World
Bank unveils
$150 million
aid for Nepal
disaster
relief :
Separately,
the United
Nations sets
up a $17.5
million fund
to support the
government’s
efforts
(kp
10/10/2024)
World
leaders pledge
help after
Nepal flood
tragedy :
Indian PM
Modi, British
King Charles,
Russian
President
Putin and
Chinese
foreign
minister Wang
send
condolences
and offer
support
(kp
04/10/2024)
Foreign
Aid: A
Double-Edged
Sword for
Nepal's
Development,
by Aastha Pokharel
(rep 28/09/2024)
Nepal,
China commit
to advancing
key
connectivity
projects :
THMDCN, the
trans-Himalayan
network,
includes
railways,
roads,
aviation,
digital links
and community
connections,
by Anil Giri
(kp
28/09/2024) [And what does that mean in concrete terms? Will Nepal be
heavily
indebted to
China, as many
other
countries have
now realised?]
EU-funded
project to build
earthquake preparedness
for over 500,000 in
Nepal (rep
23/09/2024)
Germany
to provide Rs 7.5
billion in grant to
Nepal (rep
07/09/2024)
Government
decides to accept 115
million US dollar soft
loan from ADB (kh
06/09/2024)
Nepal
and UK Sign grant
agreements for climate
resilience and local
empowerment (kh
28/08/2024), Nepal,
UK sign grant agreement
worth Rs 13 billion for
climate resilience,
empowerment of local
levels (rep
29/08/2024)
Bursting
out : Developed nations
must help Nepal with
climate disaster risk
assessment (kp
20/08/02024)
World
Bank to increase budgetary aid
for Nepal (kh 15/08/2024)
World
Bank to provide $100 million
assistance to Nepal, to be used
for local road improvements
(rep 07/08/2024)
USAID
claims better-than-expected
results in sectors of support in
Nepal : Nepal and the US are set
to sign a new five-year
agreement to continue regular
aid, which is expected to be
$659 million or around Rs88
billion (kp 19/07/2024), Nepal
received about Rs 200 billion in
USAID support over the past 23
years (rep 20/07/2024)
EU
provides Rs 12 million grant for
plastic waste management (kh
04/07/2024)
PM
Dahal calls for global support
to aid nations lagging in
industrial development (kh
18/06/2024), Nepal
calls for climate
justice as IDA21 begins
(kp 19/06/2024)
Sislen
appointed as World Bank country director
for Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka
(rep 17/06/2024)
World
Bank’s IDA21 comes to Nepal : The
four-day event, considered soft
financial diplomacy, will be held in
Kathmandu for the first time on June
18.More than 200 IDA delegates,
representing both donors and recipients,
will attend (kp 15/06/2024)
Govt
secures less than Rs 3 billion in
foreign grants, far short of Rs 50
billion target, by Dilip Paudel (rep
05/06/2024)
Finland
commits Rs 1.8 billion in grants for Nepal's
climate adaptation efforts (rep 21/05/2024)
Korea
supports USD 9.8 million for green jobs (kh
15/04/2024)
Govt
decides to accept Rs 1.2 billion in grants from
WWF (rep 11/05/2024)
EU
to help Nepal bring investment (kh
10/05/2024)
Swiss
govt to provide 9.01 million Swiss Francs for
Nepal’s tourism project (kh 09/05/2024)
World
Bank approves $80 million development policy
credit for Nepal to strengthen financial sector
and increase access to financial services
(rep 08/05/2024)
Nepal
appeals world community to increase concessional
aid (nlt 06/05/2024)
Govt
to take concessional loan of Rs 13.33 from World
Bank (rep 04/05/2024)
Four
projects to be funded by China are in final
stage of negotiation : They are Ring Road works,
Araniko Highway upgrade, transmission line,
Hilsa-Simkot road (kp 27/04/2024)
Japan
hands over Community Center for Disaster
Prevention to Indrawati Rural Municipality
(rep 24/04/2024)
PM
Dahal urges practical projects over wish lists
for Investment Summit success (kh
23/04/2024)
World
Bank pledges $8.5 million concessional loan for
Arun Hydropower Project: FinMin Pun (kh
21/04/2024), The
World Bank ‘agrees in principle’ to invest in
the Upper Arun HP project (nlt 22/04/2024)
Visit
od KfW and EIB ro Nepal : Mission matters
(sp 29/03/2024)
PM
urges AIIB for concessional loan to Nepal
(rn 25/03/2024), AIIB
prioritizes investment in Nepal’s development
(kh 26/03/2024), Nepal
requests China-backed AIIB for soft loans :
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Monday,
urged a visiting AIIB delegation for a policy
arrangement for concessional loans to Nepal
(kp 27/03/2024), NEA
seeks financial aid from AIIB to accomplish the
target of producing 28,000 MW of electricity
(rep 27/03/2024)
Finance
Minister Pun World Bank’s support (ae
25/03/2024)
ADB
poised to finance $580 million for 635MW
Dudhkoshi hydel project : The World Bank will
also fund this project as per partnership
announced last year between two development
partners (kp 14/03/2024)
Japan
hands over medical equipment to Kathmandu Cancer
Center in Bhaktapur (kh 12/13/2024)
Finance
Minister Pun urges World Bank to increase
development assistance amid economic challenges
(kh 11/03/2024)
Japan
provides 12 recycled fire engines to five
provinces (kh 11/03/2024)
EU
supports sustainable coffee farming training in
Sudurpashchim (kh 02/03/2024)
World
Bank providing Nepal with credit of $200 million
for fiscal and growth reforms and better
provincial and local roads (rep 01/03/2024),
World
Bank to provide Rs 26.51 billion for growth
reforms, better local roads in Nepal (kh
02/03/2024)
Foreign
aid spending remains poor compared to use of
domestic resources : Spending on Asian
Development Bank support stands at eight percent
and 14 percent in the case of the World Bank in
the first half of the current fiscal year
(kp 23/02/2024)
Nepal,
UK sign agreement to enforce programmes on
business and green growth (rn 20/02/2024), UK
launches new £400m development portfolio for
Nepal : It will help Nepal to tackle the climate
crisis, mobilise international finance for
development, deliver economic transformation and
support governance and inclusion, says British
Embassy in Kathmandu (kp 21/02/2024), UK
commits $505 million in development grants for
business and green growth in Nepal, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 21/02/2024)
Govt
falls short of mobilizing foreign loan, achieves
only 20 percent of target in seven months
(rep 19/02/2024)
Foreign
aid decreases by Rs 77 billion (rep
16/02/2024)
IFC’s
$56-million investment in Global IME Bank to
bolster gender and climate financing in Nepal :
The stated aim is to boost competitiveness in
the small and medium enterprise (SME) finance
market while also improving financial inclusion,
creating jobs, and supporting the nation’s
climate goals (kp 04/02/2024)
Germany
to provide Euros 56, 000, 000 grant assistance
to Nepal (ae 23/01/2024)
ADB
and Nepal sign $160 million loan and $600,000
grant agreement (kh 17/01/2024)
Korean
volunteers arrive in Nepal aiming to contribute
to its Overseas Development Assistance (kh
11/01/2024)
World
Bank to invest for Mechinagar road construction
(kh 07/01/2024)
Experts,
lawmakers call for streamlining small-scale
foreign aid in Nepal (rep 23/12/2023)
South
Korea pledges $300,000 in aid for earthquake-hit
Karnali Province (rep 20/12/2023)
ADB
Remains Committed To Supporting Nepal's 'Green,
Resilient, And Inclusive Development', by
Arnaud Cauchois (sp 15/12/2023)
ADB
approves $166 million financing package (kh
14/12/2023), ADB
approves $166 million support for urban
resilience in Nepal : ADB’s financing package
includes a $6 million grant from the Asian
Development Fund, which provides grants to ADB’s
poorest and most vulnerable developing member
countries (kp 15/12/2023)
European
Union and Save the Children provide over 800
winter tents to earthquake affected people : The
tents provided by EU will be dispatched to the
earthquake-hit areas in close coordination with
the government’s national disaster risk
reduction management authority (nlt
12/12/2023)
Government
sits for meeting with donors in view of Third
Investment Summit (rn 11/12/2023
Nepal
to receive 5.9 billion rupees grant from
Germany (kh 09/12/2023)
ADB
and World Bank join forces for
sustainable development of Nepal’s
hydropower sector (kh 07/12/2023)
Global
aid visions and local realities : We
must understand that INGOs treat the
symptoms but not the disease, by
Subash Pandey (kp 04/12/2023)
USAID
works in line with Nepal’s priority: Schiffer :
The donor agency’s Global Health Security
programme, which aims to strengthen Nepal
government’s capacity to prevent, detect, and
respond to emerging infectious diseases, was
launched on Sunday (kp 04/12/2023)
ADB
to extend support for climate resilience in
Hindu Kush Himalayas (rep 03/12/2023)
USAID
launches $24.5 million Feed the Future Nepal
Agricultural Inputs Activity : With up to $24.5
million in funding, this activity will work to
streamline access to agricultural inputs and
contribute to the overall agricultural
development of the country, the USAID stated
(kp 02/12/2023)
60
years of Helvetas in Nepal, interview with
Regula Rytz, President of the Swiss aid group
Helvetas (nt 01/12/2023)
Govt
accepts 20 million USD in grant aid from World
Bank (kh 30/11/2023)
Delay
in construction of Narayanghat-Butwal road: ADB
warns termination of contract if 50 percent
progress is not achieved by December 2023
(rep 24/11/2023)
Nepal
and ADB sign agreement for over Rs 13 billion
concessional loan (rep 24/11/2023)
Australia
announces $6,00,000 in humanitarian assistance
for Nepal earthquake victims (nlt
17/11/2023)
Effectiveness
Of Technical Assistance, by Bickram Thapa
(rn 12/11/2023)
Nepal
government, donors agree to scale up GRID
(ae 07/11/2023)
World
Bank, ADB moving closer to funding two major
hydel projects in east Nepal : Nepali ministers
and top officials from the World Bank and the
Asian Development Bank visited the project site
of Upper Arun Hydroelectric Project on Friday,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/11/2023)
Nepal
to receive 100 million USD loan from World Bank
(nlt 03/11/2023)
ADB
to invest in more projects in Pokhara (rep
03/11/2023)
ADB
commits to invest in Dudh Koshi Project (kh
02/11/2023)
ADB
to provide Rs 13 billion concessional loan to
Nepal (kh 31/10/2023)
Japan
agrees to construct tunnel and flyover at
Koteshwar-Jadibuti section (rep 21/10/2023)
EU
brings relief to victims of earthquake in Nepal
: The European Union is allocating €70 000 (over
9.8 million Nepali Rupees) in response to the
earthquake that hit western Nepal earlier this
month (nlt 20/10/2023)
Nepal's
economic policies may not align with
perspectives of donors: Minister Mahat (rn
15/10/2023)
World
Bank positive to raise 130 billion concessional
loan assistance in Upper Arun Hydropower Project
: IDA 's 21st replenishment meeting in Nepal
(kh 14/10/2023), Nepal
seeks $1 billion from World Bank, others for
Upper Arun : 1,061 MW project will be the bank’s
first investment in the country’s hydropower
since it pulled out of Arun III in 1995, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/10/2023)
EU
Ambassador Lorenzo pledges support for
Constitution enforcement and Federal governance
(kh 09/10/2023)
IMF
reaches staff-level agreement with Nepal on
third review under the Extended Credit Facility
: The agreement allows for a disbursement of
about $51.3 million. The Extended Credit
Facility provides financial assistance to
countries with protracted balance of payments
problems (nlt 06/10/2023)
China
Aid constructs two school buildings in Dolakha :
The buildings are a part of the assistance
agreement signed by the governments of Nepal and
China following the 2015 earthquake (kp
27/09/2023)
ADB
extends $100 million concessional loan to Nepal
: The loan aims to strengthen Nepal’s fiscal
management and promote decentralisation (kp
23/09/2023)
EU
supports mainstreaming gender in trade policies
(rep 22/09/2023)
USAID
pledges $2 million aid to Nepal : New
commitments announced at the UN General Assembly
will support government reform efforts and
facilitate improvements to public services as
part of USAID’s Democracy Delivers Initiative
(kp 22/09/2023)
Can
small donors support research?
