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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Competitiveness of Nepalese Travel and Tourism Industry

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Nepal ranked 112 out of 139 economies in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2011. See my earlier post on Nepal Tourism...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

What’s in the 17th SAARC Summit declaration?

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I forgot to upload this post before. It is a bit dated but is still relevant. The seventeenth summit of the South Asian Association for R...
Monday, January 2, 2012

Nepal Tourism Year 2011 concludes short of target

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The much hyped Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 came to an end yesterday. When the campaign was launched in 2010 , the target was to attract on...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Does interest rate channel work? Evidence from Ghana

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In short, it won’t work as expected. Why? Because of information asymmetries and imperfect markets. Here is the abstract from a recent paper...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Nepal’s problems with exports

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[It published in The Week, Republica , December 30, 2011, p.9] Nepal’s problems with exports Trade is one of the most vital components...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Companies pulling out of SEZ after incentives were scaled down in India

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Looks like companies are pulling out of SEZs after the Indian government pruned benefits given to companies locating and operating inside SE...

The perils of having consumer groups in the absence of elected local bodies

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A latest study by United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), reported in Nagarik Daily , states that budget leakage in Mountain and Te...