Nepal reported the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the entire South Asia region in Jan 2020. In the following months, as the virus began spreading to countries around the world and in South Asia, following China and other countries’ footsteps, Nepal too imposed a...
Remittance remains a crucial pillar of the Nepali economy, supporting almost one-third of the national GDP. Like other economic sectors, this sector has been disrupted in recent years due to Covid-19, increasing integration of technology into key sectors, and related...
With the increasing adoption of smartphones and internet penetration during the last two decades, the digitization of key economic sectors has become a prime choice of policymakers for more efficient economic outcomes. In Nepal, GoN along with a few key private-sector...
Summary As the debates on climate change become more prominent in recent decades, countries around the world have been taking initiatives at the national, regional, and global levels. In this context, Nepal too has taken a few meaningful initiatives in the past three...
Summary Climate Change has emerged as one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century. Global economies have witnessed climate change-driven disasters on annual basis and Nepal is not an exception. In this brief, we highlight the key impacts of climate change on...
The monetary policy is one of the major policy instruments used by central banks around the world to keep a check on the health of the economy. As Covid-19 continues to affect the key sectors of the economy, the central bank of Nepal that also works as the country’s...