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| Url: | http://www.sapkotac.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | Facebook User |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Economic Growth, Economics, Economic Development |
| Description: | Blog on economic growth, development, and public policy in the developing world. |
| Ratings |  (10 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 96 Followers |
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Poverty and the numbers game
| Consider an economy in which the incidence of poverty has been falling 1 percentage point a year. This is a good rate of decline, especially for an African country. At this rate, depending on th...more |
2009-12-25
NAFTA: Trade Policy ≠ Development Policy
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The outcome of Mexico’s development strategy under NAFTA has been a disappointment despite success in increasing trade, foreign direct investment and productivity, according to a report published b...more |
2009-12-23
Nepalese economy in 1Q of FY09/10-- Unfavorable BOP situation
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A new quarterly update (1Q-2009/10) from the central bank of Nepal shows sings of potentially unstable macroeconomic situation. Nepal has basically become an import nation funded by remittances. H...more |
2009-12-21
Labor disputes leading to strike-unemployment cycle in Nepal
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Why I think the militant youth wings, unions and politically motivated disruptive activities in and around industrial complexes and manufacturing plants are creating more unemployment, which is ...more |
2009-12-19
The impact of aid on manufacturing exports
| Aid tends to depress the growth of exportable goods. We categorize goods by how exportable they could be for low-income countries, and find that in countries that receive more aid, mor...more |
2009-12-19
Court approves liquidation of NDB. Finally!
| Finally, the Patan Appellate Court has given a green signal to liquidate the troubled Nepal Development Bank (NDB). Initially, I wrote an op-ed arguing for immediate liquidation of the bank as the ...more |
2009-12-18
Links of Interest (12/15/2009)
| Remembering Paul Samuelson Paul Krugman reflects back on the life and career of the incomparable economist-- Paul Samuelson Read Samuelson’s work, and what you get is the sense of a man who, r...more |
2009-12-15
Determinants of growth
| This paper revisits the cross-country growth empirics debate using a novel Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging framework to address model uncertainty in the context of a dynamic growth ...more |
2009-12-15
Paul Samuelson dies at 94
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Paul Samuelson (1915-2009) requires no introduction among people studying economics. He will be sorely missed! Extracts from an obituary published in the NYT b |
2009-12-13
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Ganesh ThapaSep 11
Facebook UserNov 19, 2008
Jennifer DiNucciSep 22, 2008
Kosh R KoiralaJul 27, 2008
What's up yar? It's pretty long time since we are not in contact, right?
Anyway, we are now conntected in the facebook!