Here is a summary of the recommendations from yesterday’s open citizen’s gathering: where we shared our strategies for Economic Development in Nepal: Happens every Saturday at GAA, Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal 9:45 am sharp. Do come. More information here !

1. There are differences in each participant’s opinions on how much we should prioritize the issue of private property rights. These differences are mostly centered around differences on the extent on the role of government in dictating a person’s private life/rights/property.
2. There should be redistribution of wealth within Nepal, but the ways to go about it and the extent, scope, and proportion of the redistribution are points of disagreement.
3. There should be a detailed study and consideration of Nepal’s particular property rights/distribution history so that past injustices are not replicated/ amplified by present rhetoric of inheritance rights, private property rights, and income capacities. That historical injustices and marginalization ought to be a starting point when considering land-reforms or other re-distributive mechanisms.
4. Taxation as a method of redistribution is agreed upon, but there are differences among participants on the nature of the tax system that may best (for each one’s interest and viewpoint). For example, progressive taxation (according to one’s income) or fixed

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