economy

‘Hope-mongering’

Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Both.

Sonia Awale

Pulse of the people

Once again, a survey shows that Nepalis are short-term pessimists and long-term optimists

Sonia Awale

Near-debt experience

Government must carry out major structural reforms in laws and tax system to ensure financial stability and push growth

Brain gain into brain drain

Invest in quality higher education to deter youth out-migration and revive the economy

Sonia Awale

Sunak pledges more support for Nepal

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commits to helping Nepal with the climate crisis and economy

The political economy of environment

Discussions during the Himal Media Mela 2024 range from AI and data mining to climate finance and environmental crime

Artificial Intelligence vs Human Stupidity

Despite hope, and hype about AI, politics is too dysfunctional and misguided to manage more threats to the planet’s future.

More of the same in 2024?

Nepalis saw scandals at home and strife overseas this year, let us hope the next will be an improvement

Shristi Karki

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there

Former bureaucrat and planner reacts to Nepali Times analysis Business As Unusual

Now and then

Imagine how much more progress Nepal would have made if war, corruption and poor governance did not set us back

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