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Friday, July 1, 2011

Costs and benefits of remittances in Nepal

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Remittances now account for almost 23 percent of Nepal’s GDP . About one-third of working male population is estimated to be outside the cou...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Cost of MGNREGA is decreasing

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It looks like cost of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ( MGNREGA ), the largest employment guarantee public works pro...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Two main barriers to economic integration in South Asia

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Former finance minister Rameshore Prasad Khanal argues that the two main barriers to trade integration in South Asia are poor cross-border...
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...