Yadav Prasad Pant (Nepali: यादव प्रसाद पन्त) (1928[2] - November 14, 2007) was a Nepalese economist and politician.

He served as Fifth Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank between [1] Throughout his career he held several high level positions including senior economist at the UN ESCAP in Bangkok, Thailand; Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank (1968–1973); Ambassador to Japan (1975–1979); and Minister for Commerce, Supplies, Finance (1980–1983) and Water Resources (1986–1988).

[2] He died at the age of 82 in Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand.

[3] Panta has introduced the Nepalese economy to the world by his writings.

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