Resources
Templates, guides and tools the desk has found worth surfacing
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U.S. State Department 2025 Investment Climate Statement: Nepal (trade.gov) US government assessment of Nepal's foreign investment climate covering openness, legal regime, property rights, taxation treaties, labour and corruption; page last published 15 June 2026. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Network Readiness Index 2025: Nepal country profile Portulans Institute's Network Readiness Index 2025 profile of Nepal, ranked 107 of 127 economies, with rankings by pillar and sub-pillar for technology, people, governance and impact. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
The Startup Ecosystem in Nepal through the Lens of the Quadruple Helix Model Peer-reviewed literature review in BIC Journal of Management (September 2025, CC BY 4.0) on Nepal's startup ecosystem, covering incubators, public-private partnerships and university links. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
IN-SPAN (India-Nepal Startup Partnership Network) Indian Embassy page for IN-SPAN, which runs cohorts for Nepali startups; lists the first cohort's closing (Jan 2026) and the second cohort's announcement and application link (May-Jun 2026). | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
FinTech and Its Dynamics in the Digital Revolution of Nepal (Kanya Journal) Journal article (Kanya Journal, December 2025) analysing Nepal's payment system from mid-July 2022 to mid-July 2025, including wallets, QR payments and a more than 23-fold rise in PSP agents. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Asian Development Outlook April 2026 (Nepal analysis) ADB's April 2026 outlook with a Nepal analysis PDF; ADB's 10 April 2026 release projects Nepal's growth at 2.7% in FY2026 and 5.0% in FY2027. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Tribhuvan University Business Incubation Center (TUBIC) TU's incubator in Kirtipur with pre-incubation, incubation, mentoring and co-working; has an online application form and posts entrepreneurship programme notices in Nepali and English. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
National Population and Housing Census 2021: National Report (NSO, via UNFPA) UNFPA Nepal page for the National Statistics Office's 614-page results report of the 12th census, released 24 March 2023, with a PDF link and the census data portal. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Assessment of AgriTech Startups in Nepal (IJEEI) Journal article (July 2024) using secondary data to map Nepal's agritech startup segments and players, with challenges and policy recommendations; licence terms not stated on the page. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs' Associations of Nepal (FWEAN) Apex body of women entrepreneurs' associations in all 77 districts; reader can apply for membership online and join its International Women's Trade Expo, workshops and Business Development Center. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Global Findex 2025: Nepal microdata (World Bank) World Bank Microdata Library record for the Nepal sample of the Global Findex 2025 survey, collected May to December 2024, free to cite and use under its public-distribution terms. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
IMF: 2026 Article IV consultation and seventh ECF review for Nepal IMF press release of 8 June 2026 on Nepal's Article IV consultation and final ECF review, estimating FY2025/26 growth at 3.0% and projecting 5.3% for FY2026/27. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Digital Financial Services in Nepal (IFC, May 2025) IFC report dated May 2025 on digital financial services in Nepal, opening with a message from the Nepal Rastra Bank governor on digital payments and access to finance. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
ICT Development Index 2026 (ITU) ITU's ICT Development Index 2026 with PDF report and Excel dataset covering 159 economies; Kathmandu Post (2 July 2026) reports Nepal is ranked again with a score of 68.1. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Digital 2026: Nepal (DataReportal) DataReportal's Digital 2026 Nepal report, published 8 November 2025, with 16.6 million internet users, 32.4 million mobile connections and 14.8 million social media identities as of October 2025. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Global diaspora body; its site reports an August 2026 MoU with the Nepal Chamber of Commerce on diaspora investment, startups and entrepreneurship, plus investment-policy news for NRNs. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NRB list of licensed Payment System Operators and Payment Service Providers One-page NRB Payment Systems Department list of licensed PSOs and PSPs in English, current to 2083/03/32 BS (16 July 2026). | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
ICT Foundation Nepal Non-profit that runs Digital Nepal Conclave, Startup & Idea Fest and a 2026 IEDI-funded incubation for 50+ startups; the site lists its events and past programmes. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Building inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems in Nepal: Kathmandu and Pokhara (ILO) ILO study (15 March 2023) mapping the entrepreneurship ecosystems of Kathmandu and Pokhara for young women and men, with obstacles and proposals for stronger support. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Advancing Digital Payments in Nepal (ADB, SASEC) ADB and SASEC report (July 2026) on Nepal's digital payments: interoperable payment systems, digital identification, small business adoption, skills gaps and cross-border trade; free PDF available. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
