A Review of Current Practices of Revenue Generation from Natural Resources for the Local Bodies of Nepal

The objective of this study is to produce economic evidence on the economic, social and environmental impacts of current practices of revenue genera- tion from the extraction and use of natural resources such as sand, gravel, and stone (SG&S), with a particular emphasis on rock and stone mining at the local level, and to recommend ways for optimal generation and use of local bodies’ (LB) fiscal revenue.