stylized facts of Nepal, a land-locked, least developing country in South Asia, is at first glance paradoxical. That is, Nepal … trend in poverty headcount rate from 41.8% in 1996 to 30.9% in 2004 and 25.2% in 2011. This result is attributed to labour … conventional IG explanation highlights the contribution of remittances to household income and poverty reduction. However …

A growing literature examines the effects of poverty, inequality and polarization on civil war but analyses typically …. We study Nepal's civil war that escalated sharply from 2001 to contribute evidence on these local effects. We combine geo …-coded data on 15 000 conflict deaths spread over a decade with small-area estimates of poverty and inequality for almost 4000 …

poverty gap, which is as high as 50 percentage points or more in some specific cases in Nepal, Pakistan, or India. The gap in …This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in …, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute and relative poverty levels across six countries and different …

This paper reviews the poverty measuring practices, available measures of poverty, and economic growth figures of Nepal …. The currently available three poverty rates for fiscal years 1976/77, 1984/85, and 1995/96 are found to be not comparable … mainly due to change in methodology over time. Despite such methodological changes, the three poverty rates average around 40 …

This study examined community engagement and its contribution to poverty reduction in rural Nepal. Primary data were …

poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with … observed and counterfactual household expenditure distribution. The results indicate that one-fifth of the poverty reduction in … Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to increased levels of work-related migration and remittances sent …