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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Links of Interest (2012-04-18)–Nepali economy special

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GDP growth in FY2011/12 estimated to be 4.63 percent . This is short of the 5 percent target set while rolling out the budget for the fiscal...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Migration, food insecurity and cropping months

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Here is an interesting chart from a WFP study in 2008 . It is hard to draw a definite conclusion from this chart. Overall, in-migration is h...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Does high remittances lead to high demand for credit?

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Analyzing the scenario in El Salvador, Anzoategui et al. argue that remittances do not necessarily led to “a significant and robust” demand...

Electricity theft and electoral cycle in UP

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Here is an interesting paper on the relationship between the magnitude of electricity theft and electoral cycle in UP, India’s most populous...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

The impact of Bolsa Familia on inequality

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Some of the 13 million families in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia program, for instance, can now access microcredit and job training so they ca...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Employment in Nepal and South Asia compared

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According to the ILO estimates , Nepal has the highest labor force participation rate in South Asia (83.9 percent). Similarly, Nepal also ha...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Rising inequality is eating up growth dividend in Asia

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A latest ADB report argues that “Asia’s rapid growth is leaving millions behind, causing a widening gap between rich and poor that threaten...