsokh. CC BY-SA 4.0. Home to 2.07 billion people, South Asian countries account for a quarter of the global population. The region faces many challenges, including steep population growth, rapid urbanization, high poverty rates, and income inequality. Also, it grapples with governance issues, like the backsliding of democracy, rising authoritarianism, and crucial elections, along with economic issues like increasing unemployment, growing inflation, mounting external debt, and more. While there were numerous significant stories and d…
