Assessment of Nepal’s trade policy and institutional architecture

SAWTEE implemented the project from September 2020 to June 2021. The project was funded by ’The Asia Foundation’. SAWTEE conducted research and produced a paper that is an exploratory assessment of the coherence of policies, strategies and laws that have a bearing on Nepal’s international trade, with a special focus on its export performance; and the mechanism and extent of coordination between government agencies and between government and private sector in matters of trade policy formulation and implementation. It provided some broad recommendations for ensuring policy coherence and inter-agency coordination for an effective trade policy in general and for developing the export sector in particular.