Local Corruption Project

Corruption continues unabated in Nepal’s local governments, and some would even say that it has increased in recent years. But the schemes and methods of local corruption remain the same.

Members of Parliament (MPs) in Nepal have always favoured supporters back in the constituency, and despite many reforms this old practice continues unabated.

A new report says local governments are more corrupt than most other government offices in the districts. But are they really?

The age-old practice in Nepali politics to struggle for a share in the budget to favour one’s own constituency lives on under the new CPN government.

Initial Election Commission (EC) figures suggest a huge voter turnout: 71 percent! But was it a peaceful local election in May?

It’s just another example of local infrastructure projects that are left half completed for years, sometimes forever. We once witnessed a similar case in Chitwan where the government was said to have funded a dike project along a river to…