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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Food weight in overall CPI in Nepal

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The weight of food in CPI is 42 percent in Nepal , which means higher food prices would affect food security and exert upward pressure on in...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Changing narrative of poverty and globalization in Nepal

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[It was published in Republica, March 18, 2012, p.6] Changing narrative There is a tendency among development agencies and analysts to...

Roads and apples in Mustang

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Here is how road connectivity spurs local economy and production in rural areas. We have comparative advantage in the production of apples ...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Nepal doesn’t have the highest proportion of poor people in South Asia

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So says the latest poverty estimates released by the World Bank. For the  curious minds, here is a previous post that compares US$1.25 a d...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Extractive political and economic institutions are the reasons why Nepal is poor

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So say Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. The interesting question now is that if extractive political institutions are breeding extractive ...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

India’s GDP growth rate in 2011-12 estimated at 6.9% (7.6% in 2012-13 & 8.6% in 2013-14)

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The latest Economic Survey 2011/12 released by India’s Ministry of Finance states that GDP growth rate for 2011/12 is estimated at 6.9% (f...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Countries offering Preferential Trade Arrangements (PTA) to Nepal

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Here is a chart that shows twelve countries and one economic bloc offering PTAs to Nepal . They are Australia, Canada, EU, Iceland, Japan, N...