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Publications and Documents
Explore our data-rich research, policy analysis, toolkits, guidelines, and other resources on economics and key development topics. Our operational documents are also available in this section.
Economic and Political Updates
The Economic and Political Updates set out the political and economic changes in Asian Development Bank's member countries.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (September 2023)
This edition’s theme chapter assesses customs reforms and trade facilitation program in Nepal. It recommends to validating the use of e-signatures to speed up customs clearance, strengthening risk management system, and better coordination between the private and public sectors to promoting paperless customs, among others.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (September 2022)
This edition's theme chapter assesses the effectiveness of the unconditional food relief program implemented during the COVID-19 crisis.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (April 2022)
This edition features a special analysis of the effect of remittances on financial development, investment, and economic growth in Nepal. It highlights the importance of shifting from consumption-led growth to investment-led growth strategy.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (September 2021)
This edition of macroeconomic update's theme chapter sheds light on achievements of trade policy 2015 vis-à-vis some of its key objectives and suggests policy recommendations to strengthen Nepal's export competitiveness.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (April 2021)
This Update provides forecasts for FY2021 and FYI 2022 growth, inflation and current account balance while analyzing Nepal’s macroeconomic performance in FY2020.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (September 2020)
This Update provides forecasts for FY2021 growth, inflation and current account balance while analyzing Nepal’s macroeconomic performance in FY2020.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (April 2020)
Nepal’s economy grew to an estimated 7.1% in FY2019. GDP growth will likely moderate to 5.3% in FY2020 largely owing to the global outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Maldives: Economic Update 2019
This Economic Update provides the economic status of Maldives in 2018, its midyear economic review in various sectors, and economic outlook in 2019–2020.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (September 2019)
Nepal's economy expanded by 7.1% in FY2019. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is forecast to remain strong at 6.3% in FY2020. Average annual inflation is expected to rise to 5.5% in FY2020 from 4.6% in FY2019.
Macroeconomic Update: Nepal (April 2019)
Nepal’s economy is anticipated to grow at 6.2% in fiscal year (FY) 2019 and 6.3% in FY2020. Inflation is projected to rise to 4.4% in FY2019 from 4.2% in FY2018.