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Monday, March 5, 2012

Crisis divides macroeconomic schools of thought

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Here is Simon Wren-Lewis over at VoxEu : So why have schools of thought within mainstream macroeconomics returned? One simple story ...
Friday, March 2, 2012

What drives sophistication of production and exports?

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Anand, Mishra and Spatafora argue that “ an educated workforce, external liberalization, and good information flows are important prerequis...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

1.29 billion people below US$1.25 a day in 2008

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The latest update by the WB shows that an estimated 1.29 billion people in 2008 lived below $1.25 a day (2005 PPP), equivalent to 22 percen...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Where is the danger of political polarization and extremism greater?

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It is greatest in countries with: relatively recent histories of democracy, existing right-wing extremist parties, and electoral syste...

Creeping prices: What determines food and nonfood prices in Nepal?

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[It is published in today’s Republica , p.6]. Creeping prices In the mid-term review of monetary policy, the central bank argued that ...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Why Nations Fail?

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I am waiting for this book by Acemoglu and Robinson to come to my desk. Here is a blog devoted to the book. And, below is the summary of w...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Estimates of informal agriculture trade between Nepal and India

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The official data shows that out of total merchandise exports of Rs 64 billion in fiscal year 2010/11, export to India was Rs 43.36 billion ...