MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES OF CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN NUWAKOT AND DHADING DISTRICTS, NEPAL FINAL REPORT JULY 25, 2018 Submitted By Submitted To Nepal Development Research Institute Mott MacDonald, Shree Durbar Tole, Pulchowk, Lalitpur GPO Box: 8975, EPC 2201, Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal Email:
[email protected] Telephone: +977-1-5537362, 5554975 1 Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) is pleased to be a part of Mott McDonald’s Micro, Medium Small Enterprise project. We thank Mott McDonald for entrusting NDRI to carry out such an important study. We express our sincere thanks to Mr. Howarth Simon E, Team Leader of PURNIMA and Mr. Rabindra Bahadur Singh, Private Sector Development Lead, for extending requisite administrative and management support in organizing and hosting the assessment. We would like to thank all the participants for their kind participation in the study. We are grateful to all the government stakeholders, Mayors and President of municipalities, ward chairpersons of the sample municipalities, chief administrative officers, district leaders of FNCCI, FNCSI, District Contractor Association, and business leaders for taking time out of their busy schedule for the study. NDRI also acknowledges their contribution in this research. The interactions with each of them have contributed significantly to develop the report. Last but not the least, NDRI also offers gratitude to the entire research team: Prof. Dr. Punya Prasad Regmi, Team Leader, Mr. Jeebanath Adhikari, Team Coordinator, and the field researchers Mr. Ram Prasad Devekota, Rita Pandey, Manoj Karki and Sunita Dhital for their hard work from inception period to project accomplishment. Dr. Jaya Kumar Gurung Executive Director Nepal Development Research Institute 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................