THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MNCS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES OF NEPALESE SOCIETY

*455 This undergraduate thesis discusses about the contributions of the
multinational corporations to the economic and social condition of Nepalese
Society. Multinational corporations are spreading into the world especially the
third-world countries due to several reasons. The third-world countries also
receive the existence of MNCs to their countries to increase the economic and
social development. Nowadays, MNCs cannot be underestimated again since
MNCs have their important role as a non-state actor.
Through a qualitative method, this undergraduate thesis emphasizes on
the impacts resulted from MNCs existence in Nepal. The theoretical
framework of this undergraduate thesis uses the modernization theory which
cover the development of the people either the economic or social. The result
of the research shows that the Nepalese society has changed from traditional
into more modern one. However, it does not mean that the people are more
welfare. The economic development of the people is stagnant since the
increase of GDP does not directly influence the living standard of the people