Nepal Economic Forum

There is a photograph that captures the spirit of our times better than any policy document or think tank report. It shows a tech billionaire strutting around in the Oval Office, his young son perched on his shoulders while the President of the United States grins at the camera. The boundaries between corporate power and sovereign authority, between private ambition and publi...

The new Government of Nepal has set an ambitious goal of reaching a USD 100 billion economy at a sustained economic growth rate of 7%, and a USD 3000 per capita income in the next 5 to 7 years. To achieve this, the government strongly emphasize...

I speak from the front lines of risk.

As Chairman of Himalayan Everest Insurance and as an Advisory Board Member of Nepal Economic Forum, I see climate change not just as a theory or a declaration – but as assets damaged, livelihoods disrupted, and recovery delayed.

That is the lens I bring in this article.

For generations, disasters in the Himalayas – ea...

The Himalayas are often described as remote or peripheral. But we are now realizing they are strategic —to climate outcomes, to economic connectivity, and to security considerations across Asia and beyond. From the European Union’s perspective, this region matters not only because it is vulnerable, but because what happens here will define patterns of cooperation, stability, ...

Introduction

Nepal cultivates many high-value, unique ecological products. Large cardamom, cultivated in the eastern hills of Taplejung and Ilam, accounts for 55–68% of global large-cardamom output. Ilam orthodox tea shares the same Himalayan ridgeline, altitude, and Camellia sinensis varietals as Darjeeling. Timur pepper (Zanthoxylum arma...