News Nepal Economy: How can Nepal’s economy rebuild after floods?
So just how can Nepal’s economy rebuild after floods? Dr Neera Shrestha Pradhan, water and disaster risk reduction lead, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Patan, Nepal Dr ...
News Nepal Economy: Nepal’s growth to slow to 3.7 percent after devastating Rasuwa flood
The World Bank estimates $1.66 billion in direct damage to physical assets, with infrastructure accounting for 83 percent of the losses.
News Nepal Economy: Flood-Hit Nepal unsure how to rebuild after catastrophe as landscape wiped out
A collapsed glacier last week sent a deluge of water, mud, rocks and ice hurtling at speeds around 160-km per hour, leaving a trail of death and destruction.
News Nepal Economy: Commentary: Rebuilding Nepal without repeating mistakes of 2015 earthquake
The question is not simply how to respond to the flood, but how to reduce the economic and human consequences of the next disaster, says this researcher.
News Nepal Economy: China to step up investment in Nepal’s hydropower sector: Nepalese official
China has ‘already proposed some projects’ in Nepal, as it looks to tap the country’s huge hydropower resources and sell power to India.
News Nepal Economy: Covid surge threatens to hinder Nepal’s economic recovery
Nepal’s economy has been estimated to grow 3.9 percent this fiscal year, unchanged from its June 2021 outlook, the World Bank says in its Global Economic Prospects report.
News Nepal Economy: WB projects Nepal's economic growth rate at 3.9 percent in FY 2021/22
The World Bank (WB) has projected Nepal's economic growth to stay at 3.9 percent in 2021/2022, almost half of the rate that the government has been insisting on achieving.The WB in its report titled ...