Applying the Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework to Nepal

Jiajun Xua and Sarah Hager

CDP Background Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This paper analyzes opportunities for growth in Nepal by applying the policy tool of New Structural Economics – Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework (GIFF). Drawing on firm level surveys, stakeholder interviews, and existing datasets it aims to contribute to policy discussions in Nepal and to demonstrate the use of the GIFF for other least developed countries. The report argues that Nepal should seek to capture industrial transfer from China to establish a foothold in global value chains, create employment and catalyze structural transformation. The report identifies product-level advantages arising from preferential market access and sector-specific binding constraints, and proposes how to use Special Economic Zones to mitigate identified constraints to set Nepal on a path of structural transformation.

Keywords: Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H54 L16 L50 O25 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70 pages
Date: 2017-04
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