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India
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India, with a population of 1.1 billion (UN, 2005), is the worlds' second most populous country and the largest democracy in the world.
India has a highly unequal distribution of wealth and is home to approx. 160 million of Dalits who suffer from caste discrimination resulting in low education and high social vilnerability.
In India there is a high prevalence of discrimination against women reflected in a sex ration of 933 women per 1,000 men with an decreasing tendency.
India has the highest number of child labourers in the world, and 43 % of the rural households are landless or own less than a half acre of land. The country is highly prone to a number of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, cyclones and landslides.
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