Background The first economic daily newspaper of the country Karobar National Economic Daily is going to organize one-day Karobar Economic Conclave-2018 on September 14 at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu. Since the beginning, Karobar has been leading the economic agenda of the country. After the elections of the all three levels of governments – Local, Provincial and Federal – Nepal has embarked its journey in a political stability era with a focus on economic prosperity.

Nepal today is also at a juncture of institutionalizing federalism, create employment back home to strengthen the economic base to make Nepal a prosperous country and stop out migration, empower women and youth to encourage them for entrepreneurship, and create base for sustainable and equitable development.

Karobar National Economic Daily, has thus, found the opportune moment to organize, Karobar Economic Conclave-2018, where government, private sector, economists and other stakeholders will come together and discuss to chart out the economic reforms needed to create business environment, and lessen the cost of Doing Business in Nepal to make Nepali product and business competitive in the global market.

Objective Karobar Economic Conclave-2018 will help;

• encourage entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial eco-system

• encourage youth and women in economic activities

• encourage government to listen to the private sector

• encourage the government to reform age-old law and economic policies for greater participation of all strata of the society

• encourage the government and regulators to create business-friendly environment in Nepal

• encourage the private sector to be more competitive and take comparative advantage

• encourage the participants to find out the hurdles in doing business in Nepal, analyze and suggest the reform to make Nepal a competitive country for doing business.