Chandan Sapkota's blog

Triple whammy :  2015 was a notably bad year for the economy on three fronts The April earthquake destroyed physical infrastructure ...

Earthquake and economy The catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25 April and subsequent aftershocks (two of them very strong) cripp...

The blog post about changes in minimum wages in South Asia and the rapid rise in wages in Nepal, which meant that we might not have compar...

Nepal has seen a lot of labor union activism especially after 2006. The labor unions, who are dictated by political party bosses, have time ...

The labor unions have been a serious drag to the development of industrial sector in Nepal. Their demand for wage hike and other services a...

Ejaz Ghani outlines two scenarios for South Asia: optimistic and pessimistic . Here are the major points: Optimistic scenario: T...

Here is the PowerPoint presentation I used during a guest lecture at Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies , Tribhuvan Unive...

Well, so claim the labor union leaders. That might be true. But it is unfair to ask for similar benefits for workers in Nepal like the work...

This was published in Republica , September 12, 2011, p.6. Here is a piece on the same issue by Milan Mani Sharma of Republica. Relief...

Killed: 17,828 Disappeared: 1,452 Disabled: 5,912 Displaced: 89,171 Property loss suffered: 14,348 Source: Republica, ...

This was published in Republica , August 27, 2011. For an earlier discussion on the same issue, please check this blog post . Imprudent ...

Below are some of the interesting facts and figures from World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security and Development : No low inco...

Good news! Seems like most of the issues related to industrial strike and labor-related industrial woes are being addressed in the latest d...