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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Macroeconomic essentials for Nepal Vision 2030

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This article is adapted from Nepal Economic Forum 's 25th issue of Nefport . Although a bit late, the government is finally gearin...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

How to finance large-scale infrastructure in Nepal?

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It was published in T he Kathmandu Post , 19 July 2016. An earlier blog post on the same issue is here . Financing infrastructure ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

असारे बिकास: The pitfalls of shoddy and bunching up of capital spending

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The media is awash with stories ( here , here , here  and  here ) about hasty capital spending throughout the country as FY2016 ends on mid...
Monday, June 20, 2016

FY2017 budget: Unprecedented amount, messy macroeconomics and budgetary dishonesty

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 17 June 2016. An earlier blog post on FY2017 budget is here . Budget blues Drastically incr...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Quick thoughts on Nepal's FY2017 budget

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Here is my quick thought on the FY2017 budget . Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel presented budget for FY2017 (mid-July 2016 to mid-...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Why capital spending is chronically low and what can be done about it

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 23 May 2016. Unspent budget Political instability and interference both at the planning and o...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

About domestic resources and infrastructure financing in Nepal

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There has been a lot of debate about the use of domestic funds to finance large-scale infrastructure projects , especially hydroelectricity...