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Nepal

2010-11-29T22:31:32Z

98.202.242.63:

{{Stub}}

{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Kathmandu
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[China]] 1,236 km, [[India]] 1,690 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = federal democratic republic
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 28,563,377 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_np.html "Nepal"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 1.281% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 65.46 years<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 46% (2008 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 130<ref name="Heritage_NP">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Nepal "Nepal"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 143<ref name="Transparency_NP">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Nepal"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 123<ref name="Business_NP">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Nepal"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
}}

In 1951, the '''Nepal'''ese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. An insurgency led by Maoist extremists broke out in 1996. The ensuing ten-year civil war between insurgents and government forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in April 2006 were followed by several months of peace negotiations between the Maoists and government officials, and culminated in a November 2006 peace accord and the promulgation of an interim constitution. Following a nation-wide election in April 2008, the newly formed Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a federal democratic republic and abolished the monarchy at its first meeting the following month. The Constituent Assembly elected the country's first president in July. The Maoists, who received a plurality of votes in the Constituent Assembly election, formed a coalition government in August 2008, but resigned in May 2009 after the president overruled a decision to fire the chief of the army staff.<ref name="CIA_NP" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Nepalese Rupee (ISO code: NPR)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 6.5% (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': NA%<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $2.53 billion (31 July 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $7.49 billion (1 April 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
|-
! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 5 034
| 5 494
| 5 596
| 6 051
| 6 330
| 7 274
| 8 130
| 9 074
| 10 283
| 12 615
|-
! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 64.068
| 64.573
| 63.327
| 63.935
| 62.588
| 59.416
| 51.765
| 49.689
| 42.958
| 43.653
|-
! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 10.149
| 10.620
| 11.220
| 10.503
| 10.905
| 11.138
| 11.548
| 10.744
| 11.863
| 12.259
|-
! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|
|
|
|
|
| 14.596
| 15.063
|
|
|
|-
! Debt to revenue (years)
| 6.313
| 6.080
| 5.644
| 6.087
| 5.739
| 5.335
| 4.483
| 4.625
| 3.621
| 3.561
|}

==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Nepal|Nepal]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.nrb.org.np Central bank] of Nepal
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/Nepal-2009.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* [http://countrystudies.us/nepal/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166502.stm country profile]
[[Category:Countries]]

Nepal

2010-11-29T22:29:24Z

98.202.242.63:

{{Stub}}

{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Kathmandu
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[China]] 1,236 km, [[India]] 1,690 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = federal democratic republic
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 28,563,377 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_np.html "Nepal"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 1.281% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 65.46 years<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 46% (2008 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 130<ref name="Heritage_NP">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Nepal "Nepal"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 143<ref name="Transparency_NP">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Nepal"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 123<ref name="Business_NP">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Nepal"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
}}

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In 1951, the '''Nepal'''ese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. An insurgency led by Maoist extremists broke out in 1996. The ensuing ten-year civil war between insurgents and government forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in April 2006 were followed by several months of peace negotiations between the Maoists and government officials, and culminated in a November 2006 peace accord and the promulgation of an interim constitution. Following a nation-wide election in April 2008, the newly formed Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a federal democratic republic and abolished the monarchy at its first meeting the following month. The Constituent Assembly elected the country's first president in July. The Maoists, who received a plurality of votes in the Constituent Assembly election, formed a coalition government in August 2008, but resigned in May 2009 after the president overruled a decision to fire the chief of the army staff.<ref name="CIA_NP" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Nepalese Rupee (ISO code: NPR)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 6.5% (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': NA%<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $2.53 billion (31 July 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $7.49 billion (1 April 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
|-
! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 5 034
| 5 494
| 5 596
| 6 051
| 6 330
| 7 274
| 8 130
| 9 074
| 10 283
| 12 615
|-
! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 64.068
| 64.573
| 63.327
| 63.935
| 62.588
| 59.416
| 51.765
| 49.689
| 42.958
| 43.653
|-
! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 10.149
| 10.620
| 11.220
| 10.503
| 10.905
| 11.138
| 11.548
| 10.744
| 11.863
| 12.259
|-
! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|
|
|
|
|
| 14.596
| 15.063
|
|
|
|-
! Debt to revenue (years)
| 6.313
| 6.080
| 5.644
| 6.087
| 5.739
| 5.335
| 4.483
| 4.625
| 3.621
| 3.561
|}

==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Nepal|Nepal]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.nrb.org.np Central bank] of Nepal
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/Nepal-2009.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* [http://countrystudies.us/nepal/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166502.stm country profile]
[[Category:Countries]]

Nepal

2010-11-29T22:29:03Z

98.202.242.63:

{{Stub}}

{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Kathmandu
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[China]] 1,236 km, [[India]] 1,690 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = federal democratic republic
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 28,563,377 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_np.html "Nepal"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 1.281% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 65.46 years<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 46% (2008 est.)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 130<ref name="Heritage_NP">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Nepal "Nepal"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 143<ref name="Transparency_NP">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Nepal"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 123<ref name="Business_NP">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Nepal"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
}}

Testing the captcha...
In 1951, the '''Nepal'''ese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. An insurgency led by Maoist extremists broke out in 1996. The ensuing ten-year civil war between insurgents and government forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in April 2006 were followed by several months of peace negotiations between the Maoists and government officials, and culminated in a November 2006 peace accord and the promulgation of an interim constitution. Following a nation-wide election in April 2008, the newly formed Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a federal democratic republic and abolished the monarchy at its first meeting the following month. The Constituent Assembly elected the country's first president in July. The Maoists, who received a plurality of votes in the Constituent Assembly election, formed a coalition government in August 2008, but resigned in May 2009 after the president overruled a decision to fire the chief of the army staff.<ref name="CIA_NP" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Nepalese Rupee (ISO code: NPR)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 6.5% (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': NA%<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $2.53 billion (31 July 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $7.49 billion (1 April 2009)<ref name="CIA_NP" />

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
|-
! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 5 034
| 5 494
| 5 596
| 6 051
| 6 330
| 7 274
| 8 130
| 9 074
| 10 283
| 12 615
|-
! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 64.068
| 64.573
| 63.327
| 63.935
| 62.588
| 59.416
| 51.765
| 49.689
| 42.958
| 43.653
|-
! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 10.149
| 10.620
| 11.220
| 10.503
| 10.905
| 11.138
| 11.548
| 10.744
| 11.863
| 12.259
|-
! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_NP">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/np/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Nepal: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|
|
|
|
|
| 14.596
| 15.063
|
|
|
|-
! Debt to revenue (years)
| 6.313
| 6.080
| 5.644
| 6.087
| 5.739
| 5.335
| 4.483
| 4.625
| 3.621
| 3.561
|}

==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Nepal|Nepal]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.nrb.org.np Central bank] of Nepal
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/Nepal-2009.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* [http://countrystudies.us/nepal/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166502.stm country profile]
[[Category:Countries]]