In this paper, seemingly unrelated regression analysis for finding relationship between public spending on agriculture, education, and health and rural poverty is examined by using public expenditure data of Nepal over 24 years. The data were drawn from Asian Development Bank and World Bank...

In this paper, I examine the levels and trends (Solow type of growth accounting) of Agricultural Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change in Nepal over 41 year. I make use of data drawn from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and my study covers the period 1962-2002, which...

This paper investigates the leave-out strategy of instruments by using the leave-out community ratio of household access to in-yard water sources and community water infrastructure as instruments for hours in fetching water time, and the data on disease symptoms. The results show that...