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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Absolute poverty declined to 13 percent in Nepal in six years

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This is incredible. Prem Khanal writes that a forthcoming study based on Nepal Living Standard Survey (NLSS) 2010 shows that absolute pover...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

U-shaped GDP of Asia between 1700-2050

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The estimates in a new book ( Asia in 2050 ) by the ADB shows that if Asia continues on its recent trajectory it would double its share of g...

Reviving Nepalese exports with Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

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[This was published in Republica , July 31, 2011, p.7] Reviving exports with SEZs Nepal’s exports are decreasing due to loss of compet...
Monday, August 1, 2011

FDI inflows to Nepal, 1990-2010

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FDI inflows to Nepal was the second lowest in South Asia in 2010. It received approximately US$39 million last year. The highest recipient w...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Have we already achieved MDG target on poverty?

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In a latest policy brief , Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gertz of The Brookings Institution argue that the MDG target on halving global pove...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Land distribution and inequality in West Bengal

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This paper uses data from a household survey to estimate changes in land distribution in rural West Bengal between 1967-2004 and decomp...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Nepal’s Monetary Policy for FY 2011-2012

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I forgot to post it even though I wrote it few days back. So, here it is, my take on the monetary policy for fiscal year 2011-2012. Major h...