SAWTEE arranges seminar to improve trade & investment
27 Jan '07
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In the technical session, Navin Dahal, Executive Director and Shivaraj Bhatta, Economist of SAWTEE made presentations on the findings of the research studies. Prachanda Man Shrestha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies chaired the session. Kiran Saakha, Export Promotion Committee, FNCCI and Ratnakar Adhikari, Programme Specialist, UNDP Regional Center were the discussants.
During the technical session the participant said that in order to facilitate conducive investment climate in Nepal, policies must be formulated and frequently updated to reflect Nepal's economic goals, supply side constraints must be managed and Nepal must build its capacity to negotiate at bilateral and multilateral agreements. In addition, the participants attending the dissemination seminar also realised the importance of public-private co-ordination in formulating and in implementing industrial, investment and trade policies.
The programme was attended by more than 50 stakeholders including businessmen, policy makers, politicians, media persons and others.