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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Revised MGNREGA wages and inflation
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The Indian government is planning to increase minimum wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ( MGNREGA ) by...
Private inspection and trade facilitation
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Private inspection of international shipments has been used over the last half-century for a variety of purposes. These include prevent...
Friday, January 7, 2011
Energy cooperation in South Asia
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Participants Volume India- Bhutan power trade 5,620 GWh The present installed capacity is at 1,500 MW, of which approximately...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Food Price Index surpasses the spike in 2008
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The FAO Food Price Index has surpassed the upper bound reached in 2008. Commodity-wise, price of sugar has been spiking since May 2009. Si...
Free markets and food security
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WB president Robert Zoellick argues that free markets can still feed the world and reduce food market volatility. To enable vulnerable coun...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Does remittances increase consumption and investment?
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Anupam Das and John Serieux say not necessarily. They argue that a significant portion of remittances is no longer available for domestic r...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Hypocrisy of Nepali banking sector
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Just yesterday the bigwigs of the Nepali banking sector were making a high pitch about the central bank being anti-market, forcing the gover...
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