Nepal, Feb. 9 -- Attempting to fix the symptoms rather than the root cause has become the norm in Nepal's policy-making today.

Good governance can't be ensured by bringing a good governance law but by fixing the holes in the gamut of laws that contribute to good governance. Therefore, policymakers should avoid symptom-curing syndrome and delve deeper into the problem to find its main cause.

Governments introduce policies to address collective issues for the well-being of the people. Successful policies not only ensure the prosperity of the country but also enhance the credibility and popularity-considered a yardstick for evaluating government effectiveness-of a government in a democracy. Despite the enactment of numerous policies by the...