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      "heading": "Resident Representative for Nepal",
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          "text": "Hotel Dusit Princess"
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        {
          "text": "Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal"
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        {
          "text": "Postal Code: 44601"
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          "text": "Phone: +977 1 4541856"
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          "text": "Email: RR-NPL@imf.org",
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      "heading": "At a Glance: Nepal's Relations with the IMF",
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          "text": "Current IMF membership: 191 countries"
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          "text": "Nepal joined the Fund in September 1961; Quota: SDR 156.90 million"
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          "text": "Staff Report for the 2018 Article IV Consultation, February 17, 2019",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2019/02/15/Nepal-2018-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-Statement-by-the-Executive-46622",
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          "text": "Charts on Macroeconomic Indicators, July 31, 2020",
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          "text": "IMF Staff Completes 2020 Article IV Mission to Nepal, January 17, 2020",
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              "linkText": "IMF Staff Completes 2020 Article IV Mission to Nepal, January 17, 2020"
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          "text": "2019 Article IV Consultation Staff Report, April 6, 2020"
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          "text": "Selected Issues, April 6, 2020",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/04/06/Nepal-Selected-Issues-49309",
          "linkText": "Selected Issues, April 6, 2020",
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          "text": "New: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility, May 11, 2020",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/05/11/Nepal-Request-for-Disbursement-Under-the-Rapid-Credit-Facility-Press-Release-Staff-Report-49404",
          "linkText": "Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility, May 11, 2020",
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              "linkText": "Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility, May 11, 2020"
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    "Pranav Kumar Gupta, Resident Representative.",
    "Senior economist with over 12 years of experience at the IMF.",
    "Specializations: IMF lending operations, bilateral surveillance, and capacity development.",
    "Country experience: Armenia, Malawi, Mongolia, and Zambia.",
    "Research publications in: Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of African Economies; International Economics.",
    "Technical assistance experience: forecasting and policy analysis modeling for the central banks of India, Rwanda, and Tanzania.",
    "Prior roles:",
    "Education: master’s degree in economics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.",
    "Presents information and news from the IMF Office in Nepal and describes the work of the IMF in Nepal, including activities of the IMF Resident Representative Office.",
    "Points users to additional information available on the Nepal and IMF country page, including IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Nepal.",
    "Outreach and communications material includes: Comic Book: Defending Against Money Laundering.",
    "Asian Development Bank",
    "Kantipur National Daily",
    "Ministry of Finance",
    "Nepal News Online",
    "Nepal Rastra Bank",
    "IMF Training for Government officials",
    "IMF Resident Offices Around the World",
    "Asia’s economic resilience is being tested by the war in the Middle East and an ensuing energy shock.",
    "Higher fuel prices are:",
    "Reference date: April 16, 2026.",
    "[Nepal and the IMF](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/npl#Country)",
    "**Nepal: Recent Macro-Economic Developments**"
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