The Asian Development Bank, when announced that Nepal can easily afford to pay back its soft loans and consequently decided to stop its grants making to the country, showed it can be a trailblazer in the field of development assistance. The Bank should reject last minute efforts from the Government to reverse its decision.

Chetan Bhagat features as one of the 100 most influential people in the Time magazine. Why then does the literary watchdogs love to hate him?

It seems that my last piece on INGOs turning national created a certain interest. There is need for some clarifications.

Some international non-governmental organizations and INGOs are considering the option to create local twin organizations as “vehicles” to implement their activities in the country. A graduated approach that instead hands over responsibility to a trusted partner is far preferred. While both can be questionable, we have a real opportunity to reshape the sector for the better.