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Govt to prioritise key sectors (ht 17/05/2013)
Resource allocation for next three years put at Rs 1,814b (kp 15/05/2013)
Integrated approach must for LDCs: Acharya (ht 09/05/2013), Initiative for post-2015 agenda begins (ht 09/05/2013)
Duplicity redefined: For decades, Nepal’s politicians have fooled the public with promises of economic change and development, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 08/05/2013)
Country plans to graduate from LDC by 2022, by Kuvera Chalise (kp 08/05/2013)
MDGs and the media: A crucial linkage, by Meera Amatya (ht 07/05/2013)
Sustainable development: Structural factors are key, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 02/05/2013)
Nepal and MDGs: Alarming figures, by Ajita Singh (ht 01/05/2013)
Govt claims there will be no plan holiday, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 01/05/2013)
Only halfway to reconstruction target, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/04/2013), Ravaged buildings nowhere near completion, by Janak Nepal (kp 30/04/2013), Palpa shows the way, by Madhav Aryal (kp 30/04/2013)
NPC veep Kshetry, three other members quit (kp 23/04/2013)
The clock is ticking: While Nepal has made progress towards meeting MDGs over the past 12 years, there is still some way to go (kp 21/04/2013), Expand the reach: Post MDG agenda, by Tanuja Basnet (rep 23/04/2013)
Development
projects likely to hit a snag as plan holiday looms: Donor agencies in
a fix with NPC struggling to finalise its draft approach paper, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 19/04/2013)
Meeting development goals keyGrowth alone cannot ensure equality: NPC vice chair (ht 19/04/2013)
Development Cooperation Report; Fiscal Year 2011-2012: Poorest got the lowest amount of foreign aid; hydropower got peanuts (kp 17/04/2013)
Poverty reduction: What about its sustainability?, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 17/04/2013)
Development projects run late due to slow govt, contractors (kp 16/04/2013), ‘Govt needs to expedite development expenses’ (ht 16/04/2013)
First the good news: Nepal is doing better, but not fast enough, to improve living standards of the poorest, by Kunda Dixit (nt 12/04/2013)
Path to prosperity: Poverty and a lack of economic two of the top issues causingopportunities are people anxiety in Nepal, by Dominic O'Neill (kp 05/04/2013)
Nepal close to reaching MDG targets, but much remains to be done (nn 05/04/2013), NPC starts MDGs count down (ht 06/04/2013)
Relief for project-affected people on the anvil, by Ashok Thapa (kp 05/04/2013)
Poverty alleviation: Need to assess effectiveness, by Manbar S. Khadka (ht 02/04/2013)
Sharp fall in multi-dimensional poverty: Improved country specific analysis needed, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 27/03/2013)
ADS says poverty can be halved in 10 years at 5pc agri growth (kp 25/03/2013)
Nepal made fastest progress in reducing poverty: Oxford study (kp 19/03/2013), Nepal posts impressive development results (ht 19/03/2013), Glass half full: Poverty reduction effort (rep 20/03/2013)
Human Development Report 2012: Nepal’s ranking unchanged at 157 (kp 15/03/2013), Nepal ranks low in human development group: Some 44 per cent of Nepalis living under multidimensional poverty: UNDP HDI 2013 (ht 15/03/2013), Nepal in the booming South: With some government effort, Nepal can be part of the regional prosperity, by Shoko Noda (kp 15/03/2013), Poverty rate highest in Mid-west: HDR-2013 (kp 16/03/2013),
‘Country successful in reducing poverty’: In 2006, MPI figure was 0.350
(65 per cent poor) but was down to 0.217 (44.2 per cent) in 2011 (ht 16/03/2013)
Economic gloom: Falling development spending (rep 10/03/2013)
Information Sharing: A Sound Tool, by Batu Uprety (sp 08/03/2013)
Growth beyond poverty, by Bishal Thapa (rep 05/03/2013)
Story of poverty: Poverty reduction is welcome news but how it has been achieved doesn’t leave room for optimism, by Dhiraj Sharma Nyaupane (kp 04/03/2013)
Finance Ministry to increase development expenditure (ht 23/02/2013)
Investment Board gets projects: Govt hands over 14 listed as nat’l pride as they fail to perform (ht 18/02/2013)
Unheard voices: Women and development, by Arlene Mahinay (rep 18/02/2013)
Exploring Post-2015 MDGs Framework, by Bojindra Prasad Tulachan (nn 15/02/2013)
