Economic Development

ASEAN: Infrastructure disconnect

17 March 2013

Regional economic integration is phrase that’s done the rounds in Southeast Asia for the better part of the last twenty years, but excitement around it has been considerably more palpable over the couple of years only, as the region…

Infrastructure in Nepal: Look beyond Kathmandu

13 March 2013

India’s infrastructure woes are well-documented. Various numbers are bandied about with respect to how many percentage points of economic growth are lost each year as a result insufficient and poor quality…

We fool no one

16 June 2013

On his visit to Yunnan province in China recently, vice president Parmananda Jha made an appeal to Chinese investors to put money in Nepal and benefit from the investment-friendly environment in the country. Among other things, he urged them to invest in sectors…

FDI in Nepal: A hard sell

17 February 2013

For several years now, entrepreneurs in Nepal have cried hoarse over the need for greater foreign direct investment into the country. These years of effort on the part of the private sector have been matched with years of inability on the…

Why governance matters

24 February 2013

Let there be light

13 July 2013

‘Performance must meet potential’ is a commonly used refrain in sports commentary —…

Tourists won’t just come

21 July 2013

Socio-economic development: The big push

28 July 2013

Road to growth

4 August 2013

For a predominantly mountainous and landlocked country as Nepal is, the prospects of…

Roots of growth: Agribusiness in Nepal

18 August 2013

For a country with about two-thirds of its population employed in the agriculture sector, the development of Nepal’s agribusiness industry should be among the most important goals of the government. But while much lip…