Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha

Min Bahadur Shrestha based in Kathmandu is a policy and strategy advisor. He has worked in the areas of economic research, training, monetary policy, financial sector development and strategic planning for more than 30 years. He has also taught economics to MBA students as a visiting faculty. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Wollongong, Australia. He has obtained Master’s degree in Public Administration as well as in Political Science from Tribhuvan University, Nepal and an MBA from Hult International Business School, United Kingdom. He studied graduate level financial economics courses at University of New Orleans, United States.
Dr. Shrestha served as the Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission of Nepal from September 2016 to July 2017. Prior to that, he worked as the Executive Director of Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal, heading research department. Representing the Bank, he served as the board member of several institutions including Credit Information Centre, Nepal Stock Exchange Limited, Securities Board of Nepal and National Banking Institute. He worked as the Senior Economist for 3 years (2006-2009) and the Visiting Research Economist for one year (2014-2015) at the South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has led a number of research projects on central bank policies, financial economics and economic development covering South East Asian economies.
Dr. Shrestha has led ministerial level delegations to regional and international meetings and has been the keynote speaker, main presenter, chair and panelist on economics, finance and development related issues at several international, regional and national summits, forums and conferences. He has published 7 books and a significant number of research papers in peer-reviewed international journals on time series econometrics, capital flows, monetary policy, welfare, international migration, and financial inclusion. He has also worked as the editor and reviewed several papers for international journals.
Dr. Shrestha currently is engaged in implementing a pilot project based on HARIYALI model (a company-led group farming model) in Myagdi district of Nepal to help in increasing agricultural productivity and production through modernization and commercialization of agricultural activities.
Major Publications
- “Selecting appropriate methodological framework for time series data analysis”, with Guna Raj Bhatta, The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 4, pp: 71-89, 2018.
- “Revisiting Money-Price Relationship in Nepal Following a New Methodological Framework,” with Guna Raj Bhatta, NRB Economic Review, 30 (1), pp: 19-34, 2018.
- “Cooperation on Finance between China and Nepal: Belt and Road Initiatives and Investment Opportunities in Nepal”, The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 3, pp: 31-37, 2017.
- Advancing Inclusive Financial System in the Next Decade, The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015.
- “The Economic Cost of General Strikes in Nepal”, with Shashi K. Chaudhary, NRB Economic Review, 26 (1), pp: 1-23, 2014.
- “Drivers of Reserves Accumulation in the South East Asian Countries”, with Theresia A. Wansi, SEACEN Working Papers, WP02, pp: 1-22, 2014.
- “The Impact of Food Inflation on Poverty in Nepal”, with Shashi K. Chaudhary, NRB Economic Review, 24 (2), pp: 1-14, 2012.
- “Reversing the Flow of International Migration”, International Journal of Social Economics, 38 (2), pp: 165-176, 2011.
- “Stock Market Integration in the GCC Countries”, with Hazem Marashdeh, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 37, pp: 102-114, 2010.
- Financial Liberalization and Economic Development: Empirical Evidence from Nepal, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2009.
- Capital Flows and their Implications for Central Bank Policies in the SEACEN Countries, The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009.
- Investment in the SEACEN Countries in the Post Crisis Era, with Vincent Lim, The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009.
- “Efficiency in Emerging Markets: Evidence from the Emirates Securities Market”, with Hazem Marashdeh, European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, 12, pp: 143-150, 2008.
- Macroeconomic Surveillance for Monetary Policy Management in the SEACEN Countries, The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008.
- Role of Non-Bank Financial Intermediation: Challenges for Central Banks in the SEACEN Countries, The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007.
- “Impact of Financial Liberalisation on Welfare: Evidence from Nepal,” with Khorshed Chowdhury, Applied Econometrics and International Development, 7 (1), pp: 165-178, 2007.
- “Testing Financial Liberalisation Hypothesis with ARDL Modelling Approach”, with Khorshed Chowdhury, Applied Financial Economics, 17 (18), pp: 1529-1540, 2007.
- “Financial Liberalization Index for Nepal”, with Khorshed Chowdhury, International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, 3 (1), pp: 41-54, 2006.
- “The Role of External Debt, Total Trade and Labour Force in Economic Growth: The Case of Nepal”, with Ramesh Paudel, The Business Review, Cambridge, 5 (2), pp.130-136, 2006.
- “Testing for Unit Roots in Nepalese Macroeconomic Data”, Economic Review Occasional Paper No. 18, Kathmandu: Nepal Rastra Bank, Research Department, April 2006, pp. 1-15.
- “A Sequential Procedure for Testing Unit Roots in the Presence of Structural Break in Time Series Data: An Application to Quarterly Data of Nepal 1970 - 2003”, with Khorshed Chowdhury, International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies 2 (2), pp: 1-16, 2005.

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