Archive economic politics 2001-2003

Archive

2001-2003

2000

current events

Industrial Policy, IEA, FITTA to be amended, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 31/12/2003)

Govt to offer 10 mega projects for private investments (kp 25/12/2003)

Managing Non-Performing Assets, by Tilak Rawal (sp 19/12/2003)

Capital investment in bull market, by Pramesh KC (kp 14/12/2003)

IAP first-quarter performance mixed (kp 19/11/2003)

Govt to soften conditions for facilities to sick industries (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2003)

Vital Role Of Private Sector (Rising Nepal, 13/11/2003)

Quality products to place Nepal in Int’l market (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2003)

Govt soon to bring new financial ordinance (Kathmandu Post, 26/09/2003)

Govt enforces insurance pool regulations (Kathmandu Post, 25/09/2003)

Nepal’s entry into PRGF ‘almost certain’, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2003)

Nepal needs to manage debt carefully: Prof Luintel (Kathmandu Post, 17/08/2003)

Enhancing the efficiency of PEs, by L D Mahat (Kathmandu Post, 13/08/2003)

Monetary Policy: Money Matters, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 01/08/2003)

Control inflation with new monetary policy (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2003), New monetary policy adjusts CRR, bank rate unchanged (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2003)

Way to the top: Want to be a mountaineer? Now you can train in technical climbing right here in Nepal, by Janaki Gurung (Nepali Times, 27/06/2003)

Lohani’s economic challenges; same as two decades ago, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2003), New FM vows financial institutions strengthening (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2003)

Foreign Investment: Persisting Obstructions (Spotlight, 06/06/2003)

Corporate Governance and Financial Sector Reform in Nepal (Telegraph, 28/05/2003)

Mobilisation of domestic finance, by Chandra Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 21/05/2003)

Nepal’s economic policies not pro-poor: UNDP official (Space Time Today, 19/03/2003)

Govt to introduce new guide to lure foreign investors (Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2003)

Staggering losses (Space Time Today, 05/03/2003)

Towards industrialisation, by Achyut Prasad Poudel (Space Time Today, 28/02/2003)

Financial sector reform: Sinking the unsinkable ! by A R Bhattarai (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2003)

Govt on crash course to boost spending (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2003)

About ordinances: Must be in compliance with other programmes, by Narayan B Nakarmi (Space Time Today, 15/02/2003)

Industrial revolution and open market, by Nitu Pandey (Space Time Today, 12/02/2003)

Liberalise our financial sector, by Chandra Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 11/03/2003)

Turning Economic Challenges Into Opportunities, by Badri Prasad Shrestha (Spotlight, 07/03/2003)

‘Expedite economic diplomacy’ (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2002)

Economic reform programme: Real worth lies on effective implementation, by Narayan B Nakarmi (Space Time Today, 14/12/2002)

What to do with public enterprises?, by Uttam Maharjan (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2002)
See also Public enterprises in Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan (Space Time Today, 26/11/2002)

Govt announces intensive economic reform package (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002)
See also Govt announces economic reforms (Space Time Today, 01/11/2002), Short term policy (Space Times Today, 02/11/20029

Monetary policy, some rationale observations, by Dandapani Paudel (Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2002)

FDI and poverty eradication in Nepal, by Madhukar SJB Rana (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2002)

Dread the mounting debt, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2002)

Govt refuses Chinese grant of goats, sheep this year too, by Shankar Kharel (Kathmandu Post, 05/10/2002)

Monetary policy: Where is it heading for?, by Raghab D Pant (Himalayan Times, 04/10/2002)

Managing Investment Portfolio, by Yogendra Timilsina (Rising Nepal, 04/10/2002)

Fiscal indiscipline: It’s time that Nepal learnt, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2002)

Public Expenditure Management, by Durga Nidhi Sharma (Rising Nepal, 28/09/2002)

CNI’s industrial policy and vision 2020, by Madhukar SJB Rana (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2002)
See also CNI’s industrial policy and vision 2020, by Madhukar SJB Rana (Kathmandu Post, 20/09/2002)

IMF Article IV Consultation Report: Anti-corruption move lauded, reforms stressed (Kathmandu Post, 14/09/2002)

Lopsided economic policy is hurting the country, by Govinda Bahadur Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 14/09/2002)

'All political forces' of the country must be assimilated into the national political mainstream, interview with Badri Prasad Shrestha (Telegraph, 04/09/2002)

Small-scale Enterprises In Nepal, by Shradha Dhungana (Rising Nepal, 29/08/2002)

Investment Policy: How To Attract Investors? by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 16/08/2002)

A critical look at new monetary policy, by Pawan R. Maskey (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2002)

Govt to open petroleum transaction for pvt sector, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2002)

Economic Diplomacy And Resource Mobilisation, by Badri Pokhrel (Rising Nepal, 11/06/2002)

Globalisation and geo-political interests, by Krishna Raj Regmi (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2002)

Market should be allowed to work, by Roop Jyoti (People's Review, 09/05/2002)

