Nepal is once again facing the brunt of the 'old wine in new bottle' syndrome as the old faces bicker with each other over civilian supremacy, army integration, party leadership and use of regional language while being sworn in. They are missing the larger picture of drafting a new constitution which seems like an unachievable task by 5 March, 2010. To know more about the state of the transitional government read The Health of Nepal's Transitional Government by Dr Ken Afful.

Similarly, the Haiti earthquake on 12 January has made the world sit and pay attention to one of Mother Nature's extreme way of expressing her unpredictability and automatically shifted its focus on Nepal. It isn't an unknown fact that Nepal is in an earthquake prone zone but Haiti's devastation comes as a rude awakening to the future which might soon be Nepal's. Yet, the state's preparation for a probable destruction is next to non-existent. Our hospitals are ill-equipped to address the number of casualties and our infrastructure too weak to bear the weight of such an occurrence. As an effort to make organised those who will be involved in the relief and recovery, if and when the prediction comes true, we have, in this issue, the Learning from Earthquake Relief and Recovery Operation, a paper prepared by Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP).

On a different and a more personal note, it is a pleasure for the editorial team at to announce that with your encouragement we will be taking a huge leap and fulfilling a long cherished dream of publishing monthly from the next volume onwards. This is our last quarterly issue but we will continue to bring forward issues pertaining to development, management, organisational behaviour, innovative solutions and social issues which are relevant to the changing times we are living in but with an altered outlook on a monthly basis. We will persistently aim to document and broaden our platform to cater to all the needs of the Nepali development sector and grow along with it. We hope to receive your continued support in our new journey as we have in the past.

See you in a month's time!