The stakes are very interesting in agriculture, industry and in the service sector that is increasing.
Nepal is a growing market of + 25 million consumers. Agricultural produce, mostly grown in the Terai region bordering India includes tea, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops, milk, and water buffalo meat.
Industry mainly involves the processing of agricultural
produce, including jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and
grain. Its
workforce of about 10 million suffers
from a severe shortage of skilled labor.
Nepal's economic growth continues to be
adversely affected by the political uncertainty. The country receives foreign ‘’aid’’
from the UK, India, Japan, the US, the EU, China, Switzerland, and Scandinavian
countries. The bulk of the energy in Nepal comes from fuel wood, agricultural waste, animal dung, and imported fossil fuels.
Nepal remains isolated from the world's major land, air and sea transport routes although, within the country, aviation is in a better state, with 47 airports, 11 of them with paved runways; flights are frequent and support a sizable traffic.
More than one-third of its people live at least a two hours walk from the nearest all-season road. Around 60% of road network and most rural roads are not operable during the rainy season.
The only practical seaport of entry for goods bound for Kathmandu is Kolkata in West Bengal state of India. Internally, the poor state of development of the road system makes access to markets, schools, and health clinics a challenge.
According to the Nepal Telecommunication Authority MIS May 2012 report, there are seven operators and the total voice telephony subscribers including fixed and mobile are 16,350,946 which gives a penetration rate of 61.42%.
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