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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The idea of comparative advantage is not dead!

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Pascal Lamy on Krugman, Samuelson and comparative advantage: ----------- “At the outset, let me recognize Paul Krugman’s intellectual c...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Nepal-US Trade & Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) & Exports

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My latest column is about the implications of the US-Nepal TIFA. I make the point that there is little, if any, immediate gains in term...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Doctors to the rescue in the forest…

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Caption: A combo picture of a 26-year old woman in labor pain while grazing goats at a forest in Kalikastan , Achham , Nepal, and giving ...

A three-year national plan for Nepal

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The National Planning Commission ( NPC ) has come up with an investment plan to steer the economy at a moderate growth rate (5-6%) in the n...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Africa is growing...

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Source: WDI 2009 Note that we need to differentiate between oil exporting countries and non-oil exporting countries. Most of the high perf...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

RCTs to measures the effect of menstruation on girls education in Nepal

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Thornton and Oster, did a randomized controlled trial about the relationship between menstruation and attendance of girls in school in south...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Can Africa meet the MDGs target by 2015?

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In 2001, all 192 United Nations member states agreed to a set of eight international development goals to be achieved by 2015. With only fiv...