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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Nepal was the third largest remittance recipient in 2014

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As a share of its GDP, Nepal was the third largest recipient of remittances in 2014 (see the latest Migration and Development brief by WB)...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Reality and requirements for Nepal-China accords to work

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Symbolic or viable Nepal needs serious homework to benefit from accords with China, including the important one on transit The agree...
Friday, April 8, 2016

One year since the Great Gorkha earthquake

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It is nearly a year since the catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Barpak, Gorkha. The massive earthquake on 25 April 2015 at 11:5...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

The use and abuse of p-values and statistical significance

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Here is the American Statistical Association's (ASA) official policy statement on p-values and statistical significance. Introduc...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Impact of trade blockade on inflation and external sector

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Earlier, I briefly gave an outline of the impact of trade blockade on government expenditure and revenue in the first half of FY2016. Here...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Impact of trade blockade on expenditure and revenue

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The fiscal situation till the mid-year of FY2016 looks pretty bad. All components under the expenditure and revenue headings are down. It ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The root of energy crisis (deficit) in Nepal

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Ambition without vision Painful and drastic reforms are needed in the NEA and NOC to realise energy goals The economic devastation ca...