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Friday, June 4, 2021

Big budget, big promises

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 02 June 2021. A detailed blog on the same issue here .. Big budget, big promises Given that the pan...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Quick thoughts on Nepal’s FY2022 budget

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On 29 May 2021, Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel presented FY2022 budget (mid-July 2021 to mid-July 2022). The FY2022 budget is introd...
Monday, May 24, 2021

What Can Developing Cities Today Learn From the Urban Past?

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Abstract from a NBER working paper by Edward L. Glaeser on lessons on urbanization for developing cities: The downsides of density, includi...
Friday, May 21, 2021

A Proposal to End the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Abstract from a latest IMF Staff Discussion Note by Ruchir Agarwal and Gita Gopinath: Urgent steps are needed to arrest the rising human to...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Nepal's economic performance in FY2021 and outlook for FY2022

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 17 May 2020.  The economy has been eroding Given the rapid spread of Covid-19, CBS’s growth project...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Effect of fiscal expansion and adjustment on sustainable development

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Aizenman et al (2021) outline four stylized patterns from large fiscal impulses (expansions and adjustments) in Chile, Poland, South Africa...
Monday, May 10, 2021

CBS projects Nepal's GDP to grow at 4.0% in FY2021

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On 30 April 2021, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) estimated that Nepal’s economy will likely grow by 4% in FY2021 , up from 2.1% contract...