Political Economy of Social Change and Development in Nepal is an accessible contemporary political economic analysis of social change in Nepal. It considers whether and how Nepal's political economy might have been transformed since the 1950s while situating these changes in Nepal's modern history and its location in the global economic system. It assembles and builds on the scholarship on Nepal from a multidisciplinary and synoptic perspective. Focusing on local discourses, experiences and expectations of transformations, it draws our attention to how powerful historical processes are experienced and negotiated in Nepal and assess how these may, at the same time, produce ideas of equality, human rights and citizenship while also generating new forms of precarity.

This book carries out an initial assessment of Nepal s urban growth and spatial transformation, with a focus on spatial demographic and economic trends, economic growth drivers and infrastructure requirements of Nepal s urban regions.

This book assesses dimensions of the investment climate in Nepal that shape opportunities for investments, employment, and growth of private firms. It includes data and analysis from five surveys on challenges to the investment climate, and provides policy recommendations to address these challenges.

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Nepal Is One Of The Developing Societies To Have Started The Process Of Modernization In The Aftermath Of The Industrial Revolution In Europe And The World War Ii. Till Recently Nepal Has Been In The List Of The Least Developed Countries Of The World. The Monarchy Freed Itself From The Clutches Of The Rana Family And Thus Started A Process Of Political Modernization. Nepal Has Embarbed Upon A Planned Economic Development By Adopting The Five Year Plans. Around 1947 There Was Hardly Any University In Nepal. Most Of Its Colleges Were Affiliated To Patna University. But Now A Reasonable Development Of Education In Nepal Has Taken Place. The Panchayat Sytem Has Given Place To Multiparty Democracy In Nepal Under The District Development Committee Act, 1992 Has Decided To Divide The Areas Of 75 District Development Committee (Ddc) Of The Kingdom Of Nepal Into The Minimum Of Nine And Maximum Of Seventeen At Ilakas. In This Book, The Process Of Modernization In Its Historical Perspectives Has Been Analysed.