The Bhotekoshi Disaster – The Urgency of a Reconstruction Conference

In early May 2015, barely a week after the devastating earthquake, I accompanied Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the Asian Development Bank’s Annual Meeting. As Joint Secretary heading the Ministry of Finance’s International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division (IECCD), I helped organize that journey while Nepal was confronting an immense relief, recovery and reconstruction challenge.