“We have ten years to produce excellent human capital for the next ten years”
Dr. Kalpana Khanal started her career as an Associate Professor of Economics at Nichols College in the United States where she taught economics, finance, and …
Fiscal or monetary policy-led economic recovery?
Amidst worrying signals in the economy, Nepals Public Finance Management (PFM) has never been so strongly scrutinised. The magnitude of structural issues in the economy …
Highlights of annual policy and programme for the fiscal year 2023/24
On 19th May, Nepal government unveiled its annual policy and programme for the fiscal year 2023/24. Here are some of the commitments put forth in …
Solo trek ban: Implication on post-pandemic tourism industry
In early March 2023, the government announced that solo trekking inside the national parks will be banned starting April 1, 2023. While solo climbing has …
Agribusiness in Nepal survey: Survivors and victims of COVID-19 pandemic
Shardha Aryal of Pakale, Khim Bahadur Khadka of Bagi Bashtari, and Radha Khanal of Bhatmara are vegetable farmers in Arghakhanchi. Young and educated, they have …
Nepal’s long row of impunity in corruption scandals
Rampant corruption is eating away Nepal from petty bribes without which public service delivery is difficult to access to big corruption scandals where top political …
How well is Nepal doing in financial inclusion?
Nepal has made notable strides in financial inclusion, although there is still room for further improvement, says the Nepal Financial Inclusion Report 2023, jointly produced …
Growing import of four-wheeler EVs
Nepal has seen a rise in the import of electric vehicles (EVs) in the last two fiscal years. The increase in the import of EVs …
SJVN bags yet another Arun River-based hydro project
The Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has approved another investment proposal from the Indian state-owned enterprise Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), a joint venture between the …
Financial inclusion and diplomatic efforts with India can lessen Nepal’s human trafficking problem
Nepal is a source, destination, and transit point for human trafficking. 35,000 Nepalis were trafficked in the year 2018/19 alone, says the National Human Rights …
Highlights of the Nepal Census 2021
After facing a delay of more than a year, the Nepalese government released the final report of the Nepal population census 2021 on March 24, …
The Chitwan Chronicle: The Rapti Valley Development Project and Tharus
The story of Chitwan is one of complex social, political, and environmental change, shaped by global forces and local actors. The transformation of the region …
