Despite all the odds, Nepal has made great strides in reducing poverty in the second decade of the 21st century. According to a recent report jointly made public by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), the incidence of poverty was reduced from 39.1 per cent in 2011 to 17.5 per cent in 2019. That’s a giant leap, of course, and a music to ears for all Nepalis at home and abroad, boding well to the Nepalis in partic