Innovation, Development and Covid19: Post Pandemic Context for Nepal - 21st February 2022
Tim delivered a lecture as part of the TBC Distinguished Guest Lecture Series II - Session 1 titled ‘Innovation, Development and Covid19: Post Pandemic Context for Nepal’.
Session Intro:
The fourth industrial revolution, the digital revolutions, holds unique promise for global equality as developing nations are not constrained by
the physical infrastructure that held some back from manufacturing. Digital services also hold the opportunity for developing nations to leapfrog more traditional
“brick and mortar” solutions, benefitting human development as we are witnessing in health-tech and fin-tech. These have been supercharged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Lecture Covered:
- The spread of the culture of entrepreneurship and digital innovation across the globe.
- How are global capital markets are responding to this growth opportunity?
- Examples from Nepal.