Knowledge-generating entities should create an
endowment fund to sustain themselves, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 01/09/2023)
MCC
Nepal Compact starts five-year project timeline
: ‘Together, we will advance economic growth by
creating business opportunities for Nepalis,
improving road maintenance on the strategic road
network, and finding innovative ways to improve
the reliability of electricity,’ said Vice
President of Compact Operations at MCC Cameron
Alford (nlt 31/08/2023), MCC
Nepal Compact kicks off 5-year project
implementation : A 315-km transmission line and
upgrade of a part of the East-West Highway to be
carried out with $697 million in joint funding
by the US and Nepal (kp 31/08/2023), Make
it work : Rather than argue over the MCC’s
‘hidden agenda’, the focus should be on its
timely implementation (kp 31/08/2023)
MCC
Compact Agreement to come in full-fledged
implementation from August 30 (rep
23/08/2023), Nepal’s
declaration on MCC compact gets US nod : Some
ruling party leaders and fringe parties have
started speaking against the compact again,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/08/2023)
Government
of Nepal and education development partners
formalize cooperation for School Education
Sector Plan
Asian Development Bank, European Union, Finland,
Global Partnership for Education, Norway,
UNICEF, USAID and World Bank have committed a
combined US$780 million budget support over the
next five years (nlt 18/08/2023)
World
Bank to provide USD 100 million grant assistance
for Nepal’s health sector : In a meeting with
Health Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet, World
Bank's Country Director for Nepal Faris
Hadad-Zervos reaffirmed continued support to
Nepal (nlt 03/08/2023)
Assessing
MCC’s possible impacts, by Anupam Bhattarai
(ae 03/08/2023)
Govt
decides to accept US$1.5 million and 55,505 in
grant from the Global Environment Facility
(kh 03/08/2023) [Accepting
grants is always particularly difficult for the
government!]
World
Bank to continue support for improving Nepal’s
health system (01/08/2023)
Govt
spends Rs 10.76 billion acquired from donors in
incident registration, by Govinda Luitel
(rep 30/07/2023)
Give
money for change : With poor policies in place,
donors’ grants to support solar rooftops
undermine the case for policy reform, by
Bishal Thapa (kp 28/07/2023)
Stop
Relying On Donors For Development, by Umesh
Puri (rn 28/07/2023)
China
launches ‘Lively Village’ project in
Sindhupalchok : Under the project, China will
provide financial and technical support to
Kuvinde village of the district for agriculture
and livestock development (nlt 25/07/2023),
China
pledges Rs145 million aid for Nepal’s seven
provinces : The money will be used for
agriculture-related projects aimed at poverty
alleviation, by Anil Giri (kp 025/07/2023)
IMF
delegation calls on NPC Vice-Chair Shrestha
(rep 24/07/2023)
Nepal,
EU sign grant agreement of more than Rs 10.5
billion : The overall objective of this support
is to contribute to a well-educated and skilled
society in Nepal which is able to play an active
role in the social and economic development of
the country (nlt 21/07/2023), Nepal,
EU sign grant agreement of more than Rs 10.5
billion (kh 21/07/2023)
EU
grants 16.7 million euros for Nepal’s
agriculture, school development (kp
18/07/2023)
Japan
agrees to provide Rs 385 million to Nepal under
JDS (kh 12/07/2023)
ADB
to support construction of 26.5 km road in
Siddharthnagar Municipality (ht 08/07/2023)
Govt
decides to accept US $300 million loan
assistance from ADB (rep 06/07/2023)
European
bank withholds funds for power and transmission
line projects : Cites NEA’s delay in conducting
cumulative impact assessment of Marsyangdi
corridor, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/07/2023)
Big
chunk of foreign assistance of PLGSP remains
unspent (rn 22/06/2023)
Nepal,
World Bank launch $275 million project to boost
trade connectivity : Under the project, the
69-kilometre two-lane section of the
Butwal-Gorusinghe-Chanauta road along the
East-West Highway will be upgraded to a
climate-resilient four-lane highway (kp
12/06/2023)
World
Bank to provide Rs 16 billion loans, 3.5 billion
grants to Nepal (kh 31/05/2023), Govt,
WB sign $120m concessional loan agreement
(ae 01/06/2023)
Only
27 percent external loans received in this
fiscal (ae 18/05/2023)
Six
years after BRI agreement, Nepal has little to
show for it : Nepali officials seem unaware the
deal, involving cross-border rail, is renewed
every 3 years, by Anil Giri (kp 17/05/2023),
Bungling
on BRI : A lot can be learned from the six
largely unfruitful years of cooperation under
the initiative (kp 18/05/2023)
FDI
commitment down by 14 percent in the
first 10 months of the current FY
(rep 15/05/2023)
FNCCI
asks EU to facilitate Nepali goods : The
European Union has 27 member states and
represents one of the world’s largest
economies (kp 09/05/2023), EU-Nepal
business forum ends with commitment to
increase trade and investment (kh
10/05/2023)
Japan’s
New National Security Strategy and Nepal, by
Rajani Thapa (kh 08/05/2023)
IMF
to provide 52.8 million US dollar loan to Nepal
(rn 02/05/2023), IMF
decided to release Rs 6.9bn in second tranche of
ECF (ae 03/05/2023)
WB
approves $100 million to strengthen Nepal’s
healthcare system (kh 30/04/2023)
China
to release Rs80 billion pledged to Nepal since
2008 : The funds from the northern neighbour
will be used for infrastructure development in
Nepal, according to officials, by Anil Giri
(kp 30/04/2023)
Germany
willing to invest in clean energy, transmission
lines and pharmaceutical industries in Nepal
(rep 29/04/2023)
Improved
performance key to development results, ADB says
: As of December 31, 2022, ADB’s active
portfolio in Nepal stands at around $3.2 billion
supporting a broad range of key sectors (kp
22/04/2023)
Over
Rs25 billion foreign aid spent in unproductive
sectors: Auditor general : Development
Cooperation Policy-2019 aims to utilise foreign
aid in infrastructure and areas that contribute
to sustainable development (kp 17/04/2023)
Government
seeks $200 million from ADB to tide over revenue
shortfall : Reforms in public entities,
transparency in contracts and timely financial
reports are among the bank’s conditions, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/04/2023)
World
Bank to provide Rs 16 billion in grants
to Nepal (rep 26/03/2023)
Nepal
receives Rs 138 billion foreign aid
commitment in eight months (kh
25/03/2023)
Several
health programmes affected with USAID
grants not disbursed on time : Officials
say it will be difficult to achieve set
targets when programmes are not carried
out on time, by Arjun Poudel (kp
23/03/2023)
Britain
to provide 90 million pounds grant for
infrastructure development in Nepal
(rep 17/03/2023)
Nepal
to receive $52m in second tranche of ECF
(ae 02/03/2023)
Germany
handovers 1.5 million COVID vaccines
through COVAX Facility to Nepal (kh
16/02/2023)
Nepal
to take loan worth Rs 1.19 billion from ADB for
Rural Roads Improvement Program (kh
15/02/2023)
Government
raises Rs 30 billion internal and Rs 26.46
billion external loans in six months (nlt
14/02/2023)
South
Korea plans to increase aid to Nepal : Special
Envoy of South Korea’s President says he would
discuss specific proposals with Prime Minister
Dahal for next year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/02/2023)
Nepal,
World Bank launch USD 100m water sector
governance and infrastructure support project :
The project agreement for the Water Sector
Governance and Infrastructure Support Project
was signed in July 2022 by the Government of
Nepal and the World Bank (nlt 10/02/2023)
Nepal
and EU fight food insecurity together : My key
takeaway of the visit to this beautiful country
of yours is simple: The European Union and Nepal
will continue to grow stronger and flourish
together, by Jutta Urpilainen (nlt
08/02/2023)
USAID
deepens democratic partnership with the
government and people of Nepal (nlt
07/02/2023), USAID
Administrator Power announces nearly $60 million
to strengthen democratic institutions in Nepal (kh
07/02/2023), More
US aid to consolidate democracy : Up to $20m
announced in additional funds to make governance
more participatory (kp 08/02/2023) [The biggest obstacle might
be the little democratic and only interested in
their personal power male Khas Arya top
politicians and their patriarchy defending
parties!]