NPC running out of cash for volunteer campaign (kp 12/02/2013)
Window to future: Infrastructure development needs a one-window approach, by Prabal Adhikari (rep 11/02/2013)
Reduced health budget will hamper MDG efforts: Experts (ht 29/01/2013)
Govt to devise policy to address urban poverty (kp 28/01/2013)
Kenichi urges subsidy on irrigation, fertilisers (kp 26/01/2013)
Capital expenditure at 14.92pc: Government spent Rs 7.7 billion till mid-January (ht 21/01/2013), Government fails to crack whip on inflation: Unable to spend on development activities,but exceeds revenue mobilisation target (ht 26/01/2013)
Utilise own workforce, not foreigners, chief secretary directs ministry (kp 20/01/2013)
Forthcoming National Development Plan: What should be the tricks for trade?, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 14/01/2013)
Harnessing the diaspora: For sustained development, by Birendra Bahadur Budha (ht 04/01/2013)
NPC’s got its best tool—census report: Nat’l Planning Commission is drafting 3-year interim plan concept, by Dewan Rai (kp 09/12/2012)
Call for adopting energy efficient development model (kp 07/12/2012)
Budget cut to affect projects: ‘No development programmes will be launched this year’ (ht 06/12/2012)
Developing and developed countries: Responses to globalization, by Bijan Pant (ht 05/12/2012)
End quotation system: Contractors (kp 29/11/2012)
Sluggish literacy rate to hit MDG, by Bionod Ghimire (kp 28/11/2012)
Nepal’s dev activities get low marks from ADB (kp 28/11/2012), ADB awards three stand-out projects (kp 28/11/2012)
‘Lack of full budget to hit dev works’ (kp 23/11/2012)
Govt fails to spend development expenses (ht 19/11/2012)
Breaking the vicious cycle: Corruption and development, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 06/11/2012)
Nepal’s development results impressive despite headwinds: UN resident coordinator (nn 02/11/2012)
Govt fails to spend development budget (ht 22/10/2012)
Still poor: Insecure land ownership is the major cause of poverty, social injustice and conflict in Nepal, by Jagat Basnet (kp 18/10/2012)
Seeking a paradigm shift in development: Formidable challenges, by Ajita Singh (ht 16/10/2012)
Lack of full-fledged budget, monitoring hits development projects (ht 10/10/2012), Partial budget leaves development works in a fix, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/10/2012)
Absence of full budget hitting dev projects hard: Minister (kp 26/09/2012)
Improving lives: Poverty alleviation, by Surya Nath Mishra (rep 24/09/2012)
Periodic Plans Urgent Now, by Dinesh Chandra Devkota (sp 07/09/2012)
Rs 11 billion of development budget frozen last fiscal (ht 07/09/2012)
Cabinet okays directive on poverty card: Distribution process to start from September third week (kp 04/09/2012)
Hand to mouth: Increasing wealth by reducing hunger is a win-win option for Nepal, by Marco Cavalcante (kp 19/08/2012)
Lost priority: Nepal can be more competitive by improving investment and upgrading infrastructure, by Chandan Sapkota (nt 17/08/2012)
Poor
with proof: Issuing poverty identity cards may be a beginning in the
right direction but it’s full of challenges in administering subsidies, by Udaya R. Wagle (kp 14/08/2012)
PAF plans to address problems of urban poor: Will also focus on ‘capital formation’through entrepreneurship development skills, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 10/08/2012)
Understanding the effects of poverty on children: Paucity of research, by Alok Rajouria (ht 09/08/2012)
Tillers of the land: Commercialisation
of agriculture can wait—land reform is most important for poverty
alleviation and economic empowerment of farmers, by Jagat Basnet (kp 08/08/2012)
On the go: Parties must take steps to ensure development continues in spite of instability (kp 06/08/2012)
Nepal improves in Gender Index ranking (ht 03/08/2012)
Water policies: Water resources planning must enhance trade-offs between different water uses, by Bikram Rana (rep 23/07/2012)
Nepal ‘less likely’ to meet MDGs on employment, climate change (kp 17/07/2012)
Big development projects in troubled waters (rep 16/07/2012)
Country may not have next periodic plan, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep 02/07/2012)
‘Develop plans to meet sanitation MDG’ (ht 29/06/2012)
World Bank hails progress in reducing poverty (ht 27/06/2012)
