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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Trade blockade was more damaging to Nepalese economy than the earthquake

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The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ) just released its GDP growth projection for FY2016. The growth projection is quite close to the l...

Structural change in China and its impact on other economies

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Asian economies face headwinds from three weak factors : weak global recovery, weak global trade, and weak (rather moderating) Chinese grow...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Nepal was the third largest remittance recipient in 2014

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As a share of its GDP, Nepal was the third largest recipient of remittances in 2014 (see the latest Migration and Development brief by WB)...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Reality and requirements for Nepal-China accords to work

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Symbolic or viable Nepal needs serious homework to benefit from accords with China, including the important one on transit The agree...
Friday, April 8, 2016

One year since the Great Gorkha earthquake

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It is nearly a year since the catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Barpak, Gorkha. The massive earthquake on 25 April 2015 at 11:5...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

The use and abuse of p-values and statistical significance

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Here is the American Statistical Association's (ASA) official policy statement on p-values and statistical significance. Introduc...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Impact of trade blockade on inflation and external sector

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Earlier, I briefly gave an outline of the impact of trade blockade on government expenditure and revenue in the first half of FY2016. Here...