World
Bank urged for enhanced budgetary assistance
(rep 21/01/2023), FinMin
asks World Bank to increase its budgetary
support : The government’s International
Development Cooperation Policy (DPC)-2019 has
highlighted that budget support is the country’s
most preferred official development assistance
modality (ae 23/01/2023)
Foreign
grants almost halved in FY 2021/22, by Himal
lamsal (rep 03/01/2022)
Nepal
to receive USD 200 million concessional loan
from ADB (kh 27/12/2022), ADB
to provide $200m (ae 29/12/2022)
UNDP
partners with Chinese NGO for the first time in
Nepal : The programme will get funding from the
Global Development and South-South Cooperation
Fund Project, established under China’s GDI
Programme (kp 17/12/2022)
Japan
provides financial assistance for new turmeric
processing center in Pyuthan (rep
09/12/2022)
Govt
decides to receive Rs. 5 bln grant from Norway,
Finland (rn 07/12/2022)
ADB
approves $200 million concessional loan to Nepal
to strengthen education System : The program
will assist the implementation of the first five
years of the government’s School Education
Sector Plan 2021–2030, says ADB (kp
06/12/2022)
European
Union provides Rs 27 million as humanitarian
funding assistance : The assistance supports
Nepal Red Cross Society to cater earthquake-hit
families in Sudurpaschim in November (kp
06/12/2022)
Looking
for a better and sustainable alternative to
grants and loans? Go for FDI : FDI can stimulate
a target country’s economic development and
create a more conducive environment for
companies, the investors, and stimulate the
local economy, by Anmol Purbey (nlt
01/12/2022)
Seoul
gifts Holstein heifers, bulls to boost dairy
sector : Milk output of the breed exceeds 30
litres a day, over three times what improved
variety of cows in Nepal now yield, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/11/2022)
Swiss
government to provide fund for branding yak
dairy products (ht 21/11/2022)
World
Bank, Rural Reconstruction Nepal sign USD 4.5
million pact to Strengthen Role of
Forest-Dependent Indigenous Peoples and Local
Communities in Climate Action (nlt
16/11/2022), World
Bank, RRN sign $4.5 million grant agreement
(kh 17/11/2022)
Nepali
CBO awarded 15,000 Euros (kh 13/11/2022)
Nepal
receives foreign aid commitment of Rs 86.5
billion in three months (rep 12/11/2022)
Germany
enlisting Nepal in the assistance recipient
countries (rn 02/11/2022)
ADB
to provide $14 billion to ease food crisis
(ht 28/09/2022)
USAID
launches programme to promote women leaders in
energy sector : Move will complement Nepal’s
efforts to increase the participation of women
in traditionally male-dominated professions
(kp 24/09/2022)
Two
Nepal projects selected under China’s GDI :
Nepal Smiling Children Project will feed 3,600
in Kathmandu. Next project will help remote,
by Anil Giri (kp 23/09/2022)
South
Korea to provide USD 16 million grant to Nepal
for two projects (nlt 23/09/2022)
USAID
launches $19 million Trade and Competitiveness
project in Nepal : The grant project is part of
the continuation of 75 years of partnership
between Nepal and the US, says the USAID/Nepal
director, government, and private sector hopeful
of positive outcomes (nlt 21/09/2022)
Japan
to provide Rs two billion grant for agriculture
and urban electricity transmission (nlt
21/09/2022), Japan
providing Rs 16 bn for improving irrigation
system and urban transmission distribution
system (rep 21/09/2022)
EU
supports Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal
(ht 21/09/2022)
Nepal,
World Bank sign agreements worth over Rs52
billion : Projects will build infrastructure for
digital development and regional transport and
trade connectivity (kp 19/09/2022)
ADB
extends $70 million to improve horticulture in
Nepal’s hill areas : Financing comprises of a
$60 million concessional loan from ordinary
capital resources and a $10 million grant
(kp 16/09/2022)
Nepal
to accept 275 million US dollar loan assistance
provided by World Bank (kh 13/09/2022)
WB
providing concessional loan of US $100 million
to support Nepal in its green, resilient and
inclusive development (rep 29/08/2022), World
Bank loan for GRID project against Nepal's
interests, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep
31/08/2022), Protests
against World Bank climate loan in Nepal: What
went wrong? People are protesting against the
World Bank because financing is occurring in the
forms of loans. It could have been avoided if
the World Bank had done a much better job at
engaging the public, by Simone Galimberti
(nlt 02/09/2022), Climate
activists decry unwelcome moves in climate
finance : There are concerns that the
concessional loans could be categorised under
climate finance, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
02/09/2022)
US
extends $15 million to Nepal to tackle food
crisis : In Nepal, the supplemental funding will
help ensure that people affected by rising
prices and food shortages have enough to eat,
USAID says (kp 22/08/2022)
MCC
project construction to start from August 2023,
the cost so far is Rs 4.77 billion, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 19/08/2022)
IFC
invests $45 million in two financial
institutions in Nepal : The investment is a part
of IFC’s broader strategy for small and medium
enterprises aiming to reach over 30,000 SMEs by
2023 (kp 12/08/2022)
Foreign
Aid Fails To Fix Inequality, by Aarati
Neupane (rn 05/08/2022)
Government
to receive grant of Rs 1.37 billion for drinking
water project (kh 26/07/2022)
Japan
to provide Rs 350 million for human resource
development (rn 26/07/2022), Japan
extends scholarships to government officers
(kh 27/07/2022)
World
Bank approves $100 million to support Nepal’s
development : The credit will support to
encourage private sector investment in greening
Nepal’s economy and creating jobs (kp
15/07/2022), World
Bank approves $100m to support key reforms for
Nepal's GRID (ht 16/07/2022)
Japan
hands over a vocational training center building
in Darchula (rep 09/07/2022)
Germany
to increase collaboration in education,
technology sector in Nepal (kh 08/07/2022)
Govt
to accept World Bank concessional loan (kh
07/07/2022)
World
Bank approves USD 275 million for
Butwal-Chanauta road expansion : The project
will upgrade 69 km two-lane section of
Butwal—Gorusinghe—Chanauta road along the
East-West Highway to a climate-resilient
four-lane highway, with a focus on ensuring
better road safety (nlt 30/06/2022)
Nepal,
Bangladesh get $1 billion to boost regional
trade and connectivity : The World Bank on
Wednesday approved the financing to help
regional trade in Nepal and Bangladesh (kp
29/06/2022)
Germany
to continue with bilateral development
cooperation with Nepal beyond 2023 (kh
27/06/2022)
Govt
to accept Rs 366 million grant from Japan
(kh 17/06/2022)
“Projects
such as BRI should be executed striking
strategic diplomatic balance and national
interest” (kh 11/06/2022), Experts
for weighing viability, transparency and
national interests while selecting foreign
funded projects (nlt 12/06/2022)
Finnish
Foreign Ministry says WASH project in Nepal was
a success (nlt 11/06/2022)
World
Bank provides $80 million to improve water
supply and sanitation services in Nepal (kh
03/06/2022), Nepal,
World Bank sign USD 80 million project to
improve water supply and sanitation services :
The Water Sector Governance and Infrastructure
Support Project will be implemented in strategic
towns and rural municipalities in Karnali and
Sudurpaschim provinces (nlt 13/07/2022)
BII
celebrates $100 million milestone in Nepal
(ht 27/05/2022)
SDC
and UNCDF partner to empower 4,000 micro, small
and medium enterprises in Nepal : The project is
aimed at helping 4,000 micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) in Nepal to digitize their
operations, including at least 60 percent
women-owned businesses (nlt 10/05/2022)
US
provides Rs 79.71 billion grant to support
Nepal’s graduation to middle-income country :
Termed as a new Development Objective Agreement,
this assistance agreement will span five years.
