IIDS - Institute for Integrated Development Studies

Founded in 1990 after the promulgation of the multi party democracy as a successor of the Integrated Development system (IDS), the Institute of Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) is a leading non-governmental, non-profit organization research institute of Nepal registered under the Societies Registration Act 1977. The mission of IIDS is to contribute to identification, analysis, understanding and response to major development policy issues facing the country. Since its establishment, the major goal of IIDS has always been to contribute to more informed public policies and programs through the provision of technical assistance and dissemination of the research findings and recommendations in different formats to target audiences, mainly the government. It has helped build informed understanding on different key priorities of national importance, such as economic reforms, water resources development, poverty alleviation and human development and so forth.