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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Can you separate the WTO from the Doha Round?

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The prolonged standoff over “new” market access, by preventing the WTO from fulfilling these objectives, is causing serious da...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Update on the state of labor market in Nepal

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According to this news piece that quotes Labor Standard Survey 2008: Labor force (15-59 years): 15.4 million Employed: 11.7 million ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Nepal's banking and liquidity crises explained

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Here is my latest article on the banking and liquidity crisis in Nepal. For earlier pieces on the same issues, check out this and this .  ...

M-Pesa versus Western Union: Mobile banking increases competition and consumer benefits in Kenya

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There economic impacts of M-Pesa , a mobile phone based money transfer system in Kenya that commenced operation in 2007. M-Pesa lowers th...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Krugman on Keynes and his message

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In a paper prepared for the Cambridge conference commemorating the 75th anniversary of the publication of The General Theory of Employment,...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Agricultural outlook for this decade

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The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 says that a good harvest in the coming months should push commodity prices down from the extrem...

Update on food security in Nepal (2010-11 is surplus year)

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It seems like Nepal is going to have food surplus (of 110,000 tonnes) this fiscal year (2010-2011), according to the Ministry of Agricultur...