Govt lags behind on national priority projects, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 14/06/2012)
Wise economics: Development in Nepal, by Mukesh Khanal (rep 09/06/2012)
Income generation scheme: Rs 700 million govt cash ‘unaccounted for’, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/06/2012)
Why is Nepal poor?, by Chandan Sapkota (rep 25/05/2012)
Technical audit must for quality of dev projects, interview with Suresh Man Shrestha (kp 22/05/2012)
Projects’ progress not up to the mark: PMO, by Anil Giri (kp 10/05/2012)
Cost of informality: Trimming the informal sector, by Chandan Sapkota (rep 05/05/2012)
Avenue To Enhance Development Effectiveness, by Krishna Sapkota (rn 02/05/2012)
Developing countries off track on food, nutrition targets: Report (rep 21/04/2012)
“The Budget To Have Medium Term Frame”, interview with Yubaraj Bhushal, secretary of the National Planning Commission (sp 20/04/2012)
Rio+20 Is Important For Nepal, by Dinesh Chandra Devkota (sp 20/04/2012)
Chipping in: A volunteer-based society, by Simone Galimberti (rep 19/04/2012)
Ministries fail to deliver on development promises (rep 18/04/2012), Development activities take a back seat (ht 19/04/2012)
Programme to root out poverty paying off, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 16/04/2012)
Capital spending to fall below revised target of Rs 65b (rep 12/04/2012)
Development & Politics: Hand in hand, by Monalisa Adhikari (rep 10/04/2012), Development & Poltiics: Separate spheres, by Mukesh Khanal (rep 10/04/2012), Enemies of poverty: Nepal should increase social security spending before embracing corporate globalisation, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp 10/04/2012)
Fooled by experts: Nepal’s real Agriculture Development Strategy has to be farmers’ charter, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 08/04/2012)
Ministries unable to utilise funds: Only Rs 22.42 bn have been spent out of the total budget of Rs 72.61 bn (ht 06/04/2012)
Hagen’s legacy: Development anthropologist Toni Hagen’s words hold value for Nepal’s transitory phase, by Tika P. Dhakal (kp 04/04/2012), Remembering
not to forget Toni Hagen: As he looks down at another nearly lost
half-decade of development in Nepal, Toni Hagen must be shaking his head, by Kunda Dixit (nt 06/04/2012)
Government declares volunteer campaign (kp 25/03/2012), Government
announces National Volunteer Campaign: Volunteers to be mobilised for
infrastructure development; Political leaders say the programme should
be apolitical (ht 25/03/2012), Sounds good: But will NVC fly? (rep 26/03/2012), Development volunteers drive draws flak: Govt will mobilise Maoists at state’s expense: Oppn, by Prakaash Acharya (ht 04/04/2012)
Changing narrative, by Chandan Sapkota (rep 18/03/2012)
The real culprits, by Sugat Ratna Kansakar (rep 11/03/2012)
Nepal third poorest in S Asia, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 09/03/2012)
Ministries still fail to expedite capital spending (rep 05/03/2012)
Irrationality of the oppressed, by C.K. Lal (rep 05/03/2012)
Slide into Africa, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 27/02/2012)
Poverty Alleviation Fund mulls separate oversight agency (kp 11/02/2012)
MoF commits uninterrupted fund flow to national projects (rep 08/02/2012)
Poverty reduction through foreign employment: Is it really sustainable?, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 02/02/2012)
Bhattarai unveils ambitious dev plan: Plans to attract $1 billion in FDI, create 677,000 new jobs, by Mukul Humagain (kp 27/01/2012)
Plan to provide social security to all Nepalis in 10 years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/01/2012)
Delayed projects to lose funds to those going good (kp 11/01/2012)
Ministries fail to produce results, capital spending barely 5% (rep 29/12/2011)
Vision For National Integration And Development, by P. Thapa (rn 24/12/2011)
Accessibility to energy helps poverty reduction: Experts (ht 17/12/2011)
Pre-contact commissions slow development spending, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 15/12/2011), Expedite development works, FM instructs secys (rep 16/12/2011)
Country faring well, towards meeting MDG on HIV (kp 02/12/2011)
"Encouraging progress", Helen
Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme talks
about Nepal's progress in meeting MDGs and the challenges ahead (nt
