THE ISSUE It has become a commonplace phenomenon for the governments around the world to borrow money from outside to support their activities. When they borrow the external money, the governments are liable to pay back the borrowed amount as per the terms and...
Santosh Sharma Poudel, in his recent column (In Nepali Language) for Nepal Magazine, discusses how ongoing and future US-China competition may affect the way Nepali foreign policy priorities and practices...
Prashanta Pradhan Synopsis Nepal ranked 94 in the recently published World Bank’s Doing Business Report with an increase in score from 59.7 to 63.2 in just a year. Improvements were reported in scores on dealing with construction permits, trading across borders and...
For all the Heads of the States around the world, it is a commonplace phenomenon to travel around countries across the continents either for State Visits or Official Visits or attending major meetings. And Nepal’s incumbent Prime Minister, Mr. KP Sharma Oli, is not an...
THE ISSUE The World Bank Group has published the 17th edition of the institution’s flagship Doing Business Report earlier this month. The Doing Business Report 2020 ranks 190 world economies on the basis of their performance in 294 business regulatory reforms...
In the light of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to Nepal, Santosh Sharma Poudel, in his column (In Nepali Language) for Nepal Magazine, discusses growing interests of China and India in Nepal and what this means for Nepal’s existing and...