It outlines the broad development areas of US
and Nepal cooperation and collaboration (nlt
05/05/2022)
WB
allocates $ 23 million from Youth Employment
Project to help COVID-hit unemployed poor
(rep 05/05/2022)
Nepal,
World Bank sign $150 million development policy
credit to strengthen financial sector (kh
04/05/2022), WB
providing USD 150 million to Nepal to strengthen
financial sector stability (rep 04/05/2022)
Foreign
aid commitment declines by 32.7 percent (kh
20/04/2022)
IMF
resuming its residential office in Nepal
(rep 19/04/2022)
Govt
accepts Rs 80 billion grant from USAID (nlt
15/04/2022), Government
to accept another Rs 80 billion US grant (kh
16/04/2022), Government
decides to accept $659 million grant from US :
The amount is about $100 million more than the
total disbursement by the US government through
USAID over the last five years (kp
16/04/2022), US
agrees to provide additional Rs 80 billion grant
in five years to Nepal, by Dilip Poudel (rep
16/04/2022)
World
Bank pledges to support employment promotion
(nlt 06/04/2022)
Loans
on commercial terms could greatly increase
Nepal’s debt burden : Focus should be on grants,
and if credit is a must, interest should be
nominal, experts say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/03/2022)
Financing
development projects: Should Nepal prefer grants
or loans? When it comes to choosing between
grants and loans, countries often prefer grants
as they are not required to be repaid. But
progress in projects funded by grants is slow in
most cases, by Prakash Maharjan (nlt
28/03/2022)
No
strings attached? Nepal has said that any aid it
receives is purely for development purposes
(kp 28/03/2022)
World
Bank to provide Rs 18 billion to strengthen
Nepal’s financial sector (nlt 26/03/2022), World
Bank approves $150 million loan to strengthen
Nepal's financial sector (ht 26/03/2022)
ADB
DG reaffirms support for Nepal's development
agenda, pandemic recovery (ht 20/03/2022), ADB
reaffirms its strong support to Nepal’s
development : Visiting Asian Development Bank’s
director general for South Asia Kenichi Yokoyama
said they are aiming to maintain support at
$500–$600 million in concessional resources per
year for Nepal in the next three years (kp
21/03/2022)
Korea
provides equipment to manage hospital waste
(rep 15/03/2022)
ADB
expects to commit over $932m this year (ht
15/03/2022)
Japan
provides grant assistance of Rs 2.7 bn to
improve water supply in Biratnagar (rep
10/03/2022)
epal,
USAID set to sign $659 million deal for five
years : The grant will be spent on such sectors
as education, health and economic growth, by
Anil Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/03/2022)
IFC
appoints Martin Holtmann as Country Manager for
Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan (rep
06/03/2022)
World
Bank pulling out of transmission line projects
shows challenges for MCC : Land acquisition for
transmission towers and the right of way are
major hurdles, which must be settled before the
five-year US grant enters into force, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/03/2022)
MCC
And The Weaponization Of Aid : MCC, with its
super power political pressure, has also badly
distorted the 12-Point Delhi Deal inspired 2006
“democracy” and the politics of major parties,
exposing the two-faced sleaze within them,
by Dipak Gyawali (sp 04/03/2022)
Nepal,
World Bank sign Rs 2.14 billion loan agreement
for COVID-19 emergency response and health
system preparedness (rep 25/02/2022), Govt,
World Bank sign USD 18 million concessional loan
agreement to purchase Covid-19 vaccines (nlt
25/02/2022)
British
Ambassador Pollitt vows to extend assistance to
Gandaki Province (kh 22/02/2022)
USAID’s
Tayar Nepal to rope in private sector in
disaster management : Potential startups or
businesses can apply for the challenge where 10
innovative businesses or ideas will be selected
for a bootcamp (kp 22/02/2022)
Amid
concerns about delays, ADB’s Nepal chief visits
road project sites : Says further delays are
unacceptable, and everyone involved must work
together (kp 17/02/2022)
Nepal
receives foreign assistance commitment worth
only around Rs 110.85 billion during mid-July
and mid-January (rep 17/02/2022)
Donors’
Role in Controlling Corruption, by Shyam
Prasad Mainali (rep 07/02/2022)
Israel
donates half million syringes for Covid-19
vaccines to Nepal : Hanan Goder, Ambassador of
Israel to Nepal, handed over 5,63,000 syringes
to the representatives of the Health Ministry on
Tuesday kp 01/02/2022)
Govt
decides to accept USD 150 million concessional
loan from WB (rep 01/02/2022)
Japan
provides aid to Nepal to strengthen vaccine cold
chain system : The equipment sent by Japan will
help expedite the vaccination campaign and widen
the scope of vaccinations in remote and
otherwise inaccessible regions of Nepal (kp
31/01/2022)
Cabinet
meeting approves Japanese grant worth over Rs
2.6 billion for improvement of water supply in
Biratnagar (kh 26/01/2022)
IMF
approves $395.9 million credit for Nepal (kp
14/01/2022)
Government
to accept Rs 10.39 billion loan assistance of
Japan (kh 06/01/2022)
Germany
hands over more than 4.1m doses of Covid-19
vaccine (ht 16/12/2021), 1,457,000
Doses Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Arriving
From Germany (rn 17/12/2021)
Australian
Ambassador Volk hands over medical equipment to
Bir Hospital )rep 25/11/2021)
EU
commits to green, resilient and inclusive
development of Nepal (kh 25/11/2021)
German
Ambassador Prinz hands over medical items to
Health Ministry (kh 23/11/2021)
Govt,
World Bank launch $80m REED project (ht
19/11/2021)
Trade,
competitiveness and economic growth are our key
priorities in Nepal, interview with Sepideh
Keyvanshad, Mission Director for USAID Nepal (kh
15/11/2021)
Nepal
receives just around half of the committed
foreign loans : In the past five years, the
government was able to claim just 30 to 54
percent of foreign loans committed by donors.
Failure to spend on time and timely
reimbursement blamed, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 10/11/2021)
Japan
provides assistance for classrooms at Shree
Malika Secondary School in Dailekh (kh
09/11/2021)
Reconstruction
of Lo Gekar monastery begins with US pledge of
$285,000 (kh 09/11/2021)
MCC
headquarters concerned over delay in compact
ratification : While the US grant has become a
political hot potato in Nepal, a Maoist leader
says its endorsement by Parliament is
unlikely before the upcoming general elections,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/11/2021)
World
Bank vice president Hartwig Schafer concludes
Nepal visit : Multilateral funding agency
emphasises support for green and inclusive
development. Schafer commended the government’s
Covid-19 response and focus on economic
recovery (kp 28/09/2021)
In
the name of Development Aid, by Niranjan
Mani Dixit (rep 26/09/2021)
Government,
development partners join forces on Nepal's GRID
(ht 25/09/2021)
ADB
approves $60 million loan to Nepal (kp
21/09/2021)
A
Letter to the Nepali People about MCC, by
Jagadish Paudel (rep 21/09/2021)
To
MCC or not to MCC : The MCC debate,
explained, by Pranaya SJB Rana (rec 21/09/2021)
French
govt provides additional health equipment to
combat COVID-19 crisis in Nepal (kh
16/09/2021)
World
Bank to provide assistance of Rs 5.87 billion to
Nepal (rep 15/09/2021)
MCC
officials wrap up visit hoping the US
programme’s ratification : A message, however,
is clear to Nepali leadership—it has already
been too late and further delay could
impact economic recovery at a time of the
pandemic, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/09/2021), What
MCC is and what it is not, by Jagadish
Paudel (rep 13/09/2021), Behind
the anti-MCC protests : Will Nepal remain in the
world’s democratic club or be a decoy agent for
strategic powers?, by Achyut Wagle (kp
14/09/2021), MCC
For Electricity Infrastructure, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 15/09/2021)
MCC
compact : Decide now : If the US does not revise
the compact and if there is no broad political
consensus, it is better to reject the compact
than risk further instability, by Pragya
Ghimire (ae 09/09/2021)
South
Korea to provide oxygen concentrators worth
$604,500 to Nepal (rep 31/08/2021)
NRNA-America
sends 31.6 million worth of medical supplies to
Nepal on behalf of US Government : NRNA-America
and the US Department of Defense agree to assist
Nepal during pandemics and disasters (kh
30/08/2021), Medical
supplies worth 31.6 million arrive Kathmandu
from US : NRNA-America and the US Department of
Defense agree to assist Nepal during pandemics
and disasters (kh 31/08/2021)
UK
provides Rs 130 million aid to meet nutritional
needs (ht 19/08/2021)
WB
to provide Rs 7.12 billion concessional loan to
Nepal (ht 20/08/2021)
CNI
and UK Aid sign MoU for producing skilled human
resources (kh 18/08/2021)
US
provides additional support for urgent COVID-19
assistance in Nepal (rep 18/08/2021)
Antics
of MCC critics : Given Nepal’s current
situation, MCC or no MCC is not going to make
any difference. The sky is not going to fall
without the MCC, nor will we be having a
heavenly ride with the MCC. Yet, the political
forces in the opposition have found it to be a
rallying cry, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
18/08/2021), Ratification
imperative for MCC Compact Agreement : There is
no aspect that undermines our constitution,
foreign policy, autonomy or national interest,
by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp 27/08/2021)
Lithuania
extends support to Nepal to fight COVID pandemic
(kh 17/08/2021)
ADB
agrees to provide Rs 19.58 billion in grant to
purchase anti-COVID vaccine (kh 11/08/2021)
Asian
Development Bank approves $165 million loan for
Covid-19 vaccines in Nepal : The finance will
support Nepal to procure an estimated 15.9
million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, which will
benefit about 6.8 million people (kp
23/07/2021)
Nepal-based
INGOs appeal to global community for vaccines
(ht 10/07/2021)
Israel
donates medical supplies to Nepal to combat
Covid-19 surge (08/07/2021)
America
provides four raft boats to Nepali Army (kh
01/07/2021) [Very useful
for rescue operations!]
Pakistan
hands over financial assistance (kh
30/06/2021)
World
Bank providing concessional loan of $ 150
million to Nepal to support resilient recovery
from COVID-19 (rep 28/06/2021)
Anger
grows in Nepal over Covid vaccine delays :
“Nepalis died for Britain and India, now they
are letting us die.", by Alisha Sijapati (nt
25/06/2021)
Italy
provides health supplies to Nepal (kh
25/06/2021)
IFRC
donates 100 units of oxygen concentrators to
Nepal red Cross Society (rep 24/06/2021)
982
oxygen concentrators supported by World Bank
handed over to govt (kh 20/06/2021)
Nepal
urges development partners to help address
investment gaps (kh 19/06/02021
Nepal’s
vaccine woes continue as EU rules out plan to
provide jabs directly : At least two diplomats
say Nepal will get Covid-19 shots only through
COVAX, which itself is struggling to secure
doses, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/06/2021) [The EU is
helping Nepal in the pandemic, but refuses to
give away what the country needs most: Vaccine.]