02/12/2011)
Dev expenditure, revenue collection miss targets (kp 25/11/2011)
Frequent transfer of officials barrier to development, interview with Sushil Ghimire (kp 22/11/2011)
PM for expansion of anti-poverty program (rep 18/11/2011)
Poverty Reduction – Time For Action, by Rekha Shrestha Sharma (rn 14/11/2011)
UNDP in Nepal: Filling Gaps, by Keshab Poudel (sp 11/11/2011)
Is Poverty Really On The Decline?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 10/11/2011)
Delayed budget hit dev expenditure: NPC report (kp 08/11/2011)
IMF to reinstate Nepal office, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 06/11/2011)
Nepal improves in human development index (ht 03/11/2011), Nepal makes marginal improvement in Human Development Index (nn 04/11/2011), Inequality drags Nepal down in global ranking (rep 05/11/2011), Inequality drags down Nepal’s human dev ranking (kp 05/11/2011), Country sees income inequality: Rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer: UNDP report (ht 05/11/2011), Human
Development Report 2011: Unequal Progress; The recently released Human
Development Report 2011 shows that progress has been unequal within and
among nations, by Debesh Adhikari (sp 11/11/2011)
Poverty alleviation: Reality or illusion?, by Bishal Bhattarai (rep 01/11/2011)
Economists
question govt’s poverty data: Poverty should be measured in terms of
education and health indicators not on the basis of calorie (kp 30/10/2011)
Fighting the scourge of poverty: Daunting task, by Ajita Singh (ht 26/10/2011)
Nepal’s poverty rate down to 25 pc, but income distribution remains grossly uneven (nn 20/10/2011), A fourth of Nepalis still poverty, by Om Astha Rai (rep 21/10/2011), 25.16 percent Nepalis below poverty line, by Ashok Thapa (kp 21/10/2011), CBS draws new poverty line: Person earning below Rs 54 per day is poor (ht 21/10/2011), Third Nepal Living Standard Survey-2010: Remarkable findings, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 21/10/2011), Rs
53 per day: The focus on absolute poverty instead of relative poverty
diverts attention away from inequality in one of the least equal
country in the world, Nepal, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp 24/10/2011)
There’s a better way: Soft land reform initiatives have produced good results without risking social upheaval, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 03/10/2011)
MDGs: Pride & Progress (sp 30/09/2011)
Compact on accountability, by Simone Galimberti (rep 27/09/2011)
Nepal making MDG strides, says PM (kp 22/09/2011)
Poverty reduction & inclusive growth, by Mukesh Khanal (rep 18/09/2011)
New NLSS results: Further scrutiny may be essential, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 13/09/2011)
New NPC vice chair prioritises infrastructure, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 09/09/2011)
Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12: Nepal climbs 5 places but continues to suffer from ills of transition (rep 08/09/2011), Nepal moves up five ranks to 125th place, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/09/2011), Nepal improves score, ranking: Switzerland still leads in global business competitiveness (ht 09/08/2011)
Nepal on way to achieving health MDG, by Naresh Pratap K.C. (kp 04/09/2011), Primary Health Care and Health MDGs, by Nirakar Man Shrestha (kp 12/09/2011)
The Willpower For Development And Minister, by Uttam Maharjan (rep 25/08/2011)
Tackling Social Ills And Nepal, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 24/08/2011)
‘Strategic intervention necessary to achieve millennium goals’ (nn 24/08/2011), MDGs And Nepal’s
Progress (rn 25/08/2011), Resource gap major hurdle in meeting MDGs, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/08/2011), Nepal short of Rs 21b to develop roads to meet MDG (kp 26/08/2011)
Inculcate Ethics And Values, by G. K. Pakavath (rn 22/08/2011)
NLSS III: Lopsided Progress?, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 19/08/2011)
“Rural Pockets Need Development Focus”, interview with Shri Krishna Upadhyay (sp 19/08/2011)
Lumbini plan: House panel seeks govt stance on deal (kp 17/08/2011), Lumbini as geopolitical ping pong: A mystery project to transform Buddha's birthplace becomes even more mysterious, by Anurag Acharya (nt 19/08/2011)
Ten questions on APECF's plans, by Kul Chandra Gautam (rep 16/08/2011)
