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PODS by PEI

Policy Entrepreneurs Inc.

PODS by PEI is a podcast initiative of Policy Entrepreneurs Inc., a policy research center based in Kathmandu, that examines the state of Nepali politics, economy, and development and seeks to inform and enrich Nepal’s policy discourse. Every week, PODS by PEI brings to you thoughtful and in-depth discussions that will take you deep into the most pertinent issues in Nepal.

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00:35:31

Designing for Tomorrow: Alex Shrestha on Sustainable...

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2024/04/02

#Ep.087 Alex Shrestha represents a generation of architects and urban planners creating a positive impact across the Nepali landscape. As managing director at Wonaw & Associates, he focuses on beautiful, functional and sustainable architecture. Alex’s creations have earned national and international distinctions in being among the top 4 resorts in Asia and is recognized by the Society of Nepalese Architects with the Architectural Excellence Award 2021. His most critically acclaimed creation is

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01:04:12

Pankaj Saran on Navigating India's Diplomatic Landscape

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2024/03/26

#Ep.087Pankaj Saran is a former diplomat. He has served as India’s Ambassador to Russia and India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh and as Head of the Northern Division in the Ministry of External Affairs dealing with Nepal and Bhutan. He has worked in different capacities with successive Indian Prime Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Office, contributing to decision-making at the highest levels in a diverse range of sectors, including foreign affairs and national security, Pankaj is presently

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00:47:13

Mandakini Devasher Surie on Civic Spaces in South Asia

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2024/03/19

#Ep.086Mandakini is an international development consultant with more than 18 years of expertise in program design, development, and aid management in South Asia. She has managed complex regional programs in South Asia focused on sustainable development, with a strong understanding of governance systems, institutions, and political economy dynamics. In March of last year, she worked with The Asia Foundation to publish a report on how South Asian Civic Spaces are evolving. Shuvangi and Mandakini

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00:38:13

Rebroadcast: Sucheta Pyakurel on Power and Parity:...

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2024/03/07

#Ep.085Despite once being gripped by patriarchy, Nepali society has come a long way in terms of gender equality and equity, and gender policy efforts have played an undeniable role in reshaping the reality of women in Nepal. Today, women’s representation and participation is incentivized in different development sectors, including education, health, workforce, and politics. However, the strides of progress are still enervated by inefficient implementation, which poses questions about the vitality

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01:07:17

सडक व्यापार - विस्थापन कि व्यवस्थापन ?

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2024/02/29

#Ep.084राजुप्रसाद चापागाई संवैधानिक तथा मानवअधिकार कानुनको क्षेत्रमा क्रियाशिल अधिवक्ता हुनुहुन्छ । वहाँ न्याय तथा अधिकार संस्था (जुरी नेपाल)को संस्थापक अध्यक्ष तथा संवैधानिक कानुन व्यवसायी मञ्चको पूर्व अध्यक्ष समेत हुनुहुन्छ । वहाँले राष्ट्रसंघीय मानवअधिकार उच्चायूक्तको कार्यालय नेपालको कानुनी सल्लाहकार तथा एम्नेस्टी इन्टरनेसनलको दक्षिण एसियाको अनुसन्धानकर्ताका रुपमा भूमिका खेल्नु भएको छ । साथै वहाँ सामाजिक न्याय, संक्रमणकालीन न्याय लक्षित नागरिक आन्दोलनमा आवद्ध हुनुहुन्छ। यसका अतिरिक्त वहाँले

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00:40:27

Rebroadcast: Emiline Smith on Demystifying Cultural...

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2024/02/27

Last month, in January, several stolen cultural heritage were returned to Nepal from the United States. Among them were sacred idols of the Hindu god Uma-Maheshwar that were stolen almost 50 years ago from Chyasal, Patan. They were identified recently in the storage facilities of the Brooklyn Museum, which began repariation, after the efforts of Newa Guthi New York.Locals welcomed their Gods with heartfelt celebrations and a puja for forgiveness. The idols were taken around the city in chariots

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00:39:03

Promoting Free Speech or Imposing Censorship? Laxman...

