“Wake up!!” – says Quake

By Sharad KC It was just another lazy Saturday afternoon when all of a sudden there was a wake up call. A call we Nepalese have been dreading for quite some time, although, we were never prepared for it. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at the heart of the country,...

Whittaker Associates’ Most Active List

By Sharad KC Recently, Whittaker Associates compiled a list of companies that were active in opening new plants and expanding existing facilities in the United States. The list provides insight into the companies that were most active during a five year period from...

What Would It Take?

By Dean Whittaker What would it take to create a community within which companies would pay a premium to locate rather than seeking incentives to do so? In other words, what would these places need to have and be to compel companies to compete for the privilege to be...

FDI in Nepal

By Jashmin Tandukar Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development of any country. It is said that the flows of FDI could fill the gap between desired investments and domestically mobilized saving. It also may increase tax revenues,...