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Missing pieces of the hydropower jigsaw

Hydroelectricity supply will soon catch up with demand, and focus is shifting to reservoirs to store energy and regulate water

Sonia Awale

MCC risks split in Nepal’s ruling coalition

A much-delayed half-billion dollar US government project to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure threatens to split Nepal’s governing coalition, amidst indications the Chinese have...

The cost of no MCC

Nepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project designed to upgrade the electricity grid...

MCC ball in Nepal’s court

“Countries knock at our doors all the time for capital, as it is getting harder and harder to obtain development funds. We...

MCC row rocks Nepal’s ruling coalition

Fatema Z Sumar, vice president of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), parachuted into Kathmandu on Thursday amidst a firestorm of protest against the...

MCC: damned if we do, damned if we don’t

For many outsiders, Nepal must seem like a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Indeed, even Nepalis seem to think...

Power politics delays MCC in Nepal

Nepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed the implementation of an American-aided...

Power politics delays MCC in Nepal

Nepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed the implementation of an American-aided...

Power cuts are back in Nepal

A combination of low river flow, high winter power demand and old-fashioned mismanagement have meant that Nepalis are once more suffering from power...

MCC row damages Nepal's credibility

It is the biggest amount granted to Nepal for a specific project by a bilateral development partner. But the Millennium Challenge Corporation...