Chandan Sapkota's blog

The Nepali authorities and the IMF have reached a staff-level agreement on the 4th review a staff-level agreement on the 4th review of unde...

Based on the population census data  (see  blog post on demographic dividend and structural transformation using the same dataset) , this ...

Based on the population census and national accounts data (also see blog post on demographic dividend ), this blog post highlights key fea...

Based on the population census data , this blog post highlights key features related to population, and its structure and evolution. Overall...

An interesting article on Pokhara International Airport , financed with Chinese loans and built by Chinese firms, in the NYT . Key highlight...

It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 19 September 2023. Macro struggle and transformation Latest data from fiscal year 2022-23 indicate ...

According to a recent ADB report , the smaller the size of the contract, the greater the problem of ghost contracting in Nepal. The situatio...

On 23 May 2023, Nepali and Indian authorities signed a 5-year (medium-term) agreement that will allow Nepal to sell an additional 200 MW of ...

It was published in T he Kathmandu Post , 06 June 2023. A budget amid economic slowdown Achieving revenue target to meet expenditure needs w...

It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 11 May 2022. Background details are in this blog  and Twitter thread . Economic outlook and fiscal ...