Economic Development Policy
Economic Development can be defined as the creation of wealth from which community benefits are realized. Economic Development provides citizens with the tools to empower themselves and their communities, a dynamic that falls in line with the Dipendra Kandel Initiative goals.
Thus, the think tank undertakes economic development research as to draft policy recommendation for governments aimed to foster economic productivity and opportunities by taking direct action on public and private sector. These, in turn, are meant to increase literacy rate, life expectancy, and poverty rates, among others.
Economic Development research focuses on: Employment, monetary and fiscal policies, finances, trade, and tax regulation, business creation, expansion, and retention, sustainable growth, income growth, disparities reduction, access to food, water, education, healthcare, and housing, infrastructure provision, technology transfer, energy supply…
Knowledge Competitiveness
Economic Infrastructure and Competition
Ease of starting a business
Ease of enforcing a contract
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)
Logistics Performance Index
Intensity of local competition
Availability of latest technologies
Competitiveness Drivers
Business impact of rules on FDI
FDI, net inflows (% of GDP)
Global Entrepreneurship Index
Investment in telecom services (% of GDP)
Venture capital availability
Economic Openness
Creative Economy
High-technology net exports (% of total trade)
Creative services exports (% of total trade in services)
Creative goods exports (% of total trade in goods)
Trade
Trade (% of GDP)
Prevalence of non-tariff barriers
Financing and Value Added
Financial and Taxes
Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit)
Soundness of banks
Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)
Bank deposits to GDP (%)
Domestic Value Added
High-skilled employment (% of total employed people)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
