Pages

▼
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The importance of a strong manufacturing sector for structural transformation

›
Dani Rodrik writes : Except for a handful of small countries that benefited from natural-resource bonanzas, all of the successful ...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Recent depreciation of Nepali rupee: Causes and impacts

›
Further to the earlier blo g post , here is an updated analysis of the recent weakening of the Nepali rupee. The figure shows the dail...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Weakening Nepali rupee

›
On 7 October 2012, the exchange rate was NRs 82.39 per US dollar. On 20 June 2013, it was NRs 93.65 per US dollar. It indicates a nominal d...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Higher government wages may reduce corruption in poorer countries

›
So says a new paper by de Haan et al. (2013). They argue that government wages have a significant negative impact on corruption when incom...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

How about Development Impact Bonds?

›
The Development Impact Bonds (DIB) Working Group (co-chaired by Owen Barder, Center for Global Development) has put out an innovative idea...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Monsoon and agriculture production in FY2013 in Nepal

›
FY2013 has been a disappointing year for Nepal, both politically and economically. Political disagreement continues (though with a slightly...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Low capacity utilization of Nepalese industries

›
The figure shows the capacity utilization, which is the realized portion of total production potential in the review period, of major i...