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Even the Himalayan have stopped smiling By Joanna Jolly BBC News, Kathmandu Streams have dried to a trickle in Nepal's villages International aid agency Oxfam has warned that millions of rural poor in Nepal could face hunger as a result of climate change. A report says that poor harvests, water shortages and extreme temperatures will put pressure on millions of Nepalis already living below the poverty line.Nepal is only just emerging from a decade-long civil conflict.The report comes ahead of a summit in the capital, Kathmandu, on the threat of climate change to the Himalayas.Millions of people are dependent on the water which flows from the mountains.It is also just 100 days until world leaders come together to discuss a new global climate change treaty in Copenhagen in December.Nepal has experienced its driest winter in 40 years, followed by late and unpredictable monsoon rains, and this has meant the land is more susceptible to erosion. But the prolonged drought has had a...

सुनिल पोखरेल अन्य प्राकृतिक साधनस्रोतको अनुपातमा नेपालको कृषि क्षेत्रको तुलनात्मक लाभ न्यून छ। हाम्रो कृषिले युरोप-अमेरिकाको कृषिसँग प्रतिस्पर्धा नै गर्न सक्दैन। त्यसैले नेपालको कृषि लगानी मूलतः देशको खाद्य आवश्यकता पूर्ति गर्न र ग्रामीण क्षेत्रमा रोजगारी उपलब्ध गराउनका लागि हुनुपर्छ। हामीले सानैदेखि सुन्दै आइरहेका हौं, नेपाल कृषिप्रधान देश हो; त्यसैले नेपालको विकास कृषिको विकासबाट मात्र सम्भव छ। कतिपय अर्थमा यो कथन ठीकै पनि हो। यसअनुरुप हरेक वर्ष कृषिलाई प्राथमिकता दिएर बजेट विनियोजन गरिएको पनि पाइन्छ। तर, यो क्षेत्रबाट सोचेजति प्रतिफल भने प्राप्त भएको छैन। त्यसैले सधैँ प्रश्न उठ्ने गरेको छः कतै कृषि क्षेत्रको लगानीले अरू क्षेत्रको लगानीलाई कमजोर त तुल्याइरहेको छैन? विकासको मेरुदण्ड मानिएको कृषि विकास बारे यसरी प्रश्नचिन्ह लगाउँदा केही कृषि विशेषज्ञ र राजनीतिक व्यक्तिहरूको चित्त दुख्न पनि सक्छ। तर पनि यथार्थ के हो भने लगानी र प्राथमिकता दिइएअनुसार कृषि क्षेत्रले देशलाई लाभ दिनसकेको छैन।

Expenditure inequality increased over the 9 years period. There is an extreme case on the inequality of the expenditure of health and education. It reveals that the poor have no access to health and education. Dr. Kamal Raj Dhungel Production and consumption are two basic fundamentals of economics. Firms produce goods and services with a view to satisfy human wants. In turn, households consume those goods and services creating demand for the product. However, not all goods and services have the same level of demand and are not easily consumed in the market. The major determinant of consumption is income with a positive relationship. That is to say, higher income generates higher consumption and in turn economy produces more goods and services to meet the higher demand. A recent study of relationship between income and consumption shows that the marginal propensity to consume in Nepal is high near to 0.9 indicating a lower level of marginal propensity to save. This implies that with ...

Friends, Download key indicators for Asia and Pacific, 2009 by ADB in following link http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2009/pdf/Key-Indicators-2009.pdf ADB News Release 26 August 2009 Asia's Progress on Millennium Development Goals Remains Mixed - ADB MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Asia and Pacific countries continue to make broad progress in reducing extreme poverty but hunger still remains widespread and many economies are struggling to meet other Millennium Development Goals (MDG), including reductions in maternal mortality rates and access to sanitation, latest available data show.

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How many minutes to earn the price of a Big Mac? THE size of your pay packet may be important, but so is its purchasing power. Helpfully, a UBS report published this week offers a handy guide to how long it takes a worker on the average net wage to earn the price of a Big Mac in 73 cities. Fast-food junkies are best off in Chicago, Toronto and Tokyo, where it takes a mere 12 minutes at work to afford a Big Mac. By contrast, employees must toil for over two hours to earn enough for a burger fix in Mexico City, Jakarta and Nairobi. Source: August 20, Economist.com Piya