Opportunities and Threats in terms of

Economic Growth and Development

Faculty:
Ms. Tejaswi Sharma
8/24/16

Presented by:
Prajwal Shrestha
MBA II A
Roll No: 18

Contents

Nepals Geographical Position.

Nepal-India Relationship: An Overview
Nepal-China Relationship: An Overview
Indian Economy: A Glance
Chinese Economy: A Glance
Nepals situation
Opportunities
Threats
What can be done?
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Nepals Position

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Nepal-India Relationship: An
Overview

Ancient and close.

Common ethnic, linguistic and cultural
identities.
1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and
Friendship.
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Nepal-China Relationship: An
Overview

Old relationship history.

Established diplomatic relations in 1955.

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Indian Economy: A Glance

10th largest in the world by nominal GDP. Adopted liberalization policy in 1991.

Chinese Economy: A Glance

Worlds second largest economy. Largest exporter and
second largest importer.

GDP increase, 19901998 and 19902006, in

major countries

Nepals situation
Poorer and least developed.
Political
unrest.

Dependence on
agriculture.

Remittance based
economy.

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Opportunities
Transit between India and China.
Potential benefits to Nepal when playing a role of
transit point:
Fees of various types to government.
Setting up service centers, tea shops, hotels along the
road creating employment.
Nepali people will learn new business.
Exporters-Importers start to compare Nepal with other
countries in terms of export-import ease.
Proximity with India-China will grow and this will
enhance Nepals goodwill with both the countries.
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Cont..
Religious Tourism( competitive advantage)

Earned
An example of
Saudi about
Arabia.

SAR62bn
(US$16.5bn)(NRS
14.26 Trillion) from
the annual
pilgrimage rituals of
Hajj in 2012.
Accounts for about 3
percent of the
kingdoms gross
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Nepal has more..

For Hindus

For Buddhist

Attract Chinese

Attract Indians

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Buddhists in China

Hindus in
India

Chinese Buddhists at a
growing 18% to 20% of
the total population, or
around 300 million
people, thus
making
China the country with
the
most
Buddhist
adherents in the world.

80.5%
of
total
population around 827
million people, thus
making
India
the
country with the most
Hindu adherents in the
world.

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Threats
Rivalry between India and China.
Open border with India
Activities of free Tibet Activist.

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What can be done?

Economic (Development) Diplomacy.
Relationship of Trust and Confidence
with India and China.

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Lastly
The best interest of Nepal is in nurturing a relationship of
trust and confidence with both India and China. Rising China,
Shining India and changing Nepal create new opportunities for
all sides to strengthen the age old friendship for the benefit of
the people of all three countries in the days to come.

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