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Friday, December 21, 2012

Illicit financial outflows from Nepal 2001-2010

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A latest report from Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has ranked Nepal 58 out of 143 countries in terms of average annual illicit financia...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Nepal has the highest minimum wage in South Asia? - Part II

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The blog post about changes in minimum wages in South Asia and the rapid rise in wages in Nepal, which meant that we might not have compar...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

How globally connected is Nepal?

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A report released last month, DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI) 2012 , ranks Nepal 133 out of 140 countries, the same as last year’s ran...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The state of energy security and access in Nepal

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We often hear that Nepal has a huge potential (and possibly comparative advantage) in hydropower generation. So far this has been a trigge...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Confidence on the Indian rupee in Nepal

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There is an interesting story in yesterday's  Republica (“ Nepali village using Indian currency only ”, p.10) about the use of Indian ...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Article IV Consultation 2012: Assessment of the Nepali economy by the IMF

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In this year’s Article IV Consultation , the IMF has warned that the political uncertainty is complicating macroeconomic management in Nepal...
Friday, November 30, 2012

Does debt relief to indebted farmers boost investment and productivity?

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According to a new WB policy research working paper by Martin Kanz, the debt relief to indebted farmers (given by the Indian government) di...