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Facts about Nepal Earthquake

A strong (7.8) earthquake hit Nepal in the area near Barpak, a mountain village between capital Kathmandu and tourist town Pokhara. The earthquake was followed by many powerful aftershocks and a very powerful one (6.7) hit Nepal on Sunday April 26.

The earthquakes caused extensive damage to buildings and thousands of deaths and injuries and was even felt in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Many (historic) buildings collapsed, temples have been ruined, roads destroyed. Nearly 8000 deaths in Nepal and tens of deaths in India & Tibet. The quake was followed by more than 430 aftershocks and another huge earthquake (6.8) on May 12.

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p-values and statistical significance

p-values and statistical significance

The use and abuse of p-values and statistical significance Here is the American Statistical Association's (ASA) official policy sta...

Nepal Vision

This article is adapted from Nepal Economic Forum 's 25th issue of Nefport . Macroeconomic essentials for Nepal Vision 2030 Alth...

Structural change in China and its impact on other economies

Asian economies face headwinds from three weak factors : weak global recovery, weak global trade, and weak (rather moderating) Chinese growt...

2016 growth outlook for South Asia

The latest Global Economic Prospects 2016 , the World Bank's flagship publication, has revised downward its growth forecast for India, N...

The quality of politicians and economic growth

The quality of politicians and economic growth

The quality of growth depends on the quality of politicians you elect! That’s the main point of a working paper by Prakash, Rockmore and Up...

Migration, remittances and balance of payments post April 25 earthquake in Nepal

This is adapted from Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 (executive summary here , and FY2016 growth and inflation outlook here ...

Recent interest rate trend in Nepal

This is adapted from Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 (executive summary here , and FY2016 growth and inflation outlook here ...

Nepal’s fiscal performance needs drastic improvement

This is adapted from Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 (executive summary here , and FY2016 growth and inflation outlook here ...

A good project manager matters for good project outcomes

A good project manager matters for good project outcomes

Here is an abstract of a recent policy research working paper by Hulman, Kolkma and Kraay : Understanding the role of country versus p...

Aspects of prudent fiscal management in small states

Aspects of prudent fiscal management in small states

The IMF has come up with a staff report that outlines macroeconomic policies for small developing economies, particularly in light of the ...

Third highest remittance inflows (% of GDP) to Nepal in 2013

According to the latest Migration and Development Brief (No.24 ), official remittance inflows to Nepal reached 28.8% of GDP in 2013, which m...

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