Prem Khanal

Mr. Prem Khanal "is chief of the business bureau at the Kathmandu Post, where he has published more than 250 articles on politics, business, corruption, and economic reform in Nepal. An economist by training, he previously served as research officer for the Institute for Development Studies, in Kathmandu. He has authored two books, An Analysis of Public Expenditure in Nepal (2005) and A Study on Government Plans, Programs, Budget Affecting Children in Nepal (2002), and has co-authored Problems and Prospects of Reforms in Nepal (2003). He recently completed a study on “Financing Education in Nepal” for Action Aid International. In 2004, his numerous expository pieces on corruption and the misuse of public funds earned him an Outstanding Performance Award from Kantipur Publications, the largest media firm based in Kathmandu. During his fellowship, Mr. Khanal studied political resistance to economic reforms in Nepal since 1990 and the impact of this resistance on democratization in the country."

• 2007–2008, NED Past Fellows

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Mr. Prem Khanal recently quit The Kathmandu Post, Nepal’s first English daily from the private sector, where he served as the chief of business bureau for five years (2003 - 2008) and joined Republica, national English daily, as an editor- business/economy. During his nearly a decade-long career in the business journalism in Nepal, Mr. Khanal has published more than 300 articles on politics, business, corruption, and economic reform in Nepal. An economist by training, he previously served as research officer for the Institute for Development Studies, in Kathmandu. He has authored two books, An Analysis of Public Expenditure in Nepal (2005) and A Study on Government Plans, Programs, Budget Affecting Children in Nepal (2002), and has co-authored Problems and Prospects of Reforms in Nepal (2003). In 2007, he completed a study on “Financing Education in Nepal” for Action Aid International. He also won Reagan-fascell Fellowship for Democracy in 2007 and traveled to Washington DC to complete a five-month study on Economic Reforms and Democracy in Nepal for National Endowment for Democracy (NED). During his fellowship, Mr. Khanal studied political resistance to economic reforms in Nepal since 1990 and the impact of this resistance on democratization in the country. In 2004, his numerous expository pieces on corruption and the misuse of public funds earned him an Outstanding Performance Award from Kantipur Publications, the largest media firm based in Kathmandu. He can be contacted at premkhanal@gmail.com