Nepal Public Debt Sustainability Analysis
Alamgir, Mohiuddin; Ra, Sungsup | October 2005
Abstract
In Nepal, public debt, both domestic and foreign, has played an important role in financing overall budget deficit and public development expenditure. Hindered by the escalating insurgency that has directly contributed to a slowdown in tourism and other economic activities throughout the nation, economic growth has been significantly lower than envisaged by the Ninth Five Year Plan (FY1997–FY2002) and the Tenth Five Year Plan (FY2003–FY2007). This could exacerbate the already narrow base for domestic resource mobilization. It is therefore imperative to continuously monitor the sustainability of public debt of Nepal.
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Alamgir, Mohiuddin; Ra, Sungsup. 2005. Nepal Public Debt Sustainability Analysis. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3285. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
1816-3416
Keywords
Finance
Public Finance
Governance
Taxation
Public Debt
Local Government
Debt Management
Local taxation
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