Equitable economic recovery is a key requirement for consolidating peace in Nepal, where economic deprivation of various groups and regions, elite control of productive resources, and decades of low development have fed both poverty and multiple conflicts…The private sector is deeply affected by insecurity. Increasing criminality, forced donations, strikes and shutdowns and labour unrest stifle production; limit access to raw materials; prevent goods going to market; and undermine investor confidence. Weak security provision means that businesses increasingly turn to private security arrangements for their individual safety, as well as protection of property and assets…the private sector therefore has a clear interest in a return to peace and security...The research highlights that business is both impacted by public insecurity, and also in a position to make important contributions to tackling it.