poverty gap, which is as high as 50 percentage points or more in some specific cases in Nepal, Pakistan, or India. The gap in … (e.g., India, Nepal, and Pakistan), in regional development (e.g., the Philippines) and the large urban-rural gap (e …

This study examines the impact of imported intermediates on plant productivity and the role of plant capability in … establishments from 2000 to 2015. Imported intermediates are presented as a proportion of total intermediates, while capability … or non-FDI plants. The result underlines the importance of plant capability in determining productivity gain from …

argue that improved connectivity within Nepal and cross-border connectivity with its neighbors in South Asia, the … number of factors have revived the case for making Nepal a land-linked state in Asia. Nepal has adopted a multi …Nepal's lackluster economic performance during the post-conflict period (that is, after November 2006) has been driven …

, treating them as homogeneous. Therefore, using nationally representative data from Nepal and applying exogenous switching …

global value chains (GVCs), Nepal's export performance remains dismal. This paper examines the challenges and constraints … faced by manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nepal, a landlocked least developed country, in … firm-level information, with qualitative primary data. It finds that Nepal lacks a concrete policy framework for SMEs, let …

of Nepal. Nepal is one of the countries that has been undergoing a remarkable demographic transition in South Asia in the … Nepal. The findings and lessons learned will also assist policymakers and future researchers with similar scopes that can …

This study examines the impact of remittance inflows on the economic growth of Nepal using annual time series data … distributed lag model (ARDL) framework. The findings reveal a significant and positive influence of remittance inflows on Nepal …

Nepal as a highly remittance-receiving country, this paper primarily examines the impact of remittances on economic growth … that remittances and financial development significantly and positively enhance the economic growth of Nepal despite …

Free trade agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia in recent years. As of December 2008, eight bilateral FTAs … pressing issue for Japanese firms because Japanese firms have expanded overseas, particularly into the rest of Asia, which has … contributed to the formation of production networks in East Asia. There have been numerous ex ante studies on the impacts of FTAs …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …