Kathmandu, April 28 -- The third edition of the Nepal Investment Summit starts today. At the event, the Nepal government will present the prospects of investing in Nepal to investors and try to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Nepal acknowledges that foreign direct investment plays a major role in its economic development, given the shortage of resources within the country. The Post's Purushottam Poudel sat down with Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun on Saturday to discuss the summit and what Nepal aims to gain from it.

Nepal hosted two investment summits before this, in 2017 and 2019. Nepal hasn't been able to draw the investments promised in both editions of the summit. What different is Nepal doing this time to attract more inve...