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Friday, September 23, 2011

Unusually high wage overheads & low labor productivity in Nepal

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The chart says it all. Nepal has the highest labor cost in South Asia and probably the lowest labor productivity . Where is our labor cos...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Four million missing women each year in developing countries

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The latest World Development Report 2012 (Gender Equality and Development) argues that “countries that create better opportunities for wome...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Over five decades of experience with SEZs

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A nice review (by Thomas Farole) of what we have learned from special economics zones (SEZs) in the past 50 years. SEZs are primarily aimed...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Inequality: Status, Effects, Causes & Solution

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This blog post is a collection of major points from the latest edition of Finance & Development magazine . It deals with inequality and ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Need for immediate relief for industrial sector in Nepal

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This was published in Republica , September 12, 2011, p.6. Here is a piece on the same issue by Milan Mani Sharma of Republica. Relief...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Middle men in agriculture market

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This incident shows how middle men in agriculture distort the market . The farmers never get the true price for their agriculture products. ...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Update on the human cost of Maoist insurgency in Nepal

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Killed: 17,828 Disappeared: 1,452 Disabled: 5,912 Displaced: 89,171 Property loss suffered: 14,348 Source: Republica, ...