Request for article contribution

‘Productivity and Development’ has completed ten years of its regular publication. This quarterly serial has endeavored to present ideas, knowledge and experiences in the subject of productivity contributed by different writers in Nepal, and reprints and extracts from relevant foreign publications. The Editorial Committee has been effortful to make it useful to productivity facilitators and practitioners in government, private sector, academics and community centered organizations. While we are effortful to address the information needs of SMEs, we equally try to make this publication useful to policy makers, trainers, civil service and civil society, as these have a vital role to play in promoting productivity culture for socio-economic development in different segments of society in the country. However, we are very much aware of the need to make the contents of this serial useful to Nepali readers, publishing the matters in the Nepali language.

Considering that productivity needs to be conceptualized and practiced with a holistic approach to address the country’s development needs, this serial will be brought out under a changed title starting from the next issue, that is Volume 11 No. 1. The new title of this publication shall be ‘Productivity and Sustainable Development.’

This issue, as the preceeding ones, has attempted to bring out a wide array of articles ranging from e-commerce to productivity measurement, consumer and quality awareness, TQM, social dimensions of productivity and information on NPEDC’s promotional activities. We need more write-ups in Nepali language, and here by, request the contributors to send articles in the Nepali language. Articles selected by the Editorial Committee shall be attractively remunerated.

The Publisher and the Editorial Committee sincerely request for comments and feedback from the distinguished readers. Your valuable comments and suggestions would definitely help us in making this publication more useful.

During the last quarter of the current Fiscal Year, (mid April to mid July) NPEDC undertook various programs on productivity which are summarized in this issue. The relevant details shall be elaborately brought out in the forthcoming issues along with the articles of topical interest to our readers.

For our forthcoming issues, we would like to invite analytical, informative and thought-provoking articles on productivity and competitiveness in Nepali industry and trade sector, and on sustainable development approaches, achievements and success stories in government, private and civil society sector. Write-ups in the Nepali language with floppy or CD shall be very much appreciated.