The document discusses family planning and its relationship to poverty reduction and economic development. It provides definitions of family planning and outlines its benefits, including improved health outcomes for mothers and children as well as empowerment of women. Family planning is characterized as a cost-effective intervention. The document then discusses global trends in contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning. It also provides regional overviews of family planning for South and Southeast Asia as well as scenarios specifically for Nepal. Major family planning activities and challenges to uptake are outlined. Poverty is then defined and its multidimensional causes and measurement approaches are briefly explained, followed by the global scenario of poverty.