Unleashing Nepal: Past Present and Future of The Economy
Author: Sujeev Shakya (Forword by Gurcharan Das)
Category: Nepal   
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The past decade has been an eventful one for Nepal. It has featured thwarted attempts at democracy, a royal massacre and a coup, and finally, almost incredibly, Maoist guerrillas coming over ground, winning a popular mandate to form a government and decisively ending the centuries old institution of monarchy.

At this historic juncture in Nepal, when many fundamental questions on economic rights are being asked by an ever more assertive citizenry, acclaimed columnist and business maven Sujeev Shakya’s Unleashing Nepal examines the chequered history of the Nepali economy—from the time of unification, through decades of autocracy, foreign aid dependence, the ‘conflictonomics’ of the Maoist guerrilla war and a remittance economy driven by the labour of diasporic Nepalis.

Unleashing Nepal is not only be different but create a path for Nepal to make a difference. With a population of close to 30 million people Nepal stands 40th in terms of population. With more than half of those people under the age of 26, it provides a large pool of people to be deployed. With India and China becoming the centre state of global economy, even splinter effects can transform Nepal. He of course examines the history, issues and pitfalls of the Nepali economy, but more than that he will point at the future growth opportunities and bring out prescriptive issues that can transform Nepal.