'Absence of local bodies challenging development', interview with Shoko Noda (rep 16/08/2011)
Trickledown
effect: Recent out-migration and remittance have contributed in poverty
reduction what 50 years of development planning could not achieve, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 14/08/2011)
Positive Progress, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 13/08/2011)
Federal Dimension Of Planning, Discuss Now, by Rekha Shrestha Sharma (rn 11/08/2011)
Has Poverty Really Come Down?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 11/08/2011)
Nepali living standards survey: Good progress made in social sectors, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/08/2011), Common Nepalis’ access to basic facilities rising, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/08/2011)
Set Up A National Development Trust, by P. Thapa (rn 05/08/2011)
Astonishing decline in absolute poverty to 13 pc, by Prem Khanal (rep 04/08/2011), Heaven-sent news (rep 06/08/2011)
Bihar's development lessons for Nepal (rep 03/08/2011)
Engineering mess in Nepal, by Mukund Mishra (rep 02/08/2011)
Development agencies asked to complete tender by mid-Nov (rep 29/07/2011)
“A Small Initiative also Contributes in Poverty Reduction”, by Pitambar Prasad Acharya (sp 22/07/2011)
"Indifferent, politicised leadership makes development difficult", interview with Sarah Sanyahumbi, DFID (nt 15/07/2011)
Govt to assign specific teams to steer dev projects, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 14/07/2011)
Rethinking Poverty Reduction Approach, by Rekha Shrestha Sharma (rn 11/07/2011)
Social front impressive, economy jittery, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 08/07/2011), Economic Survey shows big progress in telecom (rep 08/07/2011)
Poverty, Social Security In Government’s Policy, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 08/07/2011)
Nation among nations: Only the truly exceptional find shortcuts to stability and progress, by Deepak Thapa (kp 07/07/2011)
Gross domestic wellbeing: Forget GDP, the Better Life Index gives an alternative model of development, by Simone Galimberti (kp 07/07/2011)
World Development Report 2011: Haunting Conflict (sp 01/07/2011), Developing Nepal: Challenges & Prospects, by Troy Edige (sp 01/07/2011)
Oppn parties oppose new development plans (ht 11/06/2011)
Marginalisation must go: The government and people must work together to address hardships of the poor, by Simone Galimberti (kp 09/06/2011)
MoF flooded with budget requests for politically motivated projects (rep 26/05/2011)
Dev
plans in clutches of ‘elites’: Stakeholders kept out of loop in the
absence of elected reps; Dalits, indigenous, women and people from
disadvantaged and backward groups have failed to benefit (ht 22/05/2011)
Nepal can expedite social change: through innovative thinking, by Simone Galimberti (kp 12/05/2011)
The development debate: Nepal faces the daunting task of balancing its own cultural wisdom with that of Western capitalism, by Sumit Sharma Sameer (kp 11/05/2011)
Who Gained And Who Lost?, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 28/04/2011)
Subsidy absorbing development projects, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 19/04/2011)
Nepal close to fulfilling MDGs targets: WB, IMF (rep 17/04/2011), MDG targets (rep 18/04/2011), Brakes on school enrolment (kp 18/04/2011), Nepal on track to achieving MDGs: report (kp 19/04/2011)
Human capital, by Mohan Das Manandhar (rep 11/04/2011)
Sustainable economic development: A 5 pillar economic model, by Anil Shah (ht 04/04/2011)
Decision to halt dev spending draws flak (rep 02/04/2011)
The millennial path: Ensuring environmental sustainability requires rethinking the very paradigm of development, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 22/03/2011)
Development & migration (rep 20/03/2011)
MDGs, EFA & Nepal's prospects, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (rep 19/03/2011)
Nepal: The Face Of Poverty, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 17/03/2011)
NPC VC, 6 members resign (kp 15/03/2011)
Adhikari pledges specil attention to poor (kp 14/02/2011)
No invisible hands here: An alternative perspective on economic development, by Kalpana Khanal and Prakash Kumar Shrestha (kp 23/01/2011)
NPC approval delay may hit projects (kp 18/01/2011)
