Kathmandu, June 27 -- The recent changes in the policy regarding foreign direct investment (FDI) have a group of Dutch investors-with a combined E150 million invested in small and medium enterprises in Nepal-extremely worried. Amongst the worrisome developments is a ban on loans from foreign investors and an increased minimum equity investment of Rs50 million ('Rs 50 million minimum threshold for foreign investment invites criticism from private sector', June 4, TKP ). There may be some reasoning behind these new rules, but the fact of the matter is that these measures are not well explained which causes a great deal of uncertainty and mistrust, and-most importantly-the effects of these new rules have clearly not been thoroughly considered....