Contents: 1. Building a bridge towards development: Nepalese economy in 2030/Sagar Raj Sharma. 2. Nepal's science and technology in 2030/Sanjay N. Khana. 3. Transportation in Nepal 2030/Bhola Thapa, Bhupesh Adhikary and Binod Aryal. 4. Nepal's water resources in 2030/Santa Bahadur Pun. 5. Tourism in Nepal 2030/Pitamber Sharma. 6. Security for peace and stability by 2030/Bishnu Raj Upreti. 7. Nepalese women's empowerment by 2030/Yamuna Ghale. 8. Land and agriculture in 2030: low performance amidst high potentials/Kailash Pyakuryal. 9. Coping with climate change by 2030/Mahesh Banskota. 10. Nepalese education in 2030/Suresh Raj Sharma. The main orientation of this book is intellectual envisioning of pathways future Nepal as peaceful and prosperous nation in 15-18 years from now, which was severely after from the devastating bloody war for a decade (1996-2006) and messy prolonged transition for another decade (2006-2015). The book offers selected thematic areas of development intervention as effective means of achieving prosperous and peaceful Nepal. Even after a decade of the comprehensive Peace Agreement, myriad of political and socio-economic problems and uncertainties compounded from poverty, social inequities and insecurities exist in the country. What can be done to address such situation and how does one begin? One begins with discussing ideas, having a vision, and looking to the future. That is exactly what we have attempted to do in this volume. At this juncture in Nepal