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Friday, June 8, 2012

Sustainable development at Rio+20 and Nepal’s expectation

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After hosting the Earth Summit two decades ago, Rio de Janeiro, starting June 20, is again welcoming more than 130 heads of state and thousa...

Does democracy foster adoption of economic reforms?

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Giuliano, Mishra and Spilimbergo argue that democracy has a positive and significant impact on the adoption of economic reforms, but econom...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Four years of CA: Fiscal budget, GDP growth and inflation target and achievement

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Total expenditure, target and achievement during the last four years of CA in Nepal. Between 2008/09 and 2010/11, total expenditure (current...
Monday, June 4, 2012

Nepali economy in the last four years of Constitution Assembly

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It was published in Republica , June 3, 2012, p.8. Four wasteful years After the highly charged parleys leading up to May 27 and the di...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Purpose, forms and determinants of green investment

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Given the increasing realization of the impact of climate change on productivity and output, which would disrupt fiscal positions (lower rev...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Three quarters of world poor live in low aid countries

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In an interesting twist to the debate on focus of aid, Jonathan Glennie of the ODI argues that three-quarters of world poor live in low aid...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Extractive institutions and prosperity in Nepal

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[It was published in The Week (Republica), May 25, 2012, p.13] Why is Nepal poor? In 1820, Nepal’s GDP per capita ( 1990 PPP US$ ) wa...