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Showing posts with label Poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poverty. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Differences in consumption aggregates and poverty estimates in South Asia

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In a paper published in the latest edition of Asian Development Review (Vol.38. No.1), Islam, Newhouse and Yanex-Pagans   study how differe...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic pushed 1.2 million people below the poverty line in Nepal

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According to a news report , which cites a recent study done by National Planning Commission, supply, demand and income shocks due to the CO...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Covid-19: Impact and response

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 03 May 2020. Covid-19: Impact and response The strict lockdown to contain the spread of SAR...
Monday, April 27, 2020

Fiscal deficit in India and rebooting the economy

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Govt needs clear 'entry and exit plan' on fiscal expansion: Shaktikanta Das From Business Standard : The coronavirus pandemic w...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Economic impact of COVID-19, policy measures required and how to finance deficit in India

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Adapted from McKinsey & Company's latest brief on  Getting ahead of coronavirus: Saving lives and livelihoods in India In scenario 1...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 in East Asia and the Pacific

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In its latest East Asia and Pacific Economic Monitor (April 2020) , the World Bank argues that COVID-19 presents an unusual combination of ...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Universal Basic Income in the Developing World

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Banerjee, Niehaus and Suri (February 2019, wp22598 ) have a new NBER working paper out on the what we know and don’t know so far about uni...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Government reduces number of ministries from 29 to 17 and more

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Government reduces number of ministries from 29 to 17 The government’s decision to downsize the number of ministries from 29 to 17 will ...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Poverty based on MPI or income: Which one to look at in the case of Nepal?

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National Planning Commission, in collaboration with Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, recently published multidimensional po...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Earthquake and Blockade: A wrecked Nepalese economy

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Earthquake and economy The catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25 April and subsequent aftershocks (two of them very strong) cripp...