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South Asia is expected to remain the world’s fastest-growing region, thanks to robust growth in India. However, this strong outlook is deceptive. For most countries, growth is still below...

Global economic growth is set to slow in 2023, compared with the previous year. Continued high inflation and the effects of monetary policy tightening added pressure s to economic...

At just under six percent, South Asia is expected to grow faster than any other developing country region this year—but slower than its pre-pandemic pace and not...

This document aims to guide the design, implementation, and use of studies to value the benefits and costs of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for climate resilience projects. Reliable quantification of the costs and benefits...

A timing misalignment between high import demand and still-recovering remittance inflows created an external funding mismatch during Nepal’s growth recovery in FY21 and FY22. As imports...

Highlights: Across goods categories, inflation of food items has gone up or stayed high, while energy-related inflation has mostly come down more, compared...

This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) identifies ways that Nepal can achieve its overall development objectives while fostering its strategic ambition to transition...

The Nepal Development Update is produced annually to report on key economic developments that occurred during the year, place them in a longer-term and global perspective, and to examine (in the Special...

The Roadmaps (Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka) identify climate action in key transitions: The Agriculture, Food, Water, and Land...

South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. The people of South Asia are living through a "new climate normal," where intensifying heat...