Nepal navigates a geopolitical tightrope between India and China, with strategic choices shaping its economic future by November 2025.
Category: Economy & Policy
In-depth coverage of Nepal’s fiscal policies, government regulations, tax reforms, and macroeconomic trends. Understand how legislative changes impact the business climate.
The Single Buyer Risk in Investment in Nepal. The Hydro Pricing Trap
Nepal’s hydropower faces a pricing trap as India monopolizes the market, urging a shift to energy storage and domestic demand growth.
The Cash-on-Delivery Trap in E-commerce Nepal, a Unit Economics Crisis.
Nepal’s e-commerce faces a profitability crisis due to high COD rates; a shift to digital prepayment is essential for sustainability.
Nepal’s Foreign Exchange Reserves: An Analysis of the Monetary Policy and Its Balancing of Import and Production
Nepal, a developing country whose economy relies heavily on agriculture and remittances from migrant workers, faces a range of economic challenges.
Nepal’s Mega-Infrastructure Projects: Who and How Makes Decisions that Will Shape the Country for Decades?
The scale of these plans is astounding: new international airports are being built, trans-Himalayan highways and railways are being designed, giant hydroelectric power stations
Strengthening Nepal’s Domestic Supply Chains: Opportunities and Obstacles to Reducing Import Dependency
Nepal’s economy is characterized as import-oriented and remittance-dependent. The country faces a significant trade deficit, which has crossed NPR 1,256 billion in the first ten months of the 2024/25 financial year.
Nepal’s Anti-Corruption Crackdown: Imitation or Real Breakthrough?
Nepal has consistently ranked poorly over the years, reflecting deep-seated perceptions of public sector corruption.
Nepal in the Great Eurasian Solitaire: Strategic Position in the New “Great Game” Between India, China and the West
To understand the balance of power on this complex board, it is necessary to analyze the goals, tools and risks associated with each of the key players.
Nepal’s Hydropower Potential: New Mega Projects in a Changing Regional Environment Energy
The central question facing Nepal and its international partners is the viability of these capital-intensive megaprojects. This article offers an in-depth analysis of this question through the lens of three interrelated and critical factors
Nepal Between India and China: How Will the Geopolitical Affect the Country’s Domestic Politics and Economic in 2025?
For decades, Nepal has skillfully navigated between Delhi and Beijing, maintaining a fragile balance. But the stakes are higher than ever.