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Unequal votes: The undemocratic election system of Nepal
Critical development efforts cannot succeed without a legitimate and democratically elected government that is responsive and accountable to its citizens. […]
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Independent candidates, rise up!
The local elections held back in May this year and the triumphant victories of independents like Balen Shah (Kathmandu), Harka […]
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Import restrictions on Nepali tea: A potential blessing in disguise
Today, tea is one of the most important industrial cash crops of Nepal. Nepal produces approximately 16.29 million kilograms of […]
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Amid increasing interest rates and housing prices, will land use policy help at all?
Post-Pandemic, the interest rate in the financial sector of Nepal has increased drastically. According to the report published by the […]
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Cracking Nepal’s new stock exchange dilemma
The overall picture of public penetration of the capital market in a country can be seen through the measure of […]
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Breaking the bottlenecks to regional hydropower connectivity
Nepal has come a long way from being a power-starved nation to a power surplus country exporting hydroelectricity. Gone are […]
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Seed security: A path to secured agriculture sector in Nepal
By-Sanjila Shrestha ‘Nepal is primarily an agricultural country.’ This statement is not new for us. Thanks to our education, we […]
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Solid waste management in Kathmandu and the way forward
After the recent local-level elections, the newly-elected Mayor Balendra Shah’s initiatives have been praiseworthy in the matters of solid waste […]
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Environment and economic prosperity: Do we really have to choose?
During the 1970s when environmentalism was getting started, the dominant belief was that markets are the cause of environmental degradation, […]
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How does an agricultural country fail in agriculture?
Agriculture provides livelihoods for 68 percent of Nepal’s population, the data from the International Labor Organization shows. In 2020/21, it accounted for […]
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What are you wearing? Adidas or Abibas?
Imagine this–you go to a store and ask for a packet of Frooti mango juice, and the shopkeeper hands you […]
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Parliamentary committees in Nepal: Scope and constraints
Parliamentary committees in Nepal have had a rich history. Their formation or at least the imagination of their functioning in […]
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Public procurement auction: Why transparency and measurability of the promised quality is necessary
Public procurement process is plagued by lack of transparency leading to corruption and loss of utility of the general public. […]
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Nepal Oil Corporation’s Price Stabilization Fund: Have Nepalis benefited from it?
As a country that is utterly and unequivocally reliant on the import of refined oil (with no domestic oil extraction […]