Kathmandu, Dec. 11 -- Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a 'new generation of inequalities' indicates that many societies are not working as they should and Nepal is not an exception, according to a new human development report released on Tuesday.

The old inequalities were based on access to health services and education whereas the new generation of inequalities is based on technology, education and the climate, according to the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report.

"Previously, we talked about wealth as a major driver for inequality. Now, countries like Nepal are in another inequality trap and that concerns technology and education," Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada said at ...