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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Current State of Nepali Economy

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Here are the slides from a presentation on current state of Nepali economy held at Shanker Dev Campus, MBS 2nd year, Kathmandu.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

How ready is Nepal for change?–Not so much!

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According to a new index ( Change Readiness Index ) that provides insight into which countries are better able to manage and mitigate the ri...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Can storage help ensure food security?

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Larson et al . argue that it can if the target is set high and reserves are adequate. Here is the abstract from their paper: In times...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Evolution of industrial policy in India, China and Germany

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The economies that liberalized early on with strategic support to boost capabilities and competitiveness of industries also achieved high gr...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Determinants of manufacturing competitiveness

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Here is a nice chart that shows the determinants of manufacturing competitiveness . A combination of government action, manufacturing capabi...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Latest on India’s largest poverty alleviation and rural employment generation program: MGNREGS is working

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In a new working paper , Dutta, Murgai, Ravallion, and van de Walle argue that poorer families tend to have more demand for work on the sche...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Trade and Development Reports, 1981-2011 [The defense of UNCTAD]

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UNCTAD has released a report looking back at the series of Trade and Development Reports it has been publishing annually since 1981. It bo...