Priority plans in for an overhaul: Govt determines fresh norms to accord priority to projects (ht 14/01/2011)
Moving forward with the past: Development can also be about embracing the past, by Rajeev Goyal and Priyanka Bista (nt 14/01/2011)
Community capacity-building, by Durga D. Poudel (tg 12/01/2011)
A modest proposal: With India growing by 9 percent and China by 10, we have good reasons to remain hopeful, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 01/01/2011)
The developmentalisation of Nepal, by Hemant R. Ojha (Himal Southasian, January 2011)
Diminishing
development spending, dwindling revenue: Many projects failed to make a
call for tenders before the budget was announced this year (kp 31/12/2010)
Skewed resource distribution: Unbalanced development is the outcome, by Rabindra Bahadur Singh (ht 30/12/2010)
Crisis walloping development: Donors (kp 21/12/2010)
SWC vs. MOWCS: Small Tussle, Big Trouble, by Keshab Poudel (sp 17/12/2010)
Fate of leadership and development: Output of sub-standard education, by L.B. Thapa (ht 17/12/2010)
Slum millionaires: Women from the slums demonstrate how single drops can make up an ocean, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 26/11/2010)
MDG in education: High dropout rate a snag (kp 25/11/2010)
Teach a man to fish: People in need who are not aware of their rights can be easily misled, by Saloman Rajbanshi (kp 25/11/2010)
Asymmetrical development: NPC must be more than a ceremonial institution for more robust progress in HDI, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (kp 18/11/2010), Nepal’s HDI Gains (sp 19/11/2010)
Nepal: Development Discourse, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg 17/11/1010)
Invest More On The Poor, by Arun Pandey (ht 11/11/2010)
Banking on micro-finance: Strategy for MDGs, by Puspa Raj Sharma (ht 10/11/2010)
Nepal's success in MDGs (ht 04/11/2010), Nepal way ahead in HDI, by Mukul Humagain (kp 05/11/2010), Nepal did well in 40 years (ht 05/11/2010), Chutes and ladders: More focus should be placed on other development indicators (kp 09/11/2010)
UNDP report ranks Nepal third in non-Income HDI; says poor nations making 'faster development gains' (nn 04/11/2010)
MDGs Still A Big Challenge, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 30/10/2010)
Lopsided Progress: Although
Nepal has made certain progress in terms of MDGs, challenges,
particularly in the area of eradicating inequality and social
exclusion, remain (sp 29/10/2010)
European
impressions: Nepal can learn from Europe in setting priorities that
result in an improved quality of life for its citizens, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp 29/10/2010)
5-year plan to restrict open defecation (ht 29/10/2010)
Govt gearing to meet water MDG (kp 20/10/2010)
Govt bid to meet MDGs on sanitation, water: Aims at 53 pc sanitation coverage by 2015 (ht 15/10/2010), Towards total sanitation: People-oriented mission, by Ganga Datta Nepal (ht 15/10/2010)
Derailing Development, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 02/10/2010)
Millennium Development Goals: A critical review, by Bhavani Dhungana (ht 30/09/2010), MDGs: Drive Against Poverty, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 06/10/2010), Unequal Progress: Nepal has made enormous progress towards achieving MDGs but several challenges remain (sp 08/10/2010)
‘A govt is a must to take service delivery to poor seriously’, interview with Sarah Sanyabhumi (ht 29/09/2010)
Development Derailed: In
the absence of budget, the development expenditures have all but come
to standstill – threatening to precipitate a wide scale crisis (sp 24/09/2010)
Human Capital Flight And Its Impact, by Pradyumna Prasad Upadhay (rn 17/09/2010)
Urban Poverty, by Sanjaya Acharya (rep 14/09/2010)
MDGs to keep, miles to go before we sleep, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/09/2010), Half and half: MDGs are on track; universal literacy is still some way off (kp 08/09/2010), Many faces of poverty: MPI will help policymakers garner in-depth information on poverty they currently lack, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 09/09/2010), Nepal wide off the mark in meeting education MDG, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/09/2010), Nepal lagging far behind on MDG front (ht 14/09/2010), MDGs: Progress & missing links, by Dilli Raj Khanal (rep 15/09/2010), Of jobs and toilets: New Nepal needs to create jobs and toilets to meet MDG goals, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 17/09/2010), High Hope: In
