Prisoners of our own device

A paradigm shift in economy, politics and diplomacy is essential to escape the low-growth, high-migration trap.

Nepal has almost everything it needs for prosperity: A strategic location, tourism potential, hydropower and a young population. Yet, we are trapped in a vicious cycle of low growth and high migration. When the Constitution was finally promulgated two decades after the launch of the Maoist People’s War, we expected politics to be our salvation. Unfortunately, it has become our prison.