Iain Payne

Iain Payne

Iain Payne is associated with Niti Foundation. With thanks to George Varughese who provided comments on a previous draft.

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Transition in crisis: COVID-19 and federalisation in Nepal

Transition in crisis: COVID-19 and federalisation in Nepal

The Nepali federation is still in its infancy. Less than five years from its establishment in the 2015 Constitution and less than three years from elections in 2017 that instated new federal institutions, the transformation of the erstwhile highly centralised, unitary Nepali state into a three-tiere...

The Nepali federation is still in its infancy. Less than five years from its establishment in the 2015 Constitution and less than three years from elections in 2017 that instated new federal institutions, the transformation of the erstwhile highly centralised, unitary Nepali state into a three-tiere...