Pages

▼
Friday, July 31, 2009

Market players screwing up prices in the Nepalese market

›
At a time when price level in the Indian economy is in downslide, the opposite is going on in Nepal. This is pretty uncommon because the Nep...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Social programs and inequality in Brazil

›
Brazil has made improvements in reducing inequality despite growing at a good rate in recent years. Inequality, measured by the Gini coeffic...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Few details about the remittances market in Nepal

›
Recently World Bank researchers presented their analysis on the remittances market in Nepal. The presentations and a policy note are very in...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

World Trade Report 2009: Finding a balance between contingency measures and commitments

›
The WTO has released ‘ World Trade Report 2009: World Trade Policy Commitments and Contingency Measures ’  warning nations not to fall for p...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

A review of The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

›
The following is a review of Krugman’s book The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 published on Trade Insight, Vol5, No2...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Nepal’s fiscal year 2009/10 budget-- Macro issues in mammoth budget

›
My latest op-ed is titled Budget lacks focus: Macro issues in mammoth budget . It is a review of Nepal’s fiscal year 2009/10 budget. Ther...

Joe Stiglitz profiled

›
Newsweek magazine has a profile of one of my favorite economists-- Joe Stiglitz Stiglitz is perhaps best known for his unrelenting ass...