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The deal gives Nepal access to USD500mn in development grants. Key players in the governing coalition were refusing to support Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on ratification…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267821
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This follows the introduction of the Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act by a bipartisan group of US senators in early August. Washington is thus planning to increase its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272757
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This was his first trip to the country since beginning his fifth stint as premier last year. Delhi and Kathmandu are keen to increase connectivity and cooperation despite a border…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268642
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With populations growing by 3-4% annually, physical infrastructure requires significant expansion. Mobile telephony has been a major success, but there is much to be done to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265184
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DP World, the leading state-owned port operator and logistics company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is aggressively expanding its foothold across Africa. As DP World…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239982
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The impasse ended with an agreement on forming a probe commission. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’) is trying to manage the fallout from other controversies as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281608
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His Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) now has fewer governing partners. The reconfiguration included cutting ties with Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress, the largest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285735
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Today, Deuba’s Nepali Congress (NC) party and its governing partners said they will contest the polls as an alliance. The opposition challenge will be led by the Communist Party…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271939
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Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category Four hurricane, two weeks after Category Five Hurricane Irma wrought severe wind and flood damage to much of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224665
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Although growth has remained positive this year, it slowed in the second quarter and total output has not recovered from the collapse of economic activity in 2020. Poverty remains…