Ireland
& Denmark extend support to Nepal to fight
COVID surge (kh 18/06/2021)
WB
to provide $150 million to support Nepal’s
pandemic response, recovery (kh 17/06/2021)
The
joy of giving : In Boudha, Sonam Wangchen, a
Buddhist monk, has been quietly helping
thousands of people hit hard by the
pandemic.This is his story, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 16/06/2021)
Int’l
community joins hands to support Nepal in
combating COVID-19 surge : Championing the
Coronavirus Global Response initiative (kh
15/06/2021) [Yes, they
are sending much-needed aid, but until this
includes sufficient vaccine, Nepal's outlook
remains strained!]
Germany
pledges Rs 4.8 billion grant aid to Nepal
(kh 14/06/2021), Germany
pledges 34.4 million euros (ht 15/06/2021)
World
Bank to provide assistance of about Rs 7 billion
to Nepal (kh 12/06/2021), World
Bank to provide US $ 60 million to strengthen
Nepal’s higher education (rep 12/06/2021)
Germany
supports Nepal to combat COVID-19 surge : German
Ambassador hands over consignment Minister for
Health at TIA (kh 08/06/2021) [So finally from Germany too,
but as with most other countries, no vaccines!],
Germany
supports Nepal in combating COVID-19 (ht
09/06/2021)
NRNA-donated
428 oxygen concentrators arrive in Nepal
(rep 06/06/2021)
Denmark
to provide 1.4 million AstraZeneca vaccines to
Nepal (kh 06/06/2021)
Health
supplies from South Korea arrive in Kathmandu
(kh 05/06/2021), Nepal
receives health materials worth Rs 22.5 million
from South Korea (rep 06/06/2021)
Australia
provides essential medical supplies to Nepal
Army (rep 05/06/2021)
US
to provide COVID-19 vaccines, relief supplies to
Nepal : Nepal and Nepali people will remain
grateful: PM Oli (kh 04/06/2021)
Health
supplies from France arrive in Kathmandu :
"France stands by the side with Nepal in its
fight against the Covid-19 pandemic." (kh
02/06/2021)
Budget
heavily relies on foreign funds for Covid-19
prevention : Government aims to get Rs 26.21
billion or 71.67 percent of the allocation
for the Covid-19 Prevention and Control
Programme from foreign donors, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 02/06/2021)
World
Vision aids medical supplies worth Rs 160
million (kh 31/05/2021)
Aid
pours into Nepal, but where be vaccines?
International community rushes oxygen and PPEs,
but Nepal is not even getting the vaccines it
paid for, by Sonia Awale (nt 28/05/2021)
Finland
channels critical support to Nepal to combat
coronavirus surge (kh 28/05/2021)
The
UK must help Nepal : The British Parliament
discusses Nepal’s Covid crisis after Nepalis
organised a petition, by Sanyukta Shrestha
(kp 27/05/2021), UK
provides 260 ventilators and other medical
supplies to Nepal (kh 28/05/2021)
New
Zealand extends $1 mln support to Nepal (kh
24/05/2021)
WHO
to provide essential supplies to South-East Asia
region including Nepal (ht 23/05/2021)
US
foreign aid to Nepal reaches Rs 5.84 billion :
US announces additional support against COVID-19
(kh 21/05/2021)
Switzerland
to aid emergency health supplies to Nepal
(kh 19/05/2021), Medical
supplies from Switzerland worth USD 8 million
arrive in Nepal, by Monka Malla (rep
22/05/2021)
Social
Welfare Council to ask international
organisations to raise Covid-19 funds :
Officials aim to generate around Rs2 billion
this time, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/05/2021)
German
NGOs ready to help Nepal in battle against
Covid-19 (kh 15/05/2021)
US
provides Rs 4.70 billion for COVID-19 control,
prevention (kh 05/05/2021)
Oli
asks parties for support to ratify MCC in
Parliament : With the Nepali Congress and Janata
Samajbadi Party in favour, the compact will
likely be ratified but the Speaker has
to agree to table it for vote in the House
meeting, by Anil Giri (kp 18/04/2021)
Foreign
aid to Nepal surged 26.87 percent to $2 billion
last fiscal year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/04/2021)
Nepal
to benefit from debt service relief amounting to
NPR 582 million through EU contribution to IMF
managed CCRT (rep 06/04/2021)
World
Bank to help Nepal inoculate 72 per cent
population : Signs 75-million-dollar pact with
govt (ht 03/04/2021)
The
World Bank provides loans and grant for a
sustainable forest management in Nepal (sp
02/04/2021)
Nepal
negotiating $150 million aid with ADB to procure
Covid-19 vaccines : The World Bank has announced
a $75 million loan to Nepal for the immunisation
drive. With the economy hit by pandemic
for more than a year, the government is
struggling to collect revenues, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp29/03/2021)
Germany
agrees to provide Rs 1.4 billion in grant to
foster Nepal’s Green Recovery and Inclusive
Development (rep 24/03/2021)
Controversy
surrounding MCC-Nepal : See that it is not
suspended, by Dinesh Malla (ht 22/03/2021)
Government,
World Bank sign $24m financing agreement (ht
20/03/2021)
World
Bank to provide $75 million to support access to
safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in Nepal
(rep 19/03/2021), World
Bank approves $75 million for Nepal to buy
Covid-19 vaccines : It is expected to
facilitate vaccination of at least
one-third of the population (kp 20/03/2021),
No
plans to procure vaccine developed in India
despite Nepal giving it emergency use approval :
Authorities approved the vaccine after review of
third phase trial data, making Nepal the
third country to do so. But they say its price
could put it away from Nepal’s reach, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 21/03/2021) [The financial support by the World Bank is
meant to buy vaccine, not for corruption!]
Country
receives foreign aid worth Rs 5.30bn in eight
months (ht 15/03/2021)
World
Bank providing Rs 2.92 billion to Nepal to
purchase coronavirus vaccines (rep
01/03/2021)
MoF
signs loan agreement with ADB for grid
modernisation (ht 31/12/2020)
Foreign
assistance worth Rs 90.54 billion pledged in
first four months of current FY (rep
29/12/2020)
Government
and ADB sign agreement (ht 24/12/2020)
Govt,
World Bank sign $80m Rural Enterprise and
Economic Development Project (ht 22/12/2020)
Asian
Development Bank launches $9 billion vaccine
initiative for its members : The move will help
Nepal procure and deliver effective and safe
vaccines (kp 12/12/2020)
Nepal
gets support for green recovery from COVID
pandemic (ht 12/12/2020)
Russia
interested to invest in Nepal’s hydropower
sector (ht 09/12/2020)
Delay
in ratification could invite serious questions
about MCC’s future, officials say : MCC office
in Nepal says it hasn’t received any official
letter seeking clarification on any provisions
of the agreement, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/12/2020)
UK
Provides Rs 678 million to WFP to help Nepali
families cope with covid-19 and food insecurity
(rep 04/12/2020)
Nepal’s
MCC debate lessons : The MCC project got mired
in a debilitating national debate, forcing the
government to delay its discussion in
parliament. Why did a transformative deal evoke
such a fierce public debate?, by Bishal
Thapa (ae 27/11/2020)
ADB
approves $156 million loan to Nepal for
Electricity Grid Modernization Project (rep
27/11/2020)
ADB
approves $150 million in loans to Nepal to
improve TIA, Gautam Buddha Airport (rep
20/11/2020), ADB
approves $150m loan to upgrade two international
airports in Nepal : The multilateral agency says
the project will help revive the country’s
tourism industry (kp 21/11/2020)
Nepal,
World Bank sign financing agreements worth Rs42
billion (kp 19/11/2020), Nepal
govt, World Bank sign financing pacts worth
$350m (ht 19/11/2020)
United
States provides 100 ventilators to Nepal to
combat COVID-19 (rep 13/11/2020)
Nepal,
Switzerland sign agreement collaborating to
build 200 bridges (kh 13/11/2020)
ADB
supports the production of clean bricks in Nepal
(kp 30/10/2020)
World
Bank to provide Nepal over Rs 9 billion for
project to boost agro sector, support
post-pandemic recovery (rep 29/10/2020), World
Bank approves $80 million project to boost
Nepal’s agriculture sector, post-Covid-19
recovery (kp 30/10/2020)
The
government goes borrowing as virus strangles
revenue sources : Foreign aid commitments to
Nepal in the first two months of fiscal year
grow seven-fold, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/10/2020)
Holding
Nepal to account : Our development partners like
the IMF and the World Bank should rethink about
funneling money into our state coffers without
due diligence of service delivery, by Bhoj
Raj Poudel (ae 16/19/2020)
Asian
Development Bank to give $150 million for
airport improvement works : $60 million will be
spent on building an international terminal
building at Gautam Buddha International Airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/10/2020)
The
way forward with the MCC Compact : It would be a
wise decision for both Nepal and the US to go
ahead with its execution with some changes,
by Dinesh Pant (kp 02/10/2020)
MCC
as a strategic choice for Nepal : This compact
can substantially contribute to Nepal’s
development profile, by Surendra Prasad
Chaudhary (kp 25/09/2020)
World
Bank approves $200m support to strengthen
Nepal’s financial sector (ht 19/09/2020)
NCP
likely to endorse MCC Compact with amendments
(kh 10/09/2020), NCP
chair duo propose endorsing MCC Compact through
parliament after making necessary amendments
(rep 10/09/2020)
UK
pledges £45.8 million for Nepal’s COVID-19
response (kh 27/08/2020)
Government
looks for more loans as debt balloons :
Borrowing from World Bank and others is for
capital expenditure and distributive programmes
but experts warn it cannot go beyond 50 percent
of GDP, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/08/2020)
Govt
decides to take Rs 24 billion loan, Rs 4 billion
grant (kh 18/08/2020)
MCC
aid flow has stopped as government is still on
the fence regarding the programme’s House
ratification: With Parliament currently
prorogued and no certainty as to when it will
convene, there are concerns over early
implementation of the projects under the
American programme, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/08/2020)
Nepal
received less than one third of committed
foreign loans last fiscal year: Decrease in
foreign loans, coupled with the coronavirus
pandemic, has slowed down many development
projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/08/2020)
Foreign
Aid Vital For Development, by Ujjawal Gautam
(rn 02/08/2020)
The
MCC Compact is not a significant issue: The
public has been tricked into following the wrong
issue. The real issue is the mismanagement of
available funds, by Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp
27/07/2020)
Nepal,
World Bank sign $450 million road project deal
to boost post-Covid-19 recovery: This is the
single largest value project that Nepal has
signed with the World Bank (kp 19/07/2020)
Nepal
Can’t Afford To Miss MCC Train, by Koirala
Sabin (rn 15/07/2020)
Development
partners’ dilemma: History is unlikely to look
kindly upon donors that helped an exclusionary
regime survive internal challenges, by CK
Lal (kp 08/07/2020)
EU,
UNICEF to prevent malnutrition in Nepal (ht
03/07/2020)
ADB
approves $200 million loan to modernize power
supply, distribution system in Nepal: The
project is aligned with the South Asia
Subregional Economic Cooperation program on
intraregional power trade through cross-border
power exchange (kp 30/06/2020)
Govt
and World Bank sign $100m credit agreement
(ht 25/06/2020)
Nepal
mobilizes foreign assistance of Rs 360 billion
in 11 months (rep 23/06/2020)
World
Bank Country Office to be upgraded to
Sub-Regional Office (ht 19/06/2020)
ADB,
UNICEF join hands to supply medical equipment
(ht 19/06/2020)
World
Bank’s $450m road support in Nepal to spur
COVID-19 recovery (ht 12/06/2020)
Government
not to accept medical aid worth below Rs500,000:
The Health Ministry has issued a set of
standards that require donors from providing
quality certified goods to following single
window policy before making their donations,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/06/2020) [Can't the country need all
kinds of help?]
