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 …

growth in Nepal. Tepid growth over the past decade, the slowest in the region, has resulted in few jobs being created … notes combine the following elements: (i) existing analysis on Nepal's competitiveness from different angles (including …; (iii) new analysis for Nepal, applying cutting-edge methods on a wide set of databases; and (iv) field-level interviews …

Nepal is emerging from a series of crippling shocks. Barely recovered from the devastation and loss wreaked by the … underpinnings of the demand for inclusion that has so fundamentally shaped Nepal's contemporary socio-political landscape. Finally …

agriculture in Nepal and Senegal. In particular, this analysis seeks to understand: (i) how outmigration influences women's work …

employment. Many low-income countries, including Nepal, are in the middle of a youth bulge in their demographic structure. In … addition, today's youth in Nepal are, on average, more educated than past generations. These developments present real … opportunities for the country. Nepal also faces risks from failing to provide sufficient, appropriate employment which is productive …

A key challenge in Nepal is the intersection of predictable chronic or seasonal poverty andvulnerability, with rapid …-onset and acute shocks. Nepal in the last few decades has epitomized the'perfect storm' in which a number of different factors … wider vulnerability and exclusion, recent disasters in Nepal, particularly in 2015, highlight how making SP more flexible …

The purpose of this report is to identify how to maximize finance available to Nepal in the electricity sector. This …

Nepal's footwear industry is small but growing, and has been identified as a priority export sector by the government.Nepal …. Similar to other light manufacturing sectors, Nepal's wage advantage in footwear is offset by its low firm-level productivity … country across sectors. Developing capabilities in Nepal's small and medium-sized footwear manufacturers requires investment …

Nepal's information and communications technology (ICT) services are nascent, informal and centered in Kathmandu. The … supply of skilled manpower is not well-oriented to the needs of ICT firms. Similar to other sectors, Nepal's ICT sector also … provides recommendations on key horizontal and cross-cutting challenges that are essential to develop the ICT sector in Nepal …