GROWTHX Everest accelerator (Technology Khabar report) Technology Khabar report on the launch of GROWTHX Everest, an accelerator for high-potential tech startups and SMEs in Nepal created by CNI, Team Ventures, CNIYEF and Startup Reseau India. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal in Data Not-for-profit data and statistics portal that describes itself as Nepal's first publicly accessible portal, with documents and time-series records from 1950 onward. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal's Startup Policy: Where do we stand globally? (NIPoRe) NIPoRe analysis (published 25 June 2024, by Sagun Baba Shrestha) comparing Nepal's startup policy with other countries and tracing how startups entered Nepal's budgets, plans and policies over about a decade. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
ADB in Nepal Asian Development Bank's Nepal country page with information on ADB assistance, economic data and analysis, resident mission contacts, news and publications. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Official site of Nepal's central bank. Hosts monetary policy documents, bylaws and directives, economic and financial publications, interest and forex rate data, and payment-system and financial-inclusion material. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal Youth Entrepreneurs Forum (NYEF) Membership-based non-profit for Nepali youth entrepreneurs offering idea exchange, fellowships, education, training and advocacy, with chapters across Nepal. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NRB Financial Stability Report archive Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of Financial Stability Reports. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (IEDI) Official site of Nepal's Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (Government of Nepal), covering trainings, business incubation centre orientation programmes, news, notices and downloads for industrial entrepreneurship development. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Open Data Nepal Open Knowledge Nepal's open-data portal hosting free public datasets for Nepal for researchers, journalists, developers and policymakers. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal Startup Outlook (NIPoRe and King's College) Joint initiative of the Nepal Institute for Policy Research (NIPoRe) and King's College Kathmandu to map, invest in and generate impact from Nepal's startup ecosystem; hosts articles on startup funding and policy. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal Development Update (World Bank) World Bank's periodic Nepal Development Update, which reports on key economic developments and examines topics of policy significance. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
National Statistics Office (NSO) Nepal Official site of Nepal's National Statistics Office under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the national statistical agency's publication and data hub (bilingual). | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Humanitarian Data Exchange - Nepal UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data's Nepal page listing hundreds of humanitarian and crisis-response datasets from dozens of organisations. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
World Bank Open Data - Nepal World Bank's country data page for Nepal with development indicators, including internet-user share and other series. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NRB Payment Systems Oversight Report FY 2024/25 Nepal Rastra Bank Payment Systems Department's Payment Systems Oversight Report for FY 2024/25 (63 pages), reviewing the country's payment technology (PayTech) landscape and the central bank's oversight of payment systems. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NSO Microdata Catalog NSO's Central Data Catalog where users can browse, search and download study metadata and data (microdata) from Nepal's national surveys and censuses. | Data | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Idea Studio Nepal Nepal innovation and entrepreneurship organisation (a dividend-not-distributing company under the Companies Act 2063) running programmes such as National Idea Hunt, College Idea Hunt, Pratibha Dabali and Prabhu Idea Plus. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Python Users Group Nepal (PyNepal) Nepal's Python community since 2013, organising meetups and talks, with Meetup and Facebook group links. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) National apex business body with committees including Start up & Innovation, ICT and Women Entrepreneurs, and a 'Doing Business in Nepal' section. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NRB Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation archive Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of its Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation publications. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Global Innovation Index 2025 (WIPO) WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2025, the 18th edition, measuring innovation performance across around 140 economies; the page offers a downloadable Excel dataset. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
GDG Kathmandu Google Developer Group chapter in Kathmandu with events, organisers and member community. | Community | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Generate a SAFE with Cooley GO A free interactive generator, built by the law firm Cooley, that produces a customised Y Combinator SAFE for a US, UK or Singaporean company in a few minutes. | Tool | Index desk | Open ↗ |