Chandan Sapkota's blog

Food prices are fast outstripping overall general prices (CPI). It will continue to drag down real GDP growth and real per capita GDP. Glo...

Global trade fell 30 percent relative to GDP during the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Did this collapse result from factors impeding in...

This blog post is adapted from an excellent rundown of the major political and economic issues pertinent to hydropower development in Nepal...

[…] The deep pockets of the United States' civilian program in Pakistan-in the form of $1.5 billion a year in development assistanc...

The changes introduced in the new HDI have reduced its (seemingly low) valuations of longevity in poor countries even further. The Hum...

Me: I work on climate change economics in DFID. Stranger in lift: Climate change. Not sure I’m convinced of the science. ...

Global imbalances -- the coexistence of large deficits and surpluses in the global economy, such as too much spending by U.S. co...