Kathmandu. Chairman of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) Birendra Raj Pandey has emphasized that increasing labor productivity is essential for the country's economic development and prosperity, stressing that skill development programs should be conducted under the leadership of the private sector.Speaking at a discussion with industrialists and businessmen organized at the Ministry of Youth, Labor, and Employment in Singha Durbar on Thursday, Chairman Pandey stated that Nepal's labor productivity is very weak compared to neighboring and similar countries. He noted that according to currently available data, Nepal ranks third from the bottom, and commented that current skill development efforts...