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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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Accelerating Post-earthquake Reconstruction for Faster Recovery in Nepal

This is adapted from the issue focus section of Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 (executive summary here , and FY2016 growth...

[Interview] Nepal quakes 'severely disrupted all economic activities'

This blog post is adapted from an interview published in Deutsche Welle (DW) on 26 May 2015. An earlier updated economic outlook following ...

Understanding the impact of the Nepal earthquake on priority affected districts (Part II)

In the preceding blog post , I focused on aspects such as area, population, share in national production, share in agricultural and manufact...

Understanding the impact of the Nepal earthquake on priority affected districts (Part I)

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has caused widespread loss of lives and property . The scale of devastation is b...

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