spite of the growing political instability and chaos, Nepal is close to
achieving several of the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015 (sp 24/09/2010)
PAF, WEF join hands to alleviate poverty (ht 31/08/2010)
South Asia houses half of world’s poor: Report; Around 65pc Nepalis under poverty line (ht 25/08/2010), MPI has undermined Nepal's efforts to reduce poverty: NPC (nn 25/08/2010), Poverty Figures And Their Policy Implications, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 27/08/2010)
Nepal leads the sector (kp 21/08/2010)
“Lack of political trust will hinder development”, interview with Pirkko-Liisa Kyöstilä (sp 20/08/2010)
Alternative poverty measurement: Is it simply a methodological issue?, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 20/08/2010)
Rs 230 m squatter settlement fund frozen (ht 12/08/2010)
Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): A way forward, by Uma Shankar Prasad (ht 12/08/2010)
Do no harm (ht 10/08/2010)
Boosting FDI inflows: Enabling environment must, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht 09/08/2010)
Ministry working on fresh directive for development work (ht 08/08/2010)
Multidimensional poverty index: Nepal’s rank slips to 82nd: Report (ht 03/08/2010)
ADB chief asks Nepal to use potential, by Mukul Humagain (kp 29/07/2010), ADB chief asks to improve road links (ht 29/07/2010)
Declining aid productivity, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (rep 28/07/2010)
Sustainable development: Environment has vital stake, by Bidur Prasad Upadhyay (ht 26/07/2010)
Ecosystem Nepal: INSEAD students confirm it is possible to do business beyond politics, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 23/07/2010)
Food deficit will continue to hamper poverty reduction: NPC (nn 23/07/2010)
Causes of Poverty in Nepal, by Uma Shankar Prasad (tg 21/07/2010)
Misuse of resources: A development dilemma, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 19/07/2010)
Mirror, mirror: The new UN poverty index gives our policymakers some food for thought (kp 15/07/2010), NPC refutes Oxford report (kp 17/07/2010), NPC says absolute poverty at 25.4 pc; ‘Oxford study too objective’ (ht 17/07/2010)
The Asta-Ja Policy Framework for Sustainable Development, by Durga D. Poudel (tg 14/07/2010)
Call to invest in skill development (kp 02/07/2010)
Indigenous Products In Peril (rn 26/06/2010)
Budgets too slow keep bridges too far, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 24/06/2010)
MDG trail right on track (kp 23/06/2010), Nepal sailing well en route to achieving MDGs: Report (ht 23/06/2010)
Living with Haakimdom: Perhaps our leaders will be more concerned if they had to walk a mile in the common man’s shoes, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 23/06/20ß10)
Size of three-year interim plan will be Rs 335 billion, reveals Dr Pokharel (nn 20/06/2010)
Development budget remains unspent (kp 17/06/2010)
Govt for wrapping up projects (kp 14/06/2010)
Capital market: The wheels of change, by Shanker Man Singh (ht 11/06/2010)
Govt draws up land use policy, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/06/2010)
Interim plan likely to go for environment-friendly projects (ht 08/06/2010)
Another interim plan: We want to see tangible development in the field, not glossy progress reports, by Maina Dhital (kp 25/05/2010), Devil in detail: Yet another periodic plan, yet more promises (kp 27/05/2010), Interim Plan posts ‘dubious’ achievement (ht 28/05/2010)
Poverty level down 6pc (kp 24/05/2010)
Nepal lags behind in teledensity target under MDGs (ht 24/05/2010)
"There is also a strong support for Nepal", interview with Minar Pimple (sp 21/05/2010)
Govt eyes 5.5pc growth (kp 20/05/2010), Interim Plan registers mixed results (ht 20/05/2010), WB projects 3.5pc growth (ht 20/05/2010), Various projects to see completion in ’10-’13 (kp 23/05/2010), TYIP aims at upgrading Nepal’s status to DC (ht 24/05/2010), Meet on three-year plan concludes (ht 25/05/2010)
Improving health status must for realising MDGs: Minister Chaudhary (nn 19/05/2010)
Cabinet reconstitutes NDC (rn 18/05/2010) [Once again, no women and predominantly Bahuns! This not the way towards an inclusive state!!]
