Kathmandu, Jan. 21 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's trip to Davos, a resort town in the Swiss Alps, on Sunday to participate in the annual World Economic Forum has a single goal: attract global interest in Nepal ahead of the investment summit in March. But even before the prime minister touched down in Switzerland, diplomats and foreign policy experts have expressed scepticism on whether he will be able to assure the global elites about investing in the country given the insufficient institutional and policy architecture and lack of accountability and transparency.

The World Economic Forum is a non-profit organisation based in Cologny, Switzerland, and is best known for its star-studded annual meeting in the mountain resort which brings...