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Nepal is struggling to implement much-needed reforms for rapid economic growth. When Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was sworn in as Prime Minister in March 2018, he was expected to go about delivering ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’ — a slogan that helped secure his landslide election victory. Author: Prabir De, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) On 30 August 2018, the heads of the Bay of Bengal Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) countries will meet in Kathmandu for the fourth BIMSTEC summit. The last BIMSTEC summit was held in 2014 and a mini-summit was held on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Goa in October 2016. Read more… Author: Prashant Kumar Singh, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses During Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali’s recent visit to China, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi underlined the importance of Nepal to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), proposing to ‘jointly build a community with a shared future for China and Nepal in the new era’. He suggested that ‘supporting the development of Nepal should become the consensus of China and India’, clearly pointing to China’s enhanced profile in Nepal. Read more… No two countries share a more intimate and complex relationship than India and Nepal. India is where Nepalis go to study, find jobs, plan marriages, invest in a second home and undertake pilgrimages. Yet some Nepalis accuse India of interfering in Nepal’s internal affairs and taking Nepal for granted. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Nepal in May 2018 — his third since he became Prime Minister in 2014 — reflects the importance and also the tension in the relationship for both countries. Read more… The Himalayan nation of Nepal, which has been mired in violence and political chaos for two decades, has taken a great leap forward with the peaceful conclusion of multi-phased federal elections on 7 December 2017 after an 11-year transition period. Read more… The monsoon season in Nepal and South Asia is welcomed by locals, as the majority of the population is dependent on agriculture as their main source of income. But these monsoon seasons can also bring destructive weather and natural disasters. Being well-prepared for disasters like landslides and floods is therefore crucial for these people’s livelihoods. Read more… Author: Prabir De, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). BIMSTEC was established to expand cooperation among Bay of Bengal countries. While long maintaining a relatively low profile as a sub-regional grouping, BIMSTEC could be a driver of future integration between South and Southeast Asia. Read more… Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress party was sworn-in as the 40th prime minister of Nepal on 7 June 2017 after Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned on 31 May, honouring the power-sharing deal struck between the two parties in July 2016. Dahal had agreed to exit office after nine months in power, leaving Deuba to lead until the next parliamentary elections are held in January 2018. Read more… Author: Prabir De, Research and Information System for Developing Countries The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional grouping has realised that narrowing connectivity gaps is a must for facilitating regional trade. Improved connectivity, which the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is only making slow progress on, is essential to providing cheaper access to goods and services, creating more jobs and ultimately helping to alleviate poverty at a faster rate. Read more… On 12 May, Nepal signed a memorandum of understanding with China to cooperate on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The timing of the agreement, signed just two days before the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, is not surprising. Read more… April 2017 marked the two-year anniversary of the powerful earthquakes that devastated Nepal and set the stage for China to act as a global humanitarian player. The earthquakes inflicted significant damage in Nepal’s central and northern districts and motivated Beijing to mobilise its largest-ever humanitarian effort on foreign soil. Read more… Nepal will hold local elections in May 2017 for the first time in 20 years. These are critical for decentralising power away from the ossified political class of Kathmandu, the nation’s capital. Nepali democracy has long been relegated to use as a tool for a feudal federal syndicate to stay in power, but there now exists the opportunity to pave the way for a fairer future. Read more…
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