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Published reports have indicated that economic inequality greatly increased in Nepal during the era of parliamentary democracy that began in 1990. This paper revisits these inequality estimates by utilizing the same original, Nepal Living Standard Survey data collected in 1996 and 2004, on which the reported estimates are based. But this paper goes beyond the specific resources and methodologies used in the reported, official estimates toward providing a more comprehensive picture of economic inequality.
Economic inequality in the 'democratic' Nepal: dimensions and implications
Published reports have indicated that economic inequality greatly increased in Nepal during the era of parliamentary democracy that began in 1990. This paper revisits these inequality estimates by utilizing the same original, Nepal Living Standard Survey data collected in 1996 and 2004, on which the reported estimates are based. But this paper goes beyond the specific resources and methodologies used in the reported, official estimates toward providing a more comprehensive picture of economic inequality.