Tag: #prosperity
Articles tagged with #prosperity
Prosperous Gandaki is thriving
Rural areas of Nepal’s best performing province are better off than its towns
Counting what counts in Nepal
The state of the toilet at Kathmandu airport is a better indicator of progress than the Human Development Index
Back to the future in Nepal
For Nepalis who migrated to New South Wales, it must feel like going from the frying pan into the fire
Towards 2030
Photo : SHEILIN TEOAt the cusp of a new year and a new decade, Nepalis must take stock of promises not kept and the opportunities lost to take…
Nepal rises in Prosperity Index
Photo: BIKRAM RAINepal has risen in this year’s overall prosperity rankings, but is still the 22nd poorest out of the 29 countries in…
YAM BETWEEN 3 BOULDERS
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIAs a ceremonial head of state, President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s weeklong visit to China that began on Wednesday is…
“Investing in Nepal is risk free”
Capacity and WillpowerThere are immense opportunities waiting for investment to uplift the living standard of 30 million honest and hardworking…
Nepal has to curb corruption before wooing investors
On Thursday, a worker puts up the registration desk as part of preparations for the Investment Summit at Hotel Soaltee, Kathmandu. Photos:…
Overseas Nepalis are not impressed
https://youtu.be/NR6mf_rrRb0Learning from the success of overseas Chinese and Indians investing in their homeland, the Nepal government…
A roller coaster ride
Photo: BIKRAM RAINepal introduced the Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act (FITTA) in 1992, but it lags behind South Asian economies…
Invest in investment
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAILet us just say, for the sake of argument, that Nepal has now untangled its politics, formed a Constitution, the…
Mind the Gap
Diwakar ChettriWhatever the political ambitions of the Maoist leaders, their justification for taking up arms was the inequality historically…
Removing poverty with jobs
Prime Minister Oli said last week that his government laid the foundation for prosperity in Nepal during its first year in power. This claim has…
Security reduces poverty
Nepal is one of the top 20 countries in the world with fastest rising prosperity over the last 10 years, a trend to be celebrated by Nepal’s…
Calendar of economic change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwbKTUYxlh0The appointment by the Communist government of respected economist Yuba Raj Khatiwada (pictured…
Conjoined twins
In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled about fears…
Illiberal ills
Bhanu BhattaraiAcross the world, from the Philippines to the United States, and in Central European countries like Hungary and Poland, we have…