Nepal, April 24 -- The Second Meeting of the SAARC Inter-Governmental Expert Group on Poverty Alleviation to finalize the first SAARC Development Report with the theme "SDR 2025: Shaping the Future Together for a Resilient SAARC" was held in Male, Maldives on Thursday, the SAARC Secretariat stated.

The Meeting was hosted by the Government of the Maldives with the financial and technical support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The Meeting was attended by delegations from the SAARC Member States comprising senior officials of the Ministries/ Agencies responsible for development issues as well as Foreign Ministries.

The meeting was opened by Prathma Uprety, Director (Information and Poverty Alleviation) at the SAARC Secretariat, r...