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Thursday, January 19, 2012

The impact of the EU debt crisis and global economic downturn on Nepalese economy

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Here are some of the major points related to Nepal from a newly released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2012 . The implications of the EU d...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

EU debt crisis and weak global demand will affect South Asia’s growth prospect in 2012 and 2013

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In its newly released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2012 , the World Bank argues that GDP in South Asia slowed to an estimated 6.6 percen...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Infographics of the evolution of Nepal’s export destination

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Here is a series of infographics that shows the evolution of Nepal’s export destination. The data is sourced from WB data visualizer . It di...

Can aid tying work when there is pervasive corruption?

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It seems like it does. Knack and Smets argue that aid tying can be an efficient response by donors when losses from corruption may rival or...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Government sponsored think tanks in Nepal

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PM Baburam Bhattarai feels that the country needs think tanks to give inputs to the government on matters related to foreign affairs and ec...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Recommendations of Nepal’s PM’s Economic Advisory Council

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Main priorities as suggested by the PM’s Economic Advisory Council are as follow: Tourism Real estate outside Kathmandu Agriculture...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Landlocked countries’ comparative advantage and services trade

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In a new policy working paper , Borchert et al. argue that protection of services sector (telecommunications and air transport) by landlocke...