'No more reports' - less typing, more doing

So says the pragmatic ARTHA BEED in the Nepali Times.

Nepal has received billions of dollars in donor assistance in the past five decades, but when one looks around, apart from introducing workshop-seminar habits, paid junkets, cocktail receptions, report-generating and SUV driving habits, the impact vis-a-vis the costs has been minimal. One may sound cynical, but it is difficult to pinpoint 10 successful interventions that have really altered Nepal's future.

For full article, see: http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2008/11/21/EconomicSense/15399