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2024/02/20

#Ep.082 Laxman Datt Pant is the chairperson of Media Action Nepal and an elected co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition-Consultative Network (MFC-CN). He is also an adjunct Professor of Media Ethics & Journalism at the Tbilisi State University and the University of Georgia. He currently serves as the AMIC Country Representative for Nepal. Pant started his career as a journalist more than two decades ago and worked with numerous media institutions in different capacities ranging from a

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01:07:01

Bhupesh Adhikary on The Air We Breathe: Understanding...

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2024/02/16

#Ep.081 Bhupesh Adhikary is the Senior Air Quality Specialist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu. He is working on understanding the science and mitigation aspects of air pollution in the Hindukush Himalaya region using chemical transport models, in-situ, and satellite-based observations. He previously worked for the EvK2CNR Committee as their resident scientific coordinator. Bhupesh also worked at Kathmandu University as an assistant professor for

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00:50:43

Padma Sundar Joshi on Navigating Solutions to...

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2024/02/06

#Ep.080 Padma Sundar Joshi is the Vice President of Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology. He has more than a decade of experience in. urban planning and environment. He has worked with the city office on projects like. the Municipal Infrastructure Improvement Project and the Kathmandu Valley mapping program. He has published books and a series of articles on urban development, including a recent publication titled The Hiti System: Past, Present, and Future. Lasata and Padma discuss

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01:00:57

हरि थापाको विश्लेषणमा नेपाल, राजनीति, र भ्रस्टाचार :...

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2024/01/30

#Ep.079 आजको भागमा पी. ई. आई. का अनुराग आचार्य, पत्रकार हरी थापा सँग नेपालको शासकीय व्यवस्था, प्रणाली र अभ्यास बारे संवादमा बस्दै हुनुहुन्छ | यो एपिसोडमा उहाँहरु नेपालको बिगत पाँच दशकको शासन व्यवस्थाको नालीबेली बारे कुरा गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ | हरि थापा बिगत तिन दशक देखि सुशासन बारे कलम चलाउने पत्रकार हुनुहुन्छ। उहाले नेपालको बर्तमान शासन र प्रशासनलाई न्यूज-रुम भित्रबाट नियाल्नु मात्र भएको छैन कि बिगतमा पंचायत कालका शक्तिशाली प्रधानमन्त्री सूर्यबहादुर थापा र प्रभावशाली प्रशासक भेषबाहादुर थापाको संस्मरण

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00:53:52

Jesselina Rana on Driving Policy to the Margins:...

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2024/01/26

#Ep.078 Introducing and directing agendas in the policy sphere is a challenging task. Additionally, when the agenda in question is pushed to the margins with shame, stigma, and taboo, the pursuit becomes ever more demanding. Menstruation is one such topic repressed by societal norms of the global south, the stigma of which causes detrimental effects on the lives of innumerable individuals. How does one advocate for that? In this episode, Khushi and Jesselina discuss the challenges in pursuing

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00:42:25

Preeti Thapa on Dialogue for Strategic Peacebuilding:...

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2024/01/16

#Ep.077 In this episode, Khushi and Preeti discuss strategic peacebuilding and the role of Dialogue in it. The two explore the core principles of dialogue as a conflict-solving tool and the wide scope of issues it has helped tackle professionals like Preeti in inviting resolution. They place the significance of dialogue & peacebuilding in the specific context of Nepal and highlight how underlying contentions impact aspects of society and development. They then discuss Preeti’s view on the nexus

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01:14:16

Rebroadcast: Sagar Prasai offers a Political Economy...

