Nepal, July 18 -- The hopes of Nepalis for rapid economic development, inspired by the Republican constitution (2006), have turned into despair. A widespread sense of despondency, often expressed as ...

Cristina D'Alessandro is currently an officer at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, mentioned in the article, but in a different field to the one covered in the text: she deals ...

In a world captivated by numbers, only a few other figures may command as much reverence as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Governments parade it, media drum-beat it, citizens drink it in like a ...