Tag: #decentralisation
Articles tagged with #decentralisation
Federalism Express
Central leadership in Kathmandu continues to display its reluctance to devolve power to the provinces
The F word
Federalism has failed not because the system is flawed, but because Nepal’s politicians have
Power to the periphery
Takam village (above) in Dhaulagiri Municipality is a model for how federalism should function. Photos: JOY STEPHENSBal Bir Biswakarma from the…
The ‘f’ word
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIOn 19 September, Nepal marked Constitution Day. It was on this day five years ago that the Constitution was…
Tall Order
Pic: BIKRAM RAISuresh Shakya (pictured above) was sitting down for lunch with his family in his house in Itum Bahal four years ago when there…
Shaking up the health sector
Nepal’s hospitals have not even recovered from the 2015 earthquake, and now need to be ready for the Next Big One
Lessons Unlearnt
Photo: BIKRAM RAIFour years later, Central Nepal is still being rocked by aftershocks of 2015. That peculiar earthquake shook everything to the…
4 years after quake, Sankhu rises from the dust
Of all the parts of Kathmandu Valley worst hit in the April 2015 earthquake was the historic town of Sankhu. But this is also where elected…
Oli's 1st year
Photo: BIKRAM RAIKP Oli is Nepal’s strongest prime minister since the Ranas, yet as he marks his first year in office on Friday why does he…
Super Six
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZq9PMPzTrg&feature=youtu.beIt has been one year since Nepal wrapped up all three rounds of local elections.…
Baburam's U-turn
The EU election mission’s report this week that Nepal’s Khas-Arya community should not have quotas for proportional representation has set off a…
The bumpy road to federalism
Dipendra BhandariThe road in front of the house I live in Sanepa, and one next to the school my six-year-old son goes to, was dug up for…