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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

MGNREGA: Self-targeting, food prices, poverty, local capacity and jobs

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Summary of latest papers on MGNREGA ’s self-targeting ability, impact of food prices on poverty vis-à-vis income effect, capacity of local a...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Employment Guarantee Act in Nepal

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[It was published in Republica , May 16, 2012, p.8.] Work on it While a cycle of political deadlock, hope and uncertainty continue to p...

Logistics Performance Index: Nepal ranked 151 out of 155 countries in 2012

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The latest LPI ranking shows that Nepal has the fifth worst logistics efficiency in the world. With a score of 2.04, it ranked 151 out of 1...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Sri Lanka: The upcoming South Asian miracle

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Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, explains the promises of an upcoming South Asian miracle, i...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

What explains the decline in poverty in Asia and Nepal?

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According to a recent report by the ADB : Increase in expenditure contributed to lower number of poor people below US$1.25 a day, i.e. in...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

UNESCAP projects GDP growth rate to be 4.5% in FY 2011/12 in Nepal

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Here are latest projections by UNESCAP in its Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2012: GDP growth is projected to be abo...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Load-shedding versus demand for alternative energy sources and equipment

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So, how much alterative energy sources and equipment Nepal is importing due to load-shedding? According to FNCCI’s estimate it is Rs 35 bil...