Tag: #Economy
Articles tagged with #Economy
No forests, no economies
Sustainable management that protects and promotes nature amidst growing demands for forest products
Can the developing world weather the next financial crisis?
As asset prices soar and speculative money floods into risky markets, the global financial system is slipping back into perilous territory
Cash rich, but poor
Nepal’s banks have tons of money, but no one to lend it to
Planning for the year 2100
Author of new book on Nepal in the next 18 years has a positive outlook on the future
Retrofitting Nepal for future shocks
New book provides roadmap for future governments to achieve high-income status by 2043
Relocate, reallocate, recover
Nepal starts picking up the pieces after last week’s destruction to build back a stronger economy
Nepal in 2050
If Nepal is to meet its socioeconomic goals in 25 years, it must have improved governance starting yesterday
‘Hope-mongering’
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Both.
Pulse of the people
Once again, a survey shows that Nepalis are short-term pessimists and long-term optimists
Near-debt experience
Government must carry out major structural reforms in laws and tax system to ensure financial stability and push growth
Brain gain into brain drain
Invest in quality higher education to deter youth out-migration and revive the economy
Sunak pledges more support for Nepal
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commits to helping Nepal with the climate crisis and economy
The political economy of environment
Discussions during the Himal Media Mela 2024 range from AI and data mining to climate finance and environmental crime
Artificial Intelligence vs Human Stupidity
Despite hope, and hype about AI, politics is too dysfunctional and misguided to manage more threats to the planet’s future.
More of the same in 2024?
Nepalis saw scandals at home and strife overseas this year, let us hope the next will be an improvement
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there
Former bureaucrat and planner reacts to Nepali Times analysis Business As Unusual
Now and then
Imagine how much more progress Nepal would have made if war, corruption and poor governance did not set us back
Alternative investments to attract FDI
Nepal has positive macro-economic indicators, but it needs to raise foreign investment levels
First, the good news
First the good news: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) says Nepal’s foreign exchange reserves have increased from $9.54 billion in June 2022 to $10.5…
Nepal's care economy
Opportunity to create employment and close the gender gap
Singha Darbar, not Singapore
The obsession of our leaders with Singapore is unmatched. Every prime minister we have had in the 30 years (some of them serial prime ministers) has promised to turn Nepal into a Singapore one too many times. Why not just build a Nepal that is just and fair for everyone?
Now the economy, stupid
Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel must undo the mistakes of his predecessor, but his own past record is not stellar
Peak tourism in 2023
More than 70 years after Nepal opened to the world, the country has yet to fully benefit from tourism
Nepal's political economy
The new government's biggest challenge is to save Nepal's economy (and itself) from collapse.