The political economy of environment
Discussions during the Himal Media Mela 2024 range from AI and data mining to climate finance and environmental crime
Discussions during the Himal Media Mela 2024 range from AI and data mining to climate finance and environmental crime
Despite hope, and hype about AI, politics is too dysfunctional and misguided to manage more threats to the planet’s future.
Nepalis saw scandals at home and strife overseas this year, let us hope the next will be an improvement
Former bureaucrat and planner reacts to Nepali Times analysis Business As Unusual
Imagine how much more progress Nepal would have made if war, corruption and poor governance did not set us back
Nepal has positive macro-economic indicators, but it needs to raise foreign investment levels
First the good news: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) says Nepal’s foreign exchange reserves have increased from $9.54 billion in June 2022 to...
Opportunity to create employment and close the gender gap
The obsession of our leaders with Singapore is unmatched. Every prime minister we have had in the 30 years (some of them...
Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel must undo the mistakes of his predecessor, but his own past record is not stellar