Chandan Sapkota's blog

Here are excerpts from an interesting piece on the increasing size of informal economy. Informal companies have substantial cost advantage ...

New initiatives to address binding constraints to growth in Nepal. New plan for Metro Railway of 66-km network, 5 lines, 31 stations in K...

A latest working paper ( Food Price Escalation in South Asia: A Serious and Growing Concern ) by Bruno Carrasco and Hiranya Mukhopadhaya of ...

According to the latest figures released by India’s National Planning Commission, the headcount poverty in India was 29.8 percent in 2009-1...

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...

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

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