, there are exceptions to this rule, also in Nepal. What is their secret of sound banking practices? The project is geared to … a study of the system of microfinance in Nepal concerning (a) the economic viability and financial sustainability of … private University of Kathmandu, in cooperation with the central bank, Nepal Rastra Bank, the agricultural development bank …

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 …

other inputs necessary to increase their product quality, ultimately limiting their growth capacity. Nepal's business …This report identifies and quantifies Nepal's key jobs challenges and the implications for future job creation, job … environment and labor regulations create further impediments to dynamic, job-creating economic growth. A set of policy …

This paper seeks to analyze the factors affecting the growth of enterprises in the Philippines, as measured from the … in 2009, we correlate the observed growth of these firms with reported constraints in the business environment within … 2009, more than a third of these firms expanded their payroll and majority saw growth in real sales. Amidst a sea of …

.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on … constraints impede small business growth prior to loan receipt. We also investigate the variation in estimated employment effects …