#Ep.086 Mandakini 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...
#Ep.065 The National Identity Card Project, an effort to digitize nationality through the distribution of a biometric-informed electronic card, began as part of NepalтАЩs e-Governance mission back in 2008. After years of delay, the NID is now in full swing, with almost 10.3 million individual data collected so far. Although the government initially touted the project for upholding Good Governance, m...
#Ep.062 реирежренреп рдЖрд╖рд╛рдв рджреЗрдЦреА рдХрд╛рдардорд╛рдбреМрдБрдорд╛ рд╢реБрд░реБ рднрдПрдХреЛ рдорд┐рдЯрд░ рдмреНрдпрд╛рдЬ рддрдерд╛ рдардЧреА рд╡рд┐рд░реБрджреНрдзрдХреЛ рдХрд┐рд╕рд╛рдирд╣рд░реБрдХреЛ рдЖрдиреНрджреЛрд▓рди рдХрд╛рдардорд╛рдбреМрдБрдорд╛ рд╢реБрд░реБ рд╣реБрджрд╛ рдпрд╕рд▓рд╛рдИ рдХрд╕реИрд▓реЗ рдЧрдореНрднреАрд░рддрд╛рд▓реЗ рд▓рд┐рдПрдХреИ рдерд┐рдПрдирдиреН | рдкрдЫрд┐ рджреЗрд╢рднрд░рд┐рдмрд╛рдЯреИ рдореАрдЯрд░ рдмреНрдпрд╛рдЬрдмрд╛рдЯ рдкреАрдбрд┐рддрд╣рд░реБ рдЬреБрдЯреНрджреИ рдЧрдПрдкрдЫрд┐ рдмрд▓реНрд▓ рдпрд╕рд▓рд╛рдИ рд╕рд╛рд░реНрд╡рдЬрдирд┐рдХ рд╕рд░реЛрдХрд╛рд░рдХреЛ рдореБрджреНрджрд╛рдХреЛ рд░реБрдкрдорд╛ рд╣реЗрд░рд┐рдпреЛ | рдЖрд╖рд╛рдврдорд╛ рд╢реБрд░реБ рднрдПрдХреЛ рдпреЛ рдЖрдиреНрджреЛрд▓рдирдХрд╛ рдкрд┐рдбрд┐рддрд╣рд░реБрд╕рдВрдЧ рдЖрд╢реНрд╡рд┐рди реи, реирежренреп рдорд╛ рд╕рд░рдХрд╛рд░рд▓реЗ рел рдмреБрдБрджреЗ рд╕рд╣рдорддрд┐ рдЧрд░реЗрдкрдЫрд┐ рдорд┐рдЯрд░ рдмреНрдпрд╛рдЬ рддрдерд╛ рдардЧреАрд╡рд┐рд░реБрджреНрдз рдХрд┐рд╕рд╛рди рдордЬрджреБрд░ рд╕рдВрдШрд░реНрд╖ рд╕рдорд┐рддрд┐рд▓реЗ...
#Ep.060 Nepal is a multi-linguistic country with over 130 national languages recognized by the State. However, debates on multilingualism keep resurfacing, particularly concerning the StateтАЩs preference for khas kura (Nepali), a remnant of the Panchayat regimeтАЩs monolingual тАШEk Desh, Ek BhasaтАЩ policy. The country has multilingual provisions, but the gaps within such provisions are quite visible; f...
#Ep.056 World Tiger Day 2022 was a special day for Nepal. The country announced that it had raised its tiger population to a solid 355, making it the frontrunner in tiger conservation in the world. Conservationists and big-cat enthusiasts worldwide were enthralled as the endangered feline population tripled from when it was last rounded up in 2009. In this episode, PEI colleague Dheeraj Gurung sit...
#Ep.045 рдорд┐рдбрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЬрдирддрд╛рд▓рд╛рдИ рд╡рд┐рд╢реНрд╡рд╕рдиреАрдп рд╕реБрдЪрдирд╛ рджрд┐рдПрд░ рд╢реБрд╕реБрдЪрд┐рдд рдмрдирд╛рдЙрдиреЗ рдорд╛рдзреНрдпрдо рд╣реЛ | рддрд░ рдЖрдЬрдХреЛ рджрд┐рдирдорд╛ рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓реА рдорд┐рдбрд┐рдпрд╛рдХреЛ рд╡рд┐рд╢реНрд╡рд╕рдиреАрдпрддрд╛ рдорд╛рдерд┐ рдиреИ рдкреНрд░рд╢реНрди рдЙрдареЗрдХрд╛ рдЫрдиреН | рдорд┐рдбрд┐рдпрд╛ рд╣рд╛рдЙрд╕рд╣рд░реБ рдЖрдлреБрд▓рд╛рдИ рд╡реНрдпрд╡рд╕рд╛рдпрд┐рдХ рднрдиреНрдЫрдиреН ред рддрд░ рд╡реНрдпрд╛рд╡рд╕рд╛рдпрд┐рдХ рд░реБрдкрдорд╛ рд╕рдВрдЧрдард┐рдд рд╣реБрдиреЗ рдирд╛рдордорд╛ рддреНрдпрд╣рд╛рдБ рдХрд╛рдо рдЧрд░реНрдиреЗ рдкрддреНрд░рдХрд╛рд░рд╣рд░реБрд▓реЗ рд░рд╛рдЬрдиреАрддрд┐рдХ рдкрд╛рд░реНрдЯреАрдХрд╛ рднреНрд░рд╛рддреГ рд╕рдВрдШрдардирдХрд╛ рдЪреНрдпрд╛рдкреНрдЯрд░ рдЦреЛрд▓реЗрдХрд╛ рдЫрдиреН , рд░ рддреНрдпрд╕ рдЕрдиреНрддрд░реНрдЧрдд рдЪреБрдирд╛рд╡ рд╕рдореЗрдд рд▓рдбреНрджрдЫрдиреН ред рдпрд╕реНрддреЛ рдЕрд╡рд╕реНрдерд╛рдорд╛ рддрд┐ рдорд┐рдбрд┐рдпрд╛рд▓реЗ рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд╢рд┐рдд/рдкреНрд░рд╕рд╛рд░рд┐рдд рдЧрд░реНрдиреЗ рд╕рдорд╛рдЪ...
In February 2020, just two months into the Covid-19 Pandemic, the World Health Organization announced another contagious threat to humans, an infodemic. They defined the phenomenon as тАЛтАЛan excess of information, including false or misleading information, in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak. Today, almost a year after the pandemic ceased, the infodemic persists. The glob...