by NIPoRe | Oct 28, 2019 | Center for Governance Studies, Center for New Economy and Inequality, NIPoRe Dataviz, NIPoRe Updates, Research
THE ISSUE The World Bank Group has published the 17th edition of the institution’s flagship Doing Business Report earlier this month. The Doing Business Report 2020 ranks 190 world economies on the basis of their performance in 294 business regulatory reforms... by NIPoRe | Oct 21, 2019 | Center for Governance Studies, Center for New Economy and Inequality, NIPoRe Dataviz, NIPoRe Updates, Research
THE ISSUE Starting from the very first day of the current Fiscal Year (2019/20), the Government of Nepal made it mandatory for all salaried employees, public and private sectors. In the following months, there has been a surge in the number of registered taxpayers in... by NIPoRe | Oct 16, 2019 | Center for Governance Studies, Center for New Economy and Inequality, NIPoRe Dataviz, NIPoRe Updates, Research
This year’s World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report ranks Nepal in 108th position (out of 141 ranked world economies). Though improved by one position as compared to the 2018 analysis, Nepal is still the second least competitive economy in South...
by NIPoRe | Oct 12, 2019 | Center for Governance Studies, Center for Strategic Affairs, NIPoRe Dataviz, NIPoRe Updates, Research
Chinese President Xi Jinping travelled to Nepal for a two-day state visit between October 12 and 13 this year. He became the first Chinese president to visit Nepal since December 1996 when Jiang Zemin visited the Himalayan nation. President Xi’s rare visit to Nepal... by NIPoRe | Oct 7, 2019 | Center for Human Development, NIPoRe Dataviz, NIPoRe Updates, Research
Each year, Dashain witnesses largest internal movement of people in Nepal. Kathmandu Valley accounts for most of this movement. According to the data released by Metropolitan Traffic Office, between Ghatasthapana (DAY 1) and Phulpati (DAY 7) this Dashain, a total of... by NIPoRe | Sep 30, 2019 | Center for Governance Studies, Center for Human Development, Center for New Economy and Inequality, NIPoRe Dataviz, NIPoRe Updates, Research
As per the World Bank’s 2018 data, urban population (as percentage of total population) in South Asian economies varies a lot. Among the eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries, Bhutan has the highest proportion of population...
