{"id":1433,"date":"2025-10-08T07:09:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.bankingkhabar.com\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:09:04","slug":"world-bank-slashes-nepals-growth-forecast-to-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.bankingkhabar.com\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Slashes Nepal\u2019s Growth Forecast to 2.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.bankingkhabar.com\/?attachment_id=1435\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1435\" src=\"https:\/\/english.bankingkhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Banking Khabar\/<\/strong>The World Bank has sharply reduced Nepal\u2019s economic growth projection for fiscal year 2025\/26 to just 2.1%, citing ongoing political instability, protests, and weak private investment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bank\u2019s South Asia Development Update warns that if unrest continues, growth could dip even lower. Earlier this year, Nepal\u2019s economy was expected to grow by over 5%, but disruptions in tourism, agriculture, and infrastructure projects have slowed momentum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report suggests that stronger reforms and stability will be essential for recovery in 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banking Khabar\/The World Bank has sharply reduced Nepal\u2019s economic growth projection for fiscal year 2025\/26 to just 2.1%, citing ongoing political instability, protests, and weak private investment. The Bank\u2019s South Asia Development Update warns that if unrest continues, growth could dip even lower. Earlier this year, Nepal\u2019s economy was expected to grow by over 5%, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking-khabar","category-banking-khabar-banking-khabar","category-banner","category-main-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Bank Slashes Nepal\u2019s Growth Forecast to 2.1 - Bankingkhabar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.bankingkhabar.com\/?p=1433\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Bank Slashes Nepal\u2019s Growth Forecast to 2.1 - Bankingkhabar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banking Khabar\/The World Bank has sharply reduced Nepal\u2019s economic growth projection for fiscal year 2025\/26 to just 2.1%, citing ongoing political instability, protests, and weak private investment. 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