Incoming foreign tourist numbers in Nepal may remain suppressed for the earlier half of the decade as potential tourists can be expected to be less confident in traveling overseas destinations as Nepal in where the ability and effectiveness of the …
Tourism Industry : So much to do, so little data
The tourism industry has come to an absolute halt since the beginning of the nationwide lockdown on March 24, and with every single day that it is extended, the industry loses millions of rupees. From the local guides to the …
Vehicular Movement Pass: Another Burden for Industries
Recently the Council of Ministers approved of a criterion regarding the vehicular movement pass for industries. As per the criterion, the Department of Industries will be granting pass for industries while the Department of Commerce Supplies and Consumer Protection will …
NAC: Failure is becoming the new normal.
This month, a couple of news regarding Nepal Airlines Corporation and its demand for Rs. 4 billion to purchase new aircraft popped up, and the enterprise expected the funds would be arranged through the upcoming budget. Through recent years NAC …
THE OTHER MATTER ABOUT COVID-19: How are we treating increased biomedical waste?
1. There is no doubt there is an increase in all forms of waste occasioned by covid-19 particularly biomedical waste as a result of the manufacturing of billions of PPEs, laboratory test equipment etc. 2. In May 2016, IMANI conducted …
Lives Versus Lives
After eight weeks of compliance to a government mandated blanket lockdown, the country is onto yet another extension. The lockdown logic began with flattening the curve and soon became the government’s go-to solution. But amidst all the political bickering and …
६२ प्रतिशत रोजगारीलाई ध्यान दिउँ
नोभेल कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड – १९) महामारीलाई दोस्रो विश्वयुद्ध पछि मानवताले सामना गरेको सबैभन्दा डरलाग्दो संकटको रूपमा लिइएकोछ । यो कुराले जनमानसमा थप त्रास सिर्जना गर्ने भएता पनि हामीले यसलाई नकार्न सक्दैनौँ । यो महामारी हालसम्म २१० देश र क्षेत्रमा …
Press Statement: To tackle Covid-19, keep trade free and support innovation, says international think tank coalition to governments.
To tackle Covid-19, keep trade free and support innovation, says international think tank coalition to governments. As member states of the World Health Organization gather today, May 17, 2020 in Geneva for the World Health Assembly, a global coalition …
Verdict: Ghana’s Voter Register Can’t be Bloated. This is why. – IMANI’s B.B. Simons
Verdict: Ghana’s Voter Register Can’t be Bloated. This is why. 1. A demographic analysis does not really support the “bloating” theory of our voter register. 2. The “demographic structure” argument (the number of voters in relation to the total population …
Sporadic market inspections do little to protect the consumer’s interest
Among many things dominating the news headlines alongside the Covid-19 are news reports of the Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection Management punishing firms for cheating customers. With increasing complaints of high prices of goods, many businesses; vegetable sellers, …
Access to Education During Crisis
With Nepal adopting a nation-wide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, all schools within the country have been ordered to shut down and are likely to remain closed for an indefinite period of time. In the past 49 days, …
A Joint Declaration on the Importance of Collaboration, Open Trade, and Innovation in Tackling COVID-19
Introduction We are an international coalition of public policy research institutes and think tanks that believes that the solutions to the COVID-19 crisis will come from collaboration, open trade and innovation. We are concerned that many countries are looking to …