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2024/01/09

Last week, Nepal and India signed a power trade deal during the Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishanker's visit. The agreement consolidates the bilateral understanding of electricity exports pushed during the PM's visit to India in 2023. Given the Indian government’s conditions on cross-border electricity trade, which recognizes electricity as a strategic commodity of interest, the recent agreement can be interpreted as a positive sign. However, the current agreement does not

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00:48:09

Raju Pandit on Evaluating COP28: A Nepali Perspective

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2024/01/09

Ep#075 On the second of this month, Prime Minister Dahal hosted a high-level side event at COP 28 entitled “Call of the Mountain: Who Saves Us from the Climate Crisis?”. Nepal, from its first pavilion ever at COP, spoke of the disproportionate impact on its ecosystem and local inhabitants despite having near-zero emissions -finally gathering the world’s attention for an agenda it heralded for more than a decade. In this episode, PEI colleagues Lasata Joshi and Raju Pandit dive into the pivotal

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00:43:42

Kalpana Khanal on Dependence and Dynamics: Nepal's...

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2023/12/19

Ep#074 In this episode, PEI colleague Aslesh Shrestha sits with Kalpana Khanal to discuss Nepal's heavy reliance on remittances, analyzing their pivotal role in driving economic growth while also scrutinizing the associated risks and vulnerabilities. Exploring the historical trajectory of this dependency, they uncover the factors behind the reliance and examine their impact across sectors ranging from the macroeconomy to households and sector-specific consequences. Kalpana Khanal is an economist

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00:37:26

Sucheta Pyakurel on Power and Parity: Charting...

PODS by PEI ·

2023/12/12

#Ep.073 Despite once being gripped by patriarchy, Nepali society has come a long way in terms of gender equality and equity, and gender policy efforts have played an undeniable role in reshaping the reality of women in Nepal. Today, women’s representation and participation is incentivized in different development sectors, including education, health, workforce, and politics. However, the strides of progress are still enervated by inefficient implementation, which poses questions about the vitality

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00:39:54

Curbing Corruption: Narayan Adhikari on Inviting...

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2023/12/05

#Ep.072 The human pursuit of purging corruption in its social systems has perhaps been as old as the problem of corruption itself. Regardless, the problem persists and grows rampant, accentuating development challenges. While some have given up in the face of corruption’s seeming invincibility, others have mobilized to reimagine anti-corruption strategies to encompass diverse aspects and stakeholders like never before. In this episode, PEI’s Khushi Hang and Narayan Adhikari discuss

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00:44:33

Curbing Corruption : स्वार्थको द्वन्द्व: वास्तविकता र...

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2023/11/30

#Ep.071 आजको भागमा, पि. ई. आई. का जनक पोख्रेल, पत्रकार रमेश कुमार न्यौपानेसँग नेपाली समाजमा न कानुनले न त आम जनमानसले नै बढी ध्यान दिएको बिषय, 'स्वार्थको द्वन्द्व' बारे संवादमा बस्दैछन् | वहाँहरू न्यौपानेको गत साउन २१ गते, हिमाल खबर पत्रिकामा प्रकाशित “एकै घरानाको सर्वत्र लगानी, जताततै स्वार्थको द्वन्द्व” नामक खोजमुलक लेखमा आधारित भई, स्वार्थको द्वन्द्वको अवधारणा र यो कसरी भ्रष्टाचारसँग सम्बन्धित छ भनेर बैंक तथा वित्तीय संस्था, बीमा लगायतका सार्वजनिक कम्पनी, साथै विभिन्न सरकारी संयन्त्रको

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01:03:13

Jane Doolan on the Australian Experience in...

PODS by PEI ·

2023/11/28

#Ep.070 Nepal's water sector is experiencing significant shifts due to its transition to a federal system, prompting a reevaluation of legal and policy frameworks to clarify roles across government levels. A major proposal under consideration is adopting a river-basin-based framework for improved governance and management. While aimed at enhancing operations and Integrated Water Resource Management, this reform faces challenges. The sector's future hinges on successfully avoiding conflict,

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00:50:28

Curbing Corruption : Utpal Misra on Making Sense of...

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2023/11/21

#069 Despite its prevalence across cultures and timelines, corruption is still a painstakingly elusive phenomenon to define, measure, capture, and address. And its impacts fuel some of the most significant socio-economic challenges of our time, including poverty, social exclusion, and climate change. In Curbing Corruption, PEI colleagues sit in candid conversations with experts, practitioners, and thought leaders to dissect the vast issue of corruption. Over the span of the series, we embrace a

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