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Saturday, July 7, 2012

FDI inflows to Nepal are starting to increase

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Here is a good news. The latest data from UNCTAD shows that total FDI inflows to Nepal in 2011 were US$95.49 million, up from US$86.74 mill...
Friday, July 6, 2012

The impact of remittances on Madhesh

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Tarai Human Rights Defenders Alliance ( THRD Alliance ) has come up with an interesting study (don’t have an online link yet!) on the social...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Export and import via major customs offices in Nepal

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Ever wondered which custom office is the busiest and does the most trade related transactions? Well, here is a chart that shows exports and ...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

What defines apparel exports after the end of MFA?

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Here is an interesting summary of the shift in apparel sector after MFA in 2005. Excerpts: Many expected that the shifts in apparel pr...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

How to judge effectiveness of fiscal policy?

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Here is Abba Lerner (1943) : “The central idea is that government fiscal policy, its spending and taxing, its borrowing and repayment ...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Currency depreciation and carpet exports

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So, carpet exporters are benefiting from depreciation of Nepali currency against the US dollar. Analysts have doubted if Nepal will ever ben...
Sunday, July 1, 2012

NEPAL: Product space, export sophistication and structural transformation

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Here is a combo of interesting figures that shows the evolution of merchandise export sophistication (or production sophistication) of Nepa...