01601cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002132 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451829952 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Nepal : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (118 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix reviews agricultural productivity in Nepal and examines its links at the regional and aggregate levels to the amounts of available inputs such as chemical fertilizers, irrigation water, and improved seeds, as well as rainfall, rural credit, and foreign aid. The paper highlights factors that are statistically correlated with agricultural productivity and, as importantly, those that are not. The paper examines causes for the recent export slowdown. The bottom-heavy civil service structure is also described. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/206 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/206/002.2002.issue-206-en.xml IMF e-Library