This paper examines the effect of remittances on household expenditure patterns applying propensity score matching methods that allow designing and analyzing observational data and enable reducing selection bias. We use data from the Nepal Living Standards Survey 2010/2011. In general,...

This paper explores a community development strategy to empower rural women through educational and small-scale household economic activities. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods were used to assess the impact of a community development project launched in a remote hill district...

We examine main works that use the computable general equilibrium model in measuring the impact of trade liberalization on growth and distribution. We modify the model to include prospective restructuring of the economy and its distribution mechanisms, and apply it to one of the least developed...

1. Background and objectives -- 2. Nepal's trade policy reforms -- 3. Liberalization reforms and poverty : theory and empirics -- 4. The social accounting matrix of Nepal -- 5. Nepal CGE model and calibration : simulations of liberalization and reform policies -- 6. Dynamic Nepal CGE model :...