Paper short abstract:

This paper will analyze financial impacts of housing construction projects in post-conflict Nepal. It will focus on the projects' impacts on agricultural productivity, banking and finance and overall macro-economy after the end of the civil war.

Paper long abstract:

Among others, the prime cause for the armed conflict in Nepal was economic disparity. The conflict resulted into a huge loss of infrastructure. After the peace agreement, the state and private actor have been conducting massive construction activities. This paper will explore the relation between private sector's construction of high-rise apartments and economic transformation, a transformation which was the rebels' major agenda for waging the war.

The conflict devastated bridges, police beats, health posts, administrative buildings and telephone towers. Mismatch in financial distribution, alarming income gaps and misuse of economic resources further exacerbated the conflict. Since the warring parties have now reached a peace agreement, a proper process of reconstruction can address most of such causes.

Construction of new infrastructures is an important part of reconstruction in post-conflict economies, so is the proper distribution of the benefits from it. In this context, this paper will look at the construction projects by the private sector especially on housing sector. Discussion on how they address past and current economic faults will be a major part. Additionally, it will analyze the conditions, interests, stakes and strategies of private sector actors.

Since the focus will be on economic analysis of reconstruction, there will be substantial qualitative discussion. The authors will use journals, books and reports to compare the instances. But quantitative information will also be used for evidence-building. Primary data in forms of case studies and field observations and secondary data obtained from Ministry of Finance other concerned ministries, federations of industries and development agencies will be the basis of analysis