Tag: #devolution
Articles tagged with #devolution
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…
Roadblocks
Photo: YUVARAJ SHRESTHAAt a ministerial review meeting last month, Prime Minister K P Oli warned bureaucrats he would not take “If’s and but’s”…
Federalism's birth pangs or death rattle?
May 2017 was a milestone in Nepal’s transition from a unitary system to a federal state, but a year since locally elected representatives took…
Grassroots democracy is delivering development
In the three decades after 1960 when political parties were banned, there were Village Panchayats. After the democratic changes in 1990, they…
Rana regime restored in Nepalganj
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAt a recent breakfast meeting in a hotel he owns, Dhawal Shumsher Rana peels a hard-boiled egg while his mobile rings…
A breath of fresh air in Thimi
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAKathmandu Valley has 11 mayors, and the public's perception of most of them one year after they were elected is not very…
Model mayors
When Nepali Times decided last month to profile a dozen model mayors, we had no idea how difficult the job was going to be. There were not that…
Actionable Summits
‘You may think I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one…’