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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Growth from above: Impact of trade disruptions was larger than impact of earthquakes

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It is adapted from South Asia Economic Focus, Fall 2017 . An earlier blog post on the same issue here  (update figures here ).  With t...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Communist alliance in Nepal; RBI lowers growth forecast in India

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Communist parties form alliance for upcoming polls Two major leftist forces-CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), along with the Babu Ram Bha...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Schooling is not enough, learning is important too

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Just attending school itself is not enough. Learning is equally important in primary and secondary schools to boost wages and opportunities...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Nepal's medium-term macroeconomic challenges

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It was published in Nefport#30 (pp.58-62), Nepal Economic Forum  Medium-term Macroeconomic Challenges Except for a few episodes of g...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

MCC grant to Nepal: Can it be completed without time and cost overruns?

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 18 September 2017. A matter of time Government transitions and failure to maintain consistent...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Is Modi’s magic fading (economically)?

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The MOSPI released preliminary estimates of growth for Q1 (April-June) 2017/18 (FY2018) today and looks like demonetization effects have ...

Links of interest (2017-08-31) : Effectiveness of demonetization in India; Electoral constituencies in Nepal

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How effective was demonetization in India? The main objectives of the demonetization shock on 8 November 2016 were: “(i) flushing out...