A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE - IN 2020

A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE 1 A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE IN 2020 Photo by: Ramesh Dulal 2 A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE I A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE IN 2020 II A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE IN 2020 © School of Arts, Kathmandu University, Interdisciplinary Analysts and The Asia Foundation, 2020 All rights reserved. [...] As such, this survey captures the mood of the people when the nation was, politically speaking, in a relatively stable situation and was trying to establish the major changes that had taken place in the country since the establishment of federal, provincial, and local governments in 2018. [...] 4 A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE 5 Photo by: Ramesh Dhungana CHAPTER 2 PUBLIC OUTLOOK AND NATIONAL MOOD 6 A SURVEY OF THE NEPALI PEOPLE PUBLIC OUTLOOK AND NATIONAL MOOD KEY HIGHLIGHTS A majority of Nepalis (65.6%) believe that the country is moving in the right direction. [...] In your view, what are the major problems that the country is facing? (N = 7,060) The most cited problem in Bagmati Province is increases in corruption (65.5%), compared to the national figure of 51.9% for the same issue, and 57.5% in Province 1, 46.2% in Province 5, 44.8% in Province 2 (44.8%), and 41.3% in Sudurpaschim Province. [...] There has been a significant increase in those who believe that increases in taxation and increasing corruption are major problems in the country; the share of those who cited increasing taxation increased from 3.1% in 2017 to 19.2% in 2020, and the share of those who cited increasing corruption as the biggest problem increased from 8.9% in 2017, to 10.5% in 2018, to nearly half of respondents (47.