Chandan Sapkota's blog

Some economists had argued that the level of sophistication of exports determines the income level of a country and its growth rate. Impor...

Be it due to migration (leading to short supply of labor) or increasing demand for workers or adjustment of wages in line with the rise in c...

Khandker et al. (2012) study the impact of rural electrification in India and find that rural electrification leads to higher time allocati...

Borchert, Gootiiz and Mattoo (2012) find that “some of the fastest growing countries in Asia and the oil-rich Gulf states have the most res...

It was published in Nepali Times online on July 16, 2012. Budget discord After much disagreement over the size and nature of budget fo...

Major highlights (related to macroeconomy) from Economic Survey 2011/12 . Let me point at the outset that the figures for 2011/12 are prelim...