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Friday, July 3, 2020

Policies to help recovery in Asia and the Pacific

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The IMF’s Chang Yong Rhee argues that Asia’s growth is projected to contract by 1.6% in 2020 due to weaker global conditions and more prot...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Government's counter-cyclical measures are helpful in maintaining demand

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Despite strict lockdowns, supply chains disruptions, sharp economic contraction, and high unemployment rate, the COVID-19 recession is not...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Developing Asia to grow at the slowest pace since 1961

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In the latest edition of ADO Supplement (June 2020) , Asian Development Bank projected that developing Asia will grow by 0.1% in 2020 and t...
Monday, June 15, 2020

Impact of lockdown on employment, remittances and food security in Nepal

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Measuring the human cost of lockdown in Nepal Mushfiq Mobarak, Bishal Chalise and Corey Vernot write in Nepali Times :   One of us (M...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Nepal's FY2021 budget at a critical juncture

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It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 03 June 2020. An earlier blog post is here  (in Nepali language here ). The budget has failed...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

महाव्याधिमा रूपान्तरणको अवसर गुमाएको बजेट

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यो विचार गते जेठ १९, २०७७  नयाँ पत्रिका दैनिक मा प्रकाशीत भएको थियो।  Related blog here .  महाव्याधिमा रूपान्तरणको अवसर गुमाएको बजेट ...
Friday, May 29, 2020

Quick thoughts on Nepal’s FY2021 budget

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Here are my quick thoughts on FY2021 budget On 28 May 2020, Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada presented FY2021 budget (mid-July ...