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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

How to judge effectiveness of fiscal policy?

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Here is Abba Lerner (1943) : “The central idea is that government fiscal policy, its spending and taxing, its borrowing and repayment ...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Currency depreciation and carpet exports

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So, carpet exporters are benefiting from depreciation of Nepali currency against the US dollar. Analysts have doubted if Nepal will ever ben...
Sunday, July 1, 2012

NEPAL: Product space, export sophistication and structural transformation

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Here is a combo of interesting figures that shows the evolution of merchandise export sophistication (or production sophistication) of Nepa...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Alcohol imports and consumption in Nepal

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Interesting stats: Total alcohol import: Rs 4 billion Domestic production by importing raw materials: Rs 11.70 billion Export of Khuk...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Is large-scale investment in infrastructure sufficient to reduce logistics delays?

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Raballand, Refas, Beuran, and Isik argue it is not. The collusion among various stakeholders/agencies at ports is a major part of the probl...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Why do public service delivery fail?

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Shanta Devarajan argues : Teachers in Tanzania are absent 23 percent of the time; doctors in Senegal spend an average of 39 minutes a...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

NEPAL: Prime Ministers and the economy

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Here is a snapshot of how the economy (related one here as well) fared during various prime ministers since 1990/91 in Nepal. The highest G...