Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu, Nepal
 

Professor Dr. Madan Dahal, Team Leader

Prof. Dahal is a senior economist will lead the team. Prof. Dahal holds a Ph. D. Degree in Economics from University of Bombay, India in 1983. He taught Government Finance at Tribhuvan University (TU), Kirtipur for over thirty-eight years until his retirement in June 2009. He provided guidance to students aspiring for the Degree of Ph. D. in Economics at TU and undertook several research project works at both national and international levels.

In recent years Dr. Dahal is actively engaged in and attached to a number of academic and professional organizations, which include: Member, National Development Council at National Planning Commission (NPC/GON); Member, Revenue Advisory Board, Ministry of Finance (MOF/GON); Chairman, Mega Bank Nepal Ltd. (MBNL); and President, Nepal Economic Association (NEA).

In the past, Prof. Dahal served a number of organizations at various capacities. The major assignments comprise:

• Chairman, High Level Tax System Review Task Force, (MOF/GON) (1995);

• Executive Director, APROSC/GON (1995);

• Visiting Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (1996);

• Head, Central Department of Economics at Tribhuvan University (TU) (2002-2006);

• Member, Academic Council, TU (2003-2005);

• Member, Board of Directors, Employees Provident Fund (EPF/GON) (2004-2007);

• Member, Board of Directors, NCC Bank (2007-2009); and

• Board Member, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, GON (2007-2009)

Dr. Dahal has had the opportunity to work as a consultant economist with various international agencies including ADB, UNDP, ILO, The World Bank, DANIDA, FINNIDA, USAID, FES/Germany, IDE/Japan, SAARC and SANEI. He worked in Sri Lanka for Asian Development Bank as International Consultant on Public Finance Management during 2004-2006. Prof. Dahal, a vegetarian and widely travelled person, has authored, co-authored and edited 15 books on economics and allied areas to his credit published from India, Japan and Nepal and some of the publications are prescribed in the curricula of Economics at TU.

Mr. Nandakaji Budhathoki, Economist/Team Member

Mr Budhathoki completed his MA in economics from Central Development of economics from Tribhuvan University Nepal in 2004.Besides that, he did his MSC in development and resources economics from the Norwegian university of life science, Norway. He also took major courses in health economics and policy analysis from the University of Oslo. Currently, he is an economist in IIDS.

He has more than 3 years teaching experiences of teaching macro and micro economics both graduate and undergraduate level in Nepal. He has actively involved some of the projects of IIDS as a team member since he joined this institution including its flagship Publication “Nepal Economic Outlook” His area of interest includes health economics, environmental economics, micro credit etc.

Mr. Manbar Singh Khadka, Economist/Team Member

Mr. Khadka received an M.S. in Agricultural & Resource Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park, USA and Bachelors in Economics from Wabash College in Indiana, USA. His areas of interest lie in development economics, environmental economics, and macroeconomics.

His research on Climate Change and Food Security, Child Labor and Microfinance have been published both nationally and internationally. He has worked as a lead author of Nepal Economic Outlook 2011-12, a flagship publication of IIDS.

Mr. Ashwasthama Pokhrel, Field Coordinator/Data Analyst

Mr Pokhrel has a Bachelors Degree in Law from Tribhuvan University. He started his career as Field Enumerator at Land Resource Mapping Project (LRMP) in 1980. He joined IDS in 1984 as Data Processor. Specializing in field management and data management, he has taken part in more than 50 socio-economic research works. He has travelled as a field surveyor in 72 out of a total of districts of the country.

Mr. Shankar Aryal, Project Coordinator

Mr Aryal is a research fellow in IIDS. He has completed his MA in Political Science from Tribhuvan University; Mr Aryal started his career as District Census Officer at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Specializing in time-series data management, he has worked in more than 60 socio-economic research works. In addition to a number of trainings, he has participated in several national, regional and international workshops and seminars.

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