Peace by Corporate Means: How Mature Is the Private Sector for Peacebuilding in Nepal?

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Notes

^*The authors acknowledge NCCR North–South, since this briefing is an outcome of its research project, and thank Dr Sagar Raj Sharma, Senior Researcher at Kathmandu University/School of Arts, and Dr Andrea Iff, Senior Researcher at Swisspeace, for constructive insights that helped develop the briefing.

¹ National dailies such as KantipurNagarik and Republica from 10 February to 24 February 2011 include more information on this scandal. Most notably, Kantipur of 23 February 2011 has a detailed section on this issue.

² Go through Himal Khabarpatrika (14–19 March 2012) and The Kathmandu Post and Republica of 30 July 2011 to find out more about businesspeople's nexus with political leaders in Nepal.

³ See the Nepal Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2006 published by Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, Government of Nepal.

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Safal Ghimire

SAFAL GHIMIRE is a PhD candidate at Centre for Peace Studies, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia. He formerly worked as a research officer in the South Asia Office of the NCCR North–South on a three-year research project on ‘Private Sector in Peace Promotion’. Email: [email protected]

Bishnu Raj Upreti

BISHNU RAJ UPRETI is the Executive Director of Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research and was the co-leader of a global research project on private sector and peace conducted jointly by Swiss Peace Foundation and NCCR North–South. Email: [email protected]