Nepal at the Crossroad: Political Economy in the Post Gen-Z Movement

Nepal at the Crossroad: Political Economy in the Post Gen-Z Movement is a concise fact sheet that examines Nepal’s current political and economic rupture through the lens of the recent Gen-Z–led uprising. It diagnoses deep-seated structural contradictions—ranging from fiscal imbalance, remittance dependence, and slow growth to governance failure, demographic decline, and institutional decay—while situating youth mobilisation as a response to a patronage-based, exclusionary system. The fact sheet concludes by outlining three possible future trajectories—reform and renewal, stagnation, or crisis—highlighting the critical policy choices that will shape Nepal’s democratic and economic future.