Impact of trade blockade

Impact of trade blockade on inflation and external sector Earlier, I briefly gave an outline of the impact of trade blockade on governm...

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About domestic resources and infrastructure financing in Nepal

About domestic resources and infrastructure financing in Nepal There has been a lot of debate about the use of domestic funds to finance...

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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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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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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 ...

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Nepal Macroeconomic Update, Aug 2015 (in Nepali)

Here is the Nepali version of FY2016 growth and inflation outlook from Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 . It includes FY2015 u...

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Nepal Macroeconomic Update, August 2015

Here is the executive summary of Macroeconomic Update, August 2015, Vol.3, No.2 . It includes FY2015 update on real, fiscal, monetary and ex...

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[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 ...

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