ADB
approves $250 million support for Nepal's
Covid-19 response: The Covid-19 Active Response
and Expenditure Support (CARES) Program is
funded through the Covid-19 pandemic response
option (CPRO) under ADB’s Countercyclical
Support Facility (kp 27/05/2020)
Nepal
gets $214 million disbursement from IMF: The IMF
financial support will make a substantial
contribution to filling immediate external and
fiscal financing needs that have emerged due to
Covid-19 (kp 08/05/2020)
MoHP
gets medical assistance worth 45.3 million
rupees (ht 07/05/2020)
Gopvernment
and organisations at odds over distributing cash
as relief: After the government prevented
domestic and foreign non-government
organisations from distributing relief in cash,
they write a joint letter to draw its attention,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/05/2020)
Govt
seeks immediate ADB assistance (ht
30/04/2020)
COVID-19:
EU offers NPR 9.8 billion aid package to Nepal
(kh 27/04/2020), European
Union offers Rs 9.8 billion aid package to Nepal
(kp 28/04/2020)
Nepal
seeks additional funding from donors as revenue
shrinks amid Covid-19 crisis: Government is
looking at funds between Rs69 billion and Rs104
billion, equivalent to 2 to 3 percent of the
GDP, to bridge the resource gap, officials say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/04/2020), Nepal
among nations to receive debt relief from
International Monetary Fund: Debt relief for six
months will help Nepal channelise its financial
resources towards vital emergency medical and
other relief efforts, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/04/2020), Domestic
and international NGOs start diverting funds
towards anti-Covid 19 programmes: Social Welfare
Council has allowed the non-governmental sector
to procure medical equipment and run relief
programmes, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/04/2020)
UK
provides £802,000 grant to strengthen Nepal's
response to COVID-19 (rep 13/04/2020)
Foreign
aid to Nepal could go down due to Covid-19
pandemic, experts and stakeholders say: The
global economy is bracing for a recession as the
coronavirus crisis shifts to the United States
and Europe, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/04/2020)
Nepal
In Communication With Donors For Help To Fight
COVID-19 (rn 30/03/2020)
US
commits additional $1.8 million to Nepal to
combat COVID-19 (rep 20/03/2020), German
support to fight against COVID-19 (rep
21/03/2020)
With
its financial condition improving, loans
overtake grants in Nepal’s foreign aid
portfolio: However, government officials and
experts say the country’s current debt situation
is comfortable, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
08/03/2020)
MCC
In The Soup, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
01/03/2020)
Japan
extends support for disaster resilience (ht
21/02/2020)
Japanese
assistance for quality education in quake-hit
areas (rep 19/02/2020)
ADB
registered record disbursement for Nepal in 2019
(ht 18/02/2020)
WB
approves Rs 22.82bn loan for reconstruction
(ht 07/02/2020), World
Bank giving additional credit of $200m (rep
07/02/2020)
Allocation
for Nepal decreases by 33 percent in India’s
budget: Nepal to receive Rs 12.8 billion in aid
from its southern neighbour in the next fiscal
year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/02/2020)
Why
Controversy Over MCC?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
26/01/2020)
UAE
giving $10m in subsidized loans to generate
energy from waste (rep 13/01/2020)
Provincial
and local governments barred from signing aid
agreements with foreign donors: New standards on
foreign aid endorsed by the Cabinet last week
make Centre’s role necessary in accessing
resources, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
05/12/2020)
China
says it welcomes any foreign economic
support—even the MCC—to Nepal: Chinese
ambassador’s statement runs counter to the
argument by some ruling party members that the
MCC, as part of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, is
against China, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/01/2020)
AIIB
approves $112.3 million loan for rural
electrification project (ht 23/12/2019)
Provincial
and local governments told to accept foreign aid
only after centre's approval: The Ministry of
Federal Affairs and General Administration
issued a circular last week about the Cabinet’s
decision on the matter, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 17/12/2019) [Forget the democratic and decentralised
federal state! Long live the centralised Bahun
controlled state!]
DCCs,
local levels told not to accept foreign aid sans
consent (ht 15/12/2019) [Centralist thinking remains to prevail!]
Increasing
dependence on foreign loans calls for prudent
use of the fund, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
12/12/2019)
EU,
IOM Nepal to launch project on mainstreaming
migration into development (rep 11/12/2019)
ADB
gives $358 million loan for four new projects:
The signing included a loan of $195 million to
improve the highway section between Pokhara and
Mugling (kp 11/12/2019)
World
Bank is here to please 30 million Nepali
citizens, interview with Faris Hadad-Zervos
(ht 09/12/2019)
US
suspends payment of $500 million pending
ratification of Nepal Compact: The money will be
spent on the Electricity Transmission and
Transportation Project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
06/12/2019)
Donor
complicity: A troubling emergence in Nepali
politics: Donors and multilateral institutions
must not continue to ignore corruption to fulfil
their own objectives, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(kp 25/11/2019)
ADB
urges timely awarding of contracts: Says proper
leadership and implementation priority key to
executing projects (ht 21/11/2019)
Fifth
TIFA Council meeting slated for December 12
(rep 21/11/2019)
A
model for transparent development projects: To
move the Millenium Challenge Corporation compact
forward, stakeholders need to complete all
required activities, like parliamentary
ratification, expeditiously, by Troy Kofroth
(kp 18/11/2019)
Japan
to implement phosphorus-efficient paddy in
Nepal: The two countries have signed a pact on
research collaboration in the farm sector,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/11/2019)
Nepal
receives first-ever climate change project grant
from Green Climate Fund: The fund will extend
$39.3 million for building resilience of Chure
region, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
14/11/2019)
Swiss
govt provides Rs 2.1 billion grant (ht
07/11/2019)
ADB
approves $50 million loan to improve food safety
(ht 05/11/2019)
WBG
delegation discusses federalism, diversified
investment, reconstruction (ht 02/11/2019),
Executive
directors of the World Bank Group praise Nepal’s
progress (rep 02/11/2019)
Danish
Aid In Nepal’s Media Sector, by Harsha Man
Maharjan (rn 02/11/2019)
War
is an expensive business: Foreign aid played a
big role in causing human and economic losses
during the Maoist conflict, by L.S. Ghimire
(kp 25/10/2019)
Nepal’s
foreign aid expenditure is poorer than capital
spending from local resources: Government data
shows additional procedural layers involved in
foreign aid mobilisation contribute to its poor
spending, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
22/10/2019)
Asian
Development Bank unveils five-year partnership
strategy with Nepal: The bank expects to lend an
estimated $500 million to $600 million on
average during 2020–2022 (kp 12/10/2019)
Govt
signs program implementation agreement with MCC:
Agreement signing was a condition to start the
5-year clock for the largest US grant to Nepal
(rep 01/10/2019)
US$
10.5b education project in trouble: Mid-term
review: World Bank and ADB skeptical about
govt’s literacy achievement claims, not keen to
further support SSDP, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep
16/09/2019)
Govt,
WB take stock of Nepal project portfolio (ht
13/09/2019)
Nepal
receives $100 million grant to improve
governance (ht 05/09/2019)
EU
mobilizes 8.5m euros for flood-hit countries
including Nepal (rep 25/07/2019)
WB
renews $100m support for fiscal
federalism, public financial management (ht
13/07/2019)
Financial
pact signed between Nepal, Germany (ht
06/07/2019)
Donor-funded
projects: Finance ministry rushes to get Rs 43b
in reimbursements by fiscal-end; Officials hope
reimbursements will help in easing pressure on a
worsening balance of payment position (rep
27/06/2019)
Aid
agencies revise operating guidelines (ht
19/06/2019)
US
and UK join hands to combat human trafficking in
Nepal: UK injects extra £4.5 million to $8
million Hamro Samman project (rep
14/06/2019)
Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank okays first loan
to Nepal: The $90 million loan will be used to
build the Upper Trishuli 1 hydropower plant,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 11/06/2019)
Development
cooperation policy sets priority for assistance
from partners (rep 01/06/2019)
How
UK aid is helping contribute to a prosperous
Nepal, by Elizabeth G Sugg (kp 23/05/2019)
Investment
summit: Will it reduce aid dependency?, by
Ujjwal Pokhrel (ht 09/04/2019)
Progress
of foreign aided agri projects dismal in first
eight months (ht 09/04/2019)
Chinese
