‘Private sector seeks a consistent and predictable policy regime’

Ashok Lavasa, vice-president for Private Sector Operations and Public Private Partnerships of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), on the private sector’s role in the economic growth of Nepal.

Ashok Lavasa is vice-president for Private Sector Operations and Public Private Partnerships of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to joining ADB in September 2020, Lavasa was an election commissioner in India from January 2018 to August 2020. He served in various agencies of the Indian government for nearly four decades as union finance secretary, secretary environment, secretary civil aviation, additional secretary and special secretary for power.