Tag Archives: Development
SAARC: ineffective? Or is India just too powerful?
SAARC: Ineffective in Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia BY RAGHAV THAPAR Since its creation in December 1985, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has sought to increase economic unity between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and … Continue reading
Foreign direct investment in Nepal
Foreign investment in a least developed country: the Nepalese experience This article aims to contribute to the literature on the developmental role of foreign direct investment (FDI) through an examination of the Nepalese experience. Despite significant liberalization of the foreign … Continue reading
Nepal receives 89.64 billion in foreign aid ($1.2b)
Phew! Nepal receives Rs 89.64 b foreign aid Nepal has received foreign assistance of approximately Rs 89.64 billion (about USD 1.8 billion) in the Fiscal Year 2010-11. As per the Development Cooperation Report for Fiscal Year 2010-11 prepared by the … Continue reading
20,000 squatters to be evicted
Massive eviction of squatters in ‘development’ project without resettlement plan. — Fears of violence during expected Kathmandu squatter eviction KATHMANDU, 2 February 2012 (IRIN) – A Nepalese government development plan for Kathmandu could lead to violence as the authorities seek … Continue reading
Is “Good governance” important for promoting economic development in Nepal?
Over the past decade, “good governance” has become of increasing importance to the development debate. This essay will strive to provide contextualisation for its introduction, including a brief overview of “development” and its discourse, and then proceed to offer some … Continue reading
Poverty, mountain poverty?
ICIMOD is an interesting concept; an NGO set up to advocate on behalf of mountain people. What are the experiences and conditions of economically-deprived people that live in mountains and how does that differ from those in more accessible terrain? — Understanding … Continue reading
Food and health in Mugu
Women’s journey to food and health in Mugu, Nepal The blue sky is dazzling. Far off in the distance, being sharply shaken in a light airplane having only seven seats, passengers can see beautiful snowy mountains on the right side and the deep blue Rara lake on the left. Isolated villages are … Continue reading