Contested Development in Nepal: Experiences and Reflections
Publisher: Kathmandu University and Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research
Author(s): Sagar Raj Sharma, Bishnu Raj Upreti, Prabin Manandhar, and Mahendra Sapkota
Date: 2014
Topics: Economic Recovery, Land, Renewable Resources
Countries: Nepal
Emerging from a decade long violent conflict, Nepal is at a crossroads where it is faced with some major tasks to accomplish in the near future – drafting a new constitution, addressing its democratic deficit and institutionalizing democracy, concluding the peace process, and paving the path for socio-economic development of the country. There are fundamental challenges and contradictions about development, and yet the political culture we see has apparently little interest or commitment to development issues. We know where we came from. But we do not sufficiently know where we are going. We live in a contested time. This book “Contested Development in Nepal: Experiences and Reflections” focuses on the contested issues and debates in the changing dynamics of Nepal’s development and politics.