One year of aid, but little progress in Nepal

THE first anniversary of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake has drawn considerable reflection, and, as predicted, most has been discouraging. There has been little progress in physical rebuilding, and none in improving a governance system that failed citizens before and after the disaster. A year later, more than a million people lack access to clean drinking water, infectious disease is breaking out in the crowded shelters, and stress-related mental illness is on the rise.

What is the reason behind Nepal's lack of progress, and what should be done?

Despite a year-long tide of recovery aid from the international community, the landlocked, mountainous country recently celebrated its New Year under the crushing spectre of strife and deprivation, with residents enduring harsh winter conditions and imminently, the sweltering heat, torrential rains and landslides.