Development Nepal

Development and Stability

Interview

The common Nepali has now begun to yearn for rapid progress in living standards and socio-economic conditions as tangible benefits of peace and democracy.

 

Mallika Shakya joined the World Bank as a Young Professional (YP) in 2004.  Only two Nepalese have successfully made to the YP program after the year 1992.  According to the World Bank website, 1,000 – 10,000 applications are received each year for a limited number of positions.  Trained at London School of Economics as a specialist on the role of cultural capital in private sector development, Mallika has been awarded with various honors and awards for her academic excellence, both within Nepal and outside.  She remains passionate about Nepal’s development, and is actively engaged in various diaspora initiatives on gender, ethnicity, democracy, and State restructuring. She is an adviser to the Nepal-Americas Council (NAC) and is one of the founding members of Liberal Democracy Nepal (LDN).  In her current assignment within the World Bank, Mallika has been working on export competitiveness issues.  She has led public-private dialogues on removal of non-tariff barriers between Bangladesh and Northeast India; formed industrial clusters among the modern manufacturers in Bangladesh to enhance their competitiveness; and has developed a business strategy for mainstreaming gender into South Asia’s private sector development. Click here

May 19, 2007