Recent years have seen policymakers give increasing attention to two significant, widespread phenomena: rising inequality (the result of uneven access to productive employment) and
the quickening pace of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) or “…
In the wake of the impasse in the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks, sector-specific plurilateral trade agreements (PTAs) have been gaining traction. However, PTAs mostly appeal to developed countries, with the uptake among…
ICT brought hope for women entrepreneurs all over the world but in an emerging economy like that of Nepal, women mostly serve as micro- entrepreneurs and face everyday challenges of whether to be an "opportunity" entrepreneur or remain a "necessity…
Mountain-route tourism is regarded as the best way to attract tourists who wish to engage in various activities close to nature. It has been providing business opportunities to the lowincome people living in the mountain region and contributing to…
Sustainable business practices (SBPs) offerseveral positive outcomes for the firms and alongside firms are receiving significant level of support at policy level and operational level from different partners. Despite this, the adoption has been low…
This policy paper critically examines the evolution, effectiveness, and shortcomings of Nepal’s investment, industrial, and trade policies over the past nine decades. Despite various reforms and liberalization efforts, Nepal has failed to attract…
Nepal Trade Integration Strategy is one of the prominent steps taken by Government of Nepal to identify and increase the export base of products having comparative advantage. Although tea was identified in every version of NTIS, the performance of…
Tea is one of the major exportable agricultural commodities of Nepal. This study explores the implications of Nepal’s accession to WTO in the tea trade with objectives of identifying potential opportunities and challenges. The study was conducted in…
Based on primary data of 473 lentil farmers and 155 lentil traders selected randomly, the study was designed to analyze lentils farm profitability, efficiency, commodity value chain, market structure and marketing efficiency. Also, secondary data…
The study was conducted to investigate how food traders have perceived the impact of membership of WTO on trade of major food commodities of Nepal. To achieve this objective, primary data was collected from major food traders and key informants of…