Economy at manageable level (Rising Nepal, 09/05/2002)
Interview with Narayan Khadka, Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission

Developing SMEs in Nepal, by Samba Dev Pant (Kathmandu Post, 03/05/2002)

Create investment-friendly environment in Karnali zone (Kathmandu Post, 26/04/2002)

Reforms to be made in present economic policies, by Roop Jyoti (People's Review, 25/04/2002)

Cooperatives In Nepal: Problems And Prospects, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 21/04/2002)

Govt ready to reform industrial policy (Rising Nepal, 11/04/2002)

Private-sector-led-growth: A rhetoric or reality (Kathmandu Post, 09/04/2002)

BFA marches on, by Binod P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 06/04/2002)

They mismanage nation's economy, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 24/01/2002)

Do we have our monetary policy ? by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 02/01/2002)

Costs and benefits of monetary policy changes, by Nara Bahadur Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2001)

Economic Planning Time Ripe For Review, by Gandhi Raj Kafle (Rising Nepal, 07/11/2001)

Liberal Policies: A Must For Economic Development, by Badri Pokhrel (Rising Nepal, 01/10/2001)

Economic Development: Monetary Policy Crucial For Growth, by Tanka Raj Niraula (Rising Nepal, 01/10/2001)

How indebted are we? by Sudhindra Sharma (Nepali Times, 28/09/2001)

Govt to review industrial policy: More private participation to be ensured, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 25/09/2001)

Initiatives for financial sector improvement, by Surya Chandra Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 03/09/2001)

Microeconomic Analysis: Govt outlay accelerates, says NRB (Rising Nepal, 01/09/2001)

Liberalization and poverty alleviation, by Gunakar Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2001)

Cooperatives : Emerging model of micro finance, by Yogendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2001)
See also Hundreds of thousand people have involved themselves in cooperatives, interview with Deepak Prakash Banskota, chairman of the National Cooperative Organizations Limited (People's Review, 23/08/2001)

Anti-root canal economics, by Raghab D Pant (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2001)

Issues on economic development, by Gunakar Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2001)

Failure to deliver economic reform, by Surya Chandra Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 21/07/2001)

Is Nepal going to be a dollar-strapped country? by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2001)

On corporate governance, by Bhubanesh Pant (Kathmandu Post, 10/07/2001)

Poverty alleviation features as prime objective yet again (Kathmandu Post, 09/07/2001)

Whither financial sector reform ? by Suman Joshi (Kathmandu Post, 07/07/2001)

Economic liberalization and bureaucracy, by Surya Chandra Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 28/06/2001)

Economic Reform: Political Component In Reform Agenda, by Achyut Wagle (Rising Nepal, 13/06/2001)

Reducing gap and rural industrialization, by Chandi Prasad Aryal (Kathmandu Post, 09/06/2001)

New framework for monetary policy, by Sushil R Mathema (Kathmandu Post, 08/06/2001)

Ninth Plan: Poor Performance (Spotlight, 25/05/2001)

Challenges of financial sector reform, by Surya Chandra Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 21/05/2001
See also Measures for financial sector reform, by Surya Chandra Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 29/05/2001)

Will the GDP growth sustain? by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 18/05/2001)

Where will subsidy saga take us ? by Govind P Koirala (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2001)

Economy on track to achieve 6 pc growth: CBS, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 13/05/2001)

Continued availability of external assistance helps maintain status quo of 'incompetence and corruption in governance' (Telegraph, 25/04/2001)
Interview with Ajay Ghimire, Ace Finance Company, Kathmandu

ADB’s Strategy Paper: Picking Up Forgotten Issues, by Govinda Bahadur Thapa (Rising Nepal, 18/04/2001)

The issue about unmet deadlines is nonsense (Nepali Times, 06/04/2001)
Interview with Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat

Nepal’s macro-economic performance satisfactory: UN report (Kathmandu Post, 04/04/2001)
See also Nepal's GDP up by 2%, says survey (Rising Nepal, 04/04/2001)

Economic Development: Need For Financial Sectors Reforms, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 01/04/2001)

CBS to set 2000/01 as new base year (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2001)

Lack of implementation hindering liberalization policy (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2001)

Dualistic packages for development, by B P Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2001)

Politics of service charge, by Narayan Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2001)

Nepal & BIMST-EC: Keeping Future Perspective Ahead, by Nischal Nath Pandey (Rising Nepal, 03/03/2001)

We should learn to build on our strengths (Spotlight, 02/03/2001)
Interview with Mohan Man Sainju

Challenges To Meet, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 02/03/2001)

Boao Forum set to begin: HM to be Guest of Honour, by Yubaraj Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 26/02/2001)

Twin enemies: Poverty and unemployment, by Krishna Prasad Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2001)

Paralytic attitude to economic assessment, by D P Paudel (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2001)

Govt liberal to foreign investors: PM (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2001)

Reform needed to prevent financial crisis (Kathmandu Post, 18/01/2001)

Do we have our monetary policy? by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 16/01/2001)

Separate policy for small & cottage industries stressed (Kathmandu Post, 09/01/2001)