development agency to aid 15 northern Nepali
districts, by Anil Giri (kp 30/03/2019)
Government
utilised less than half of loan pledges, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 09/03/2019)
$630
million compact to be tabled in Parliament,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 16/02/2019)
Japan
provides Rs 63m for strengthening quake-hit
schools in Nuwakot (rep 16/02/2019)
Aiding
socialist
movement: By continuing to channel large amounts
of development assistance through government
systems, foreign aid is eroding the prospects of
strong civilian non-State institutions, by
Bishal Thapa (rep 12/02/2019)
The
donor’s dilemma: We should conduct aid diplomacy
by coming out of the ‘begging bowl’ mentality,
by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 06/02/2019)
Foreign
aid disbursement up 16pc, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 17/01/2019), Foreign
aid in 5 provinces grows (kp 17/01/2019), 80pc
of foreign aid disbursed via budgetary system
(ht 17/01/2019)
Nepal
seeks Japan’s help in a dozen projects, by
Anil Giri (kp 10/01/2019)
Rs
514m worth deal inked for women’s empowerment
(ht 22/12/2018)
Development
Without Foreign Loans?, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 20/12/2018)
Japan
to provide USD 500,000 to WFP Nepal for Karnali
project (rep 19/12/2018)
Five
donors to give provincial and local governments
a leg up, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/12/2018)
‘Donor
support imperative for country’s prosperity’
(kp 07/12/2018)
Aid
is
failing Nepal: The delivery mechanisms for
development aid are financing the monopoly of
the state and crowding out change agents, by
Bishal Thapa (rep 04/12/2018)
Beware
of
foreign money: Funding intended to destroy our
culture and religion comes cloaked in guise of
conferences ostensibly for various humanitarian
purposes, by Sundar Mani Dixit (rep
02/12/2018)
All
that money: The question of whether foreign aid
is effective or affective continues to be
relevant, by Gabriel Jonsson and Dhananjay
Shah (kp 26/11/2018)
Performance
of ADB projects slows down, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 24/11/2018)
Respect
the processDevelopmental Partners should channel
more of their aid through the budgetary system,
by Tilakman Singh Bhandari (kp 22/11/2018)
EIB
delegation
to discuss support for energy sector: The
delegation, led by Andrew McDowell,
vice-president of the European Investment Bank
responsible for South Asia, will make a
four-day visit to Nepal (kp
20/11/2018)
World
Bank gives Nepal $155.7 million in financial
assistance (kp 15/11/2018)
Need
to ramp up investment in energy sector of
country stressed (ht 30/10/2018)
Japan
extends grant aid for implementation of
rehabilitation of Sindhuli road (rep
26/10/2018)
Donor
support to education wanes, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 11/10/2018)
Nepal
secures $200m from World Bank (kp
11/10/2018), WB
to provide Rs 23.5 billion for financial, energy
sectors: Development policy credits to come as
budgetary support to Nepal (rep 11/10/2018)
Nepal
gets
$180m ADB loan to improve East-West highway; The
project will also finance civil works and
equipment packages to improve road safety along
the East-West Highway (kp 05/10/2018)
Upgrading
infrastructure: Nepal secures $133m credit from
World Bank (kp 28/09/2018), WB
to give $133m credit to support 477 bridges
(rep 28/09/2018)
ADB
loans $130m to improve water supply and
sanitation (kp 28/09/2018)
Donors’
help sought for rebuilding (kp 22/09/2018)
Germany
pledges Rs7.5b new grant to Nepal (kp
21/09/2018), Germany
to provide support worth Rs 7.5 billion over two
years (ht 23/09/2018)
World
Bank
okays $100m grant for energy sector: Despite
having huge hydropower potential, Nepal relies
heavily on electricity imports to reduce the
electricity shortage in the country (kp
20/09/2018)
ADB
okays $160 million to rebuild quake-ravaged
schools (ht 12/09/2018)
DFID-aided
project funds profit-making banks to expand
business: Declines to disclose grant amounts to
banks, by Sagar Ghimre (rep 04/09/2018)
Foreign
aid and state building: Donors need to look at
both institutions of representation and
institutions of restraint, by Namit Wagley
(kp 03/09/2018)
Nepal,
World Bank sign $15m finance agreement (kp
25/08/2018)
UNDP,
DfID to help local units implement climate
projects (rep 24/08/2018)
Centre,
central
bank in funds duel: Government backs earthquake
survivors while Nepal Rastra Bank wants to stop
concessional loans (kp 19/08/2018)
‘Time
to revise policy on foreign aid disbursement’:
According to Finance Secretary Rajan Khanal,
the country has been able to utilise only
half of the foreign aid in the last four years
(kp 13/08/2018)
Pulling
out all stops: World Bank in Nepal, by Faris
Hadad-Zervos (ht 08/08/2018), World
Bank okays new framework for Nepal (kp
09/08/2018)
Finance
minister
to seek more aid from World Bank, donors: In
Washington, Khatiwada will solicit increased
assistance for projects, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/08/2018)
ADB-financed
projects
continue to move at sluggish pace: Less than
one-third of contract, disbursement of annual
targets achieved (rep 03/08/2018)
Basket
fund
to serve state, local govts foreign aid: Finance
Ministry officials say donors are eager to help
build capacities of provincial and local
governments (kp 02/08/2018)
Foreign
aid
in agriculture: Although agriculture is a
prioritized sector in policy document and donors
are involved in its development, it stands at
seventh position to receive foreign aid, by
Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 31/07/2018)
Pledge
and
reality: Although there is discrepancy between
pledge and committed amount, World Bank has
reassured NRA to meet the pledge, by
Chandra Bahadur Shrestha (rep 31/07/2018)
Will
block ill-intended aid money: PM Oli (kp
29/07/2018)
Foreign
Aid in Nepal’s Health Care Sector, by
Balaram Chaulagain (rn 21/07/2018)
Nepal
seeks India nod to switch $750m credit line
(kp 20/07/2018) [No more
need for reconstruction? The Indian conditions
are as destructive as the Nepalese conditions on
the work of NGOs under the guise of NIP!]
Aid
donors also spent more on recurrent programs
(rep 11/07/2018)
SC
turns down foreign aid but law ministry accepts
it (rep 11/07/2018), Project
to enhance access to justice launched (ht
11/07/2018), US
$4.6m access to justice project starts (kp
12/07/2018)
Follow
conduct code, diplomatic community told (ht
11/07/2018)
Nepal
clamps on India’s small project grants (kp
10/07/2018)
MoEWRI
seeks investment from Japan (ht 03/07/2018)
Saudi
Fund threatens to stop supporting Sikta if
contractor not sacked, by Rudra Khadka (rep
27/06/2018), Heed
the warning: Saudi concern on Sikta project
(rep 28/06/2018)
SC
turns down Rs460 million UNDP support, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/06/2018) [Improvement of human rights
and rule of law not wanted? The suggestion to
get more money through the budget instead sounds
ridiculous againsts the background that this is
not poassible and the budget, to a greater part,
is financed by foreign money as well!], AIIB
issues $1m grant to upgrade power grid (kp
26/06/2018) [Isn't this
against govt politics of rejecting foreign aid
and grants?? Doen't it make dependable? Or
is it only because it effects infrastructure and
not rights?],
Govt
accepting Rs 25 billion off-budget foreign aid
annually (rep 26/06/2018)
US
envoy hands over health centre (kp
14/06/2018)
Consent
of MoFA a must to obtain foreign assistance:
Prime minister (ht 05/06/2018)
Foreign
assistance: Ask tough questions, by Alaina
B. Teplitz (ht 30/05/2018)
14
bridges to be built with World Bank loan (kp
29/05/2018)
$500m
US grant likely to enter Nepal from Sept 2019
(ht 26/05/2018)
Foreign
aid to be used to fund large projects (kp
10/05/2018)
ADB
to help govt mitigate fiscal deficit (ht
05/05/2018)
Govt
renews controversial Indian embassy Small Grants
Projects, by Surendra Paudel (rep
03/05/2018)
Norway,
Germany hand over school (kp 28/04/2018)
German
development bank pulls out of heritage
rebuilding project (kp 27/04/2018)
MCA
Nepal established to direct US-funded projects,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 26/04/2018)
Humla
to be linked with road connectivity under UK
govt’s Rural Access Programme (ht
25/04/2018)
Finance
Minister
Khatiwada throws transparency norms to the wind:
Holds a meeting with development partners and
donors, but publishes press note in form of an
ad with selective info (ht 20/04/2018)
Construction
of German Technical School begins (ht
19/04/2018)
Donors
pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 17/04/2018), Donors
‘reluctant’ to submit details to NRA (rep
18/04/2018), NRA
seeks transparent funding from donors (kp
18/04/2018)
‘ADB
will consider supporting Bhairahawa airport’,
interview with Wencai Zhang (kp 16/04/2018)
Australia
Awards to train 21 Nepalis in inclusive
education (kp 14/04/2018)
ADB
vice-prez assures continued aid to Nepal’s
development (ht 13/04/2018)
FinMin
entity
to direct US-funded projects: The compact fund
will be used to build robust energy and
transport networks which will enable the country
to attract more domestic and foreign investment,
foster economic growth and reduce the incidence
