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Private sector perspectives on MCC

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By Amun Thapa, Nirnaya Bhatta, Manish Shrestha
| myRepública
There are some valid reasons why Nepal should not delay endorsing the $ 500 million MCC Compact agreement. With the parliamentary ratification of the MCC Compact due and the possibility of it being tabled on Thursday (Jan 06), the Nepali private sector is also observing the developments related to MCC closely. A lesser known fact, the private sector associations were consulted regarding the details of the MCC projects as far back as 2014 on the projects.
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Post-truth politics in Nepal

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By Nirnaya Bhatta
| Nepali Times Verified
There is genuine interest among some public intellectuals in Nepal to further clarify a few of the provisions of the compact signed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Ministry of Finance. There has been some outrageous speculation about the agreement that seems to have captured the Nepali imagination. While due diligence over MCC’s engagements in Nepal started in 2012, it only became a conspicuously contentious issue within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in late 2019.
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China’s Xi Visits Nepal, Elevating Ties to ‘Strategic Partnership of Cooperation’

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By Ankit Panda Verified, Krzysztof Iwanek, Nirnaya Bhatta
| The Diplomat Magazine Verified
The Pulse | Politics | South Asia The visit marked the highest-level China-Nepal interaction in 23 years. Credit: Prakash Mathema/Pool Photo via AP Over the weekend, Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader since Jiang Zemin in 1996 to visit the Himalayan country of Nepal. His visit capped years of increasing geopolitical alignment between Kathmandu and Beijing amid China’s attempts to expand its influence in South Asia.
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Citizenship, Identity and Nepal’s Contested 2015 Constitution

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By Nirnaya Bhatta
| The Diplomat Magazine Verified
The 2015 Constitution failed to address the demands of Madhesi and indigenous populations. By Nirnaya Bhatta and Maximillian Morch for The Diplomat September 19, 2019 Four years ago, celebrations erupted across the Nepali capital after President Ram Baran Yadav stood in front of the Constituent Assembly and promulgated a new constitution.
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