‘Nepal closer to meeting MDGs thanks to FCHVs’ (nn 18/05/2010)
Govt investment pie slice to swell in new plan, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/05/2010)
Things have changed: Governance and development is no more just the responsibility of the government, by Sangram S. Lama (kp 13/05/2010)
Planning Commission proposes to spend Rs 118 bln for three yrs (nn 12/05/2010)
NDC meet to be held on May 23-24 (nn 10/05/2010)
Social security for all: The agenda of a welfare state cannot be accomplished unless the tax base is expanded, by C.D. Bhatta (kp 06/05/2010)
Govt spends less on development activities (ht 29/04/2010)
Jobs top NPC priority in next 3-yr-plan, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 23/04/2010)
PM Nepal confers with MDG regional director Minar Pimple (nn 23/04/2010)
Development funds not used, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 16/04/2010)
Sector-wide Approach: Fundamental Principles, Practices, by Indra Karki (rn 14/04/2010)
Top priority dev projects moving at sluggish pace (kp 02/04/2010)
Foreign direct investmen: Role in national development, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 19/03/2010)
What Then Are The Keys To Poverty Elimination?, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 12/03/2010)
Millennium Development Goals: On Track?, by Abijit Sharma (sp 05/03/2010)
Misconceived mission: With Aishwarya at the top, the social services council became a stepping board for various aspirants, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 26/02/2010)
'MDGs will prove elusive for Nepal' (nn 24/02/2010) [see Social Watch Report 2009], Nepal will miss 2015 MDGs, says report, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/02/2010), Sans optimism (ht 25/02/2010), Pokharel vs Pyakuryal: The Contested Poverty Figures – I, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 26/02/2010) [see slso part 2 (04/03/2010)]
Nepal can get rich: But first we need to go from parrot learning to creative learning, by Bhoj Raj Adhikari (kp 21/02/2010)
Poverty level drops to 25pc (kp 15/02/2010), On the ball: Nepal has done well to stay on track on many MDGs; it can do more (kp 16/02/2010)
The information gap: There should be a free flow of information of what goes on between the government, donors and NGOs, by Sushma Joshi (kp 14/02/2010)
NPC holds meeting on MDG progress (nn 14/02/2010)
Nepal doing well on infant death MDG (ht 26/01/2010), Nepal makes gains in saving newborn lives, on track to meet MDG for child survival (nn 26/01/2010)
Saving for a rainy day: The proposed contributory pension scheme will ensure social security for everybody, by Durgesh Kumar Pradhan (kp 24/01/2010), Social security cover for 2 million (kp 26/01/2010)
Low-cost homes plan shows tardy progress (kp 21/01/2010)
Govt mulling 3-year plan, focus on state-restructuring, Agriculture, rural development on cards (rn 13/01/2010), 'Prepare 3-year plan as per fed system' (kp 13/01/2010)
Nepal far worse than others on quality of life, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 12/01/2010)
Mouths to feed, by Maina Dhital (kp 10/01/2010)
Equity and Human Development: Review of Nepal’s Basic Public Policies in Education and Health, by Mohan Das Manandhar and Rojan Bajrachrya (sp 08/01/2010) |
