Of Nepal: Inclusive growth

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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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Here is the list of the 17 SDGs agreed this week at the UN. There are many targets within each group. SDGs are the set of long term global ...

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...

Need for higher public capital spending to close infrastructure deficit in Nepal

Capital spending has been persistently weak, with both planned and actual spending languishing far below what is required to close the infra...

New paper: Inclusive Economic Growth in Nepal

New paper: Inclusive Economic Growth in Nepal

Below is the abstract of a recent paper published in Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development , Vol.5, No.2, pp.77-116 (...

NEPAL: Recent macroeconomic analysis

NEPAL: Recent macroeconomic analysis

[ This write-up is adapted from economic analysis of ADB's Nepal Country Partnership Strategy 2013-2017 . ] A. Overview 1. Despite inte...

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