Chandan Sapkota's blog

It was published in T he Kathmandu Post , 06 June 2023. A budget amid economic slowdown Achieving revenue target to meet expenditure needs w...

Ecuador has sealed a debt-for-nature swap selling a new 'blue bond' of $656 million (Galapagos Bond) with 5.645% coupon. Ecuador sov...

It was published in The Kathmandu Post , 11 May 2022. Background details are in this blog  and Twitter thread . Economic outlook and fiscal ...

On 02 May 2023, the National Statistics Office (NSO) estimated that Nepal’s economy will likely grow by 1.9% in FY2023 , down from a revised...

An interesting news report in today's Kantipur Daily . It quotes a farmer using a preseason maize planter who says that mechanization ha...

Nepal is facing a very large revenue shortfall in FY2023. According to FCGO, revenue mobilization in the first seven months of this fiscal (...

According to Reuters , India will likely face risks of nighttime power cuts due to delays in adding new coal-fired and hydropower despite th...