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Saturday, May 26, 2012

State of trade facilitation in Nepal

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According to the latest trade facilitation ranking (G lobal Enabling Trade Report 2012 ), Nepal stands at 124 out of 132 countries. Nepal’...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

What growth rate is necessary to escape middle-income trap?

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Felipe, Abdon and Kumar (2012) argue: a country that becomes lower-middle-income (i.e., that reaches $2,000 per capita income) has to at...
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...