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Kathmandu Thursday January 31, 2002 Magh 18, 2058.
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Nepal development forum
I had an opportunity to participate in some of
the discussions organised by the HMG-Nepal on development forum and its process.
I would like to make some comments on it.
Nepal’s efforts to organise and implement such process here in the country instead of
in Paris are praiseworthy. In the context of national and international environment, this
process will enhance the building of national consensus and strengthen confidence among
the professionals, planners, bureaucrats and decision-makers. Better environment of
transparency and participatory will also be there.
The planners, bureaucrats and policy makers have
come together into the mainstream of development endeavours. If too much time is being
wasted in a consensus building process, the poor people in the remote areas of Nepal will
continue to suffer.
Finally, one can hope that in three to four
years time, HMG-Nepal will be able to conduct Nepal Development Forum seminars in Jumla
instead of in five star hotels in Kathmandu. This high jump from Paris to Jumla will bring
Nepal’s development endeavours even closer to the grassroots, especially when one is
talking about rural development in Nepal.
Hem Gurung
Tamagi, Kaski |
