Nepal was the third largest remittance recipient in 2014

As a share of its GDP, Nepal was the third largest recipient of remittances in 2014 (see the latest Migration and Development brief by WB)....

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5 points about the low oil prices and one point about the Nepalese economy

Five main points from an article in The Economist about the low oil prices, plus one additional note on the Nepalese economy. Over the past...

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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...

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Earthquake and Blockade: A wrecked Nepalese economy

Earthquake and economy The catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25 April and subsequent aftershocks (two of them very strong) crippled t...

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Poverty in Nepal and South Asia based on $1.90 a day poverty line

The World Bank recently updated its global poverty line , which is now re-estimated at $1.90 a day, up from $1.25 a day earlier. Accordingly...

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NEPAL: FY2016 GDP growth and inflation outlook

Here is the FY2016 growth and inflation outlook from Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 (executive summary here ). It includes ...

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Major Indian highways connecting Nepal to be upgraded

The Indian government is upgrading its major highways connecting Nepal to facilitate trade and mutual cooperation. Some of these trade rout...

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India’s (and Nepal’s) problem with manufacturing sector

The problem with India’s (can relate to Nepal’s as well) manufacturing sector explained by The Economist : India opened up product marke...

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