Nepal has made significant progress across many human capital dimensions in the past twenty years, though shocks remain … recommendations which will be critical for Nepal to address the structural issues in human development, which have recently been … highlighted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Addressing these chronic issues will be essential to put Nepal on a path towards …

Nepal continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive has helped to reduce …

During 2015, and in the span of six-months, Nepal was hit by two major shocks. The first one was the April 2015 …

This report examines how Nepal could move away from a remittance-driven growth model by reforming its trade policies to … increase competitiveness. It looks at the extent to which Nepal has been tapping into its trade potentials, the underlying …-export bias of its trade policy, Nepal needs to simplify its tariff code, reduce tariffs on intermediates, and embrace deeper …

The Nepal Development Update is produced twice a year with the following two main aims: to report on key economic …

The global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic imposed both a supply and a demand shock on Nepal's economy, which adversely … affected growth. The global crisis induced by the pandemic initially impacted Nepal through the tourism sector, with arrivals … to tourism. On March 21, the Government of Nepal announced a nationwide lockdown, which affected industrial and …