Mani Nepal

About

Lead Economist at ICIMOD; Research interest: Environmental & development economics; Worked as: 1. Faculty: University of New Mexico, Kathmandu University, Tribhuvan University
2. Senior economist: Department of Finance and Administration, Santa Fe, USA, APROSC, NEFAS; Graduated from: University of Illinois (MS Policy Economics); University of New Mexico, USA (PhD Environmental/ Development Economics and Applied Econometrics). Currently working on research in the areas of climate change and cities and also on the Economics of Forest Restoration.

Employment

• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Lead Economist & Program Coordinator
  2017 - Present
• Tribhuvan University Associate professor
  2009 - 2015
• Kyoto University Distinguished Visitor Professor
• South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics Sr. Environmental Economist

Education

• University of New Mexico PhD
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master of Science in Policy Economics

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (73)

• International Conference on Development and Environmental Economics: SANDEE@25
  Ecology Economy and Society 2026 DOI: 10.37773/ees.v9i1.1901
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• SANDEE@25 International Conference: Abstracts
  Zenodo 2025 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17937133
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• Beyond the trees: Equity and justice in Nepal's forest restoration
  Land Use Policy 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107813
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• Impact of weather and climate advisories on agricultural outcomes in Pakistan
  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2024 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-023-51066-4
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• Ecosystem services valuation for conservation and development decisions: A review of valuation studies and tools in the Far Eastern Himalaya
  Ecosystem Services 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101526
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• International labour migration, farmland fallowing, livelihood diversification and technology adoption in Nepal
  International Labour Review 2023 DOI: 10.1111/ilr.12375
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• Low-Cost Strategies to Improve Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Nepal
  Environmental and Resource Economics 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s10640-021-00640-3
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• Apple Farmer's Willingness to Pay for Rwbcis: Determinants and Empirical Evidences from Jammu and Kashmir, India
  SSRN 2022
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• Correction to: Climate Change and Community Resilience
  2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0680-9_30
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• Fuel stacking implications for willingness to pay for cooking fuels in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
  ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.ESD.2022.08.017
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