Politicians were targeted, but what of bureaucrats who worked hand-in-glove with them to plunder the state?
Instead of making things easy for its citizens, the Nepali state excels at putting up obstacles every step of the way
An exhausting hour-long wait in line at the Kathmandu District Administration Office finally ends with a rude and unhelpful civil servant at the…
Let’s face it, Nepal’s civil service is not held in very high regard by Nepalis themselves. But in the past seven years after the affirmative…
Making the bureaucracy more efficient faces bureaucratic hurdles
Capacity and WillpowerThere are immense opportunities waiting for investment to uplift the living standard of 30 million honest and hardworking…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIMaze: /meɪz/ (noun) a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way.The…
On Thursday, a worker puts up the registration desk as part of preparations for the Investment Summit at Hotel Soaltee, Kathmandu. Photos:…
https://youtu.be/NR6mf_rrRb0Learning from the success of overseas Chinese and Indians investing in their homeland, the Nepal government…
Photo: BIKRAM RAINepal introduced the Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act (FITTA) in 1992, but it lags behind South Asian economies…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAILet us just say, for the sake of argument, that Nepal has now untangled its politics, formed a Constitution, the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who9k1JGrgsEver since it was launched in 1984 the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) has been a…
Now that we have a government if the people, buy the people, and f**k the people, we can be fairly confident that there will be stability and…
