Weekly Update: South Asia

Afghanistan – The Bibi Sarah, Rukhshana, and Naswan-e-Rahman Mina girls' high schools conducted exhibitions of products and handicrafts made by students participating in CIPE’s Tashabos youth entrepreneurship course. The exhibition gives students a chance to practice their business and marketing skills.

Nepal – Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation, is continuing to prepare its Nepal Economic Growth Agenda (NEGA). On June 11-12, consultative roundtables were held to get additional input from key national experts on the NEGA, covering the document’s five sectors: hydroelectric power, infrastructure, tourism, agriculture and education. Samriddhi’s research team presented its recommendations, and the feedback received will be used to complete the document. In addition, the team is preparing for five regional consultative roundtables, to be held next week in Pokhara, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, Dhangadi and Chitwan.