2020s: Mission Prosperity?
With a two-third majority government at the helm, Nepal embarked on an ambitious journey of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’. Nepal […]
News & Updates
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The Notion of Agricultural Income Tax
The agriculture sector of Nepal is crowded with many schemes that are aimed at providing farmers with support that would […]
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Liberty Discussion on ‘Why Socialism Won’t Work’ by Allison Schrager
On February 28, the participants of Liberty Discussion gathered to analyze Allison Schrager’s ‘Why Socialism Won’t Work’. The article, published […]
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Agricultural Overhaul
Agriculture in Nepal remains the mainstay of the national economy, accounting for 28.1 percent of the country’s total GDP. While […]
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Government Expenditure and Private Investment
Government’s economic decision has several implications manifested in the form of changes in various macroeconomic variables. Economists have asserted that […]
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Regionalisation of Labour Skill Development
It is a common knowledge that labor or human resource plays a significant role in contributing to the economic progress […]
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Interpretation of Right to Expression
Over the last two months, much has been said about the controversial provision of the Information Technology Bill. Valid disagreements […]
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Leveraging Blended Finance & Gender Lens Investing for Economic Growth
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) and Samriddhi Foundation, in partnership with Society of Economic Journalists in Nepal (SEJON) and Federation […]
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Compendium of Bills
A series of new bills and amendments, ranging from public procurement, contribution-based social security to media council were tabled at […]
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Liberty Discussion on ‘राजनीतिकाे बुईमा महँगी’ by Yam Bam
On January 31, 2020 the participants gathered for the first Liberty Discussion of the year, to discuss and debate on […]
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Equity Debate around Social Security Scheme
Amidst much fanfare, the incumbent government announced the contribution-based Social Security Scheme that aimed to cover nearly 3.5 million formal […]
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Samriddhi Foundation ranked one of the Best Independent Think Tanks
Samriddhi Foundation is ranked 116th out of 144 in 2019 Best Independent Think Tanks in the 2019 Global Go To […]
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Investing in SMEs: Hitting the Right Note
Much has already been said and written about crippling liquidity crunch facing SMEs in Nepal. Despite the presence of numerous […]
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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement
For many years now, the discussions concerning Public Procurement in Nepal has been besieged by the complaints regarding project implementation […]
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Principal-agent Approach in Construction of National Highways
The constitution of Nepal provides the jurisdiction of construction and maintenance of National Highways to the federal government more specifically […]