of poverty, by Bibek Subedi (kp 05/04/2018)
Most
EU grants in non-priority soft sector (rep
27/03/2018)
Global
donor agencies keen to conserve historical sites,
by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 22/03/2018)
WB
to provide Rs27.8b in credit to Nepal (kp
22/03/2018), World
Bank approves credit worth $266 million to Nepal
(ht 22/03/2018)
China
pledges rebuilding aid (kp 16/03/2018)
Japan
pledges continued support (kp 11/03/2018)
Norway
willing to support development of education
(kp 09/03/2018)
Most
of UNNATI projects in eastern hills behind
schedule, by Giri Raj Baskota (rep
05/03/2018)
Reimagining
development
assistance: In the Federal Democratic Republic
of Nepal, development paradigms have to change
to fuel economic growth, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp 27/02/2018)
Record
high performance of ADB-funded projects (ht
24/02/2018), Project
targets being met well, but challenges remain:
ADB (rep 24/02/2018)
Japanese
support for post-disaster psychosocial care
(ht 22/02/2018)
Foreign-funded
projects to go to local levels from next fiscal
(rep 18/02/2018)
Japanese
assistance for cancer hospital (ht
16/02/2018)
ADB
to provide $100 million for Rural Connectivity
Improvement Project (ht 13/02/2018), ADB
provides $100m loan assistance to Nepal (kp
14/02/2018)
Japanese
embassy hands over community centre in Kavre
(ht 10/02/2018)
Nepal
and UNDP pact will benefit 14,000 farmers
(kp 03/02/2018)
ADB,
Nepal government funded mountain project bears
no fruit (ht 29/01/2018)
Japan
to provide Rs 324m for food security (kp
26/01/2018)
The
capacity
for development: Many Nepalis abroad can do just
about anything: the ones who stay back are often
labelled ‘incapable’, by Anil Chitrakar (nt
26/01/2018)
World
Bank provides Rs44.8b in loan to Nepal (kp
22/01/2018)
No
need to worry: What will happen if President
Trump cuts off US aid to Nepal? Impact will be
felt in the short run, but we can be better off
in the long run, by Niranjan Narsingh Khatri
(rep 02/01/2018)
52%
of country's foreign aid went to province 3
(rep 01/01/2018) [see Development
Cooperation Report, FY 2016-17, by Ministry
of Finance]
Foreign
aid disbursement up 27 percent (kp
01/01/2018)
Record
high foreign aid received in last fiscal year
(ht 01/01/2018)
Govt
phases out donor-funded social programmes
(kp 31/12/2017)
Aid
accountability:
Nepal lacks internal capacity to spend
development aid on time; policy analysts should
closely follow how MCC grant is spent, by
Pawan Roy and Saurav Raj Pant (kp 29/12/2017)
MoF
prepares formation order to tap US grant (kp
29/12/2017)
Germany
announces additional grant for Damauli-Lekhnath
transmission line (rep 19/12/2017)
Power
lines, substations being upgraded with ADB
funding, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/12/2017)
WB
provides $300m for housing rebuild (kp
18/12/2017)
JICA
to
help build disaster management park: The primary
purposes of such park is to provide
temporary evacuation space and to support
rescue activities in times of disasters (kp
16/12/2017)
Saudi
Arabia to support Rs 3b in reconstruction
(rep 15/12/2017)
Japan
extends support to Siraha hospital (kp
14/12/2017)
5.5m
euro EU grant to CTEVT (rep 13/12/2017)
Japan
to provide ophthalmic equipment (ht
12/12/2017)
Development
partners to help govt (ht 10/12/2017)
WB
approves $80m credit to support livestock
development (ht 09/12/2017), WB
to provide $80m for livestock sector (kp
10/12/2017)
ADB
appoints new country director for Nepal (kp
24/11/2017)
Donors’
meet slated for Dec first week (ht
24/11/2017)
Leave
the politics to us: Incoming ambassadors and
donor agency heads have an opportunity to learn
from the past, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
24/11/2017)
Rs
43.8m Japanese aid for disaster risk reduction
(kp 22/11/2017)
Government
fails to properly implement ADB-funded projects
(kp 01/11/2017)
Country
seeks budgetary support from World Bank (ht
18/10/2017)
Rs
4.8m EU aid for post-quake recovery (kp
17/10/2017)
US
embassy inaugurates temple restoration project (kp
17/10/2017)
WB
okays $60m loan for training project (kp
03/10/2017)
ADB
provides $150m in loan for urban dev (kp
26/09/2017), ADB
to help improve urban services delivery,
infrastructure in Nepal (ht 26/09/2017)
Rs
21m French aid for kids hit by flood (kp
23/09/2017)
Why aid
fails: The first thing you might ask is why, in one of
the poorest countries in the world, only 56.1 percent
of the budget is going directly to poverty reduction,
by Bishal Thapa (rep 19/09/2017)
Nepal,
United
States sign $500m grant agreement: Grant to be
mobilised to develop 300 km of high voltage
transmission lines and maintenance of 305 km roads,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 15/09/2017), Nepal
must wait for ‘at least a year’ to tap $500m US grant,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 16/09/2017), A
matter of time: Government transitions and failure to
maintain consistent policies over time may hamper
investment grant pledges, by Chandan Sapkota (kp
18/09/2017), Buck
the trend: Completion of MCC projects on time will
encourage others to invest in Nepal (kp
19/09/2017)
France
to help enhance country’s aviation sector (ht
15/09/2017)
$4.8m
UN fund for flood victims (ht 12/09/2017)
EU funds
9-million-euro project for skilled human resources in
Nepal (rep 12/09/2017)
ADB
agrees to lend Rs17 billion to Nepal (kp
11/09/2017)
NPC,
UN ink UNDAF for five years (ht 02/09/2017), Nepal
signs development assistance framework with UN (kp
03/09/2017)
USAID
launches 5-year $32.7m Kisan II project (kp
31/08/2017)
Japan
offers
flood relief: Japanese Ambassador Ogawa hands over
first shipment of pledged relief goods worth Rs 23.4m
to Home Minister Sharma (kp 24/08/2017)
US
Embassy extends support for heritage restoration
(kp 13/08/2017)
NBI
signs MoU with FSFM (kp 09/08/2017)
‘No
extension
of India’s Small Development Project deal’:
Federal system bars local units from taking
funds directly from bilateral or
multilateral donors (kp 05/08/2017)
A
potential investor: AIIB has vowed to invest in
multiple infrastructure projects; Nepal should utilise
this opportunity, by Nischal Dhungel and Sajal
Mani Dhital (kp 04/08/2017)
Nepal
bags $500m US grant (kp 04/08/2017), Government
to accept assistance from MCC (ht 04/08/2017), MCC
board approves $500m grant for Nepal (kp
19/08/2017), Nepal,
US to sign $500m grant pact on Sept 14 (kp
04/09/2017), Govt
to sign pact with MCC on Sept 14 (ht 06/09/2017)
WB
likely to pull the plug on $37m solar project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 02/08/2017), NEA
asked to retender grid-tied solar project (ht
02/08/2017), WB
defends NEA’s move to hire Chinese firm (kp
05/08/2017)
A
bad precedentDonors should introspect to find
out if they are promoting good governance
(kp 25/07/2017)
Govt
yet to get Rs 42.65bn reimbursement (ht
24/07/2017)
Nepal,
US to seal $630m deal in September (kp
22/07/2017)
Global
Gag Rule could 'cripple' healthcare in Nepal,
by Ethan B. Winter rep 17/07/2017)
Finland
giving 20 million euros to support Nepal's
education sector (rep 15/07/2017)
Nepal
receives
FDI commitment for 379 new projects: Pledges
have gone up in terms of number of projects, but
slipped with regard to monetary value (ht
12/07/2017)
ADB
to
extend $21m to support trade sector (kp
11/07/2017)
For
Power
Distribution: As Nepal improves its portfolio
management, ADB has agreed to provide $150
million loan to help improve power distribution
efficiency in Nepal (sp 07/07/2017)
Japan
extends
Rs 257 m grant for Nepal’s human resource
development (ht 08/07/2017)
Japan
donates
eight ambulances (ht 06/07/2017)
Nepal
set
to bag biggest foreign grant from US: Deal will
pave way for tapping a funding pool of $500m via
Millennium Challenge Corporation, by Rupak
D. Sharma (kp 02/07/2017) [To implement the projects within 5 years
will be a great challenge for Nepal, else the
funds will have to go back to th US. Generally,
Nepal does not observe deadlines!]
ADB
okays
$150m loan to upgrade power supply (kp
01/07/2017)
7
injured in explosion during Maoist Centre’s
election rally (kp 26/06/2017)
World
Bank
lends Rs19 billion for education sector reforms
(kp 23/06/2017)
ADB
worries about future of ongoing projects
(rep 23/06/2017)
ADB-funded
projects
make slow progress (kp 22/06/2017)
AIIB
promises
huge investments in Nepal’s infrastructure
development (ht 20/06/2017), AIIB
to finance two mega projects totaling Rs 20b:
Minister, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/06/2017)
Support
sought
to bridge resource gap in infrastructure sector
(ht 19/06/2017)
IFC
to invest another $7.3 million to finance small
businesses (rep 13/06/2017)
16m
euro
grant deal for energy development (kp
10/06/2017)
Bringing
aid
back to basics: Nepal’s foreign donors can now
go directly to the people through elected local
governments, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 09/06/2017)
Nepal
receives
foreign aid pledge worth Rs 222.74bn (ht
28/05/2017)
ADB
meet
ends, pledge to support poor countries (kp
08/05/2017)
ADB
to
expand lending in Asia by 50pc by ’20 (kp
05/05/2017)
Donors
commit
to extend 75pc of funds (kp 23/04/2017)
Aid
fragmentation
continues as donor agencies scatter funds
(kp 17/04/2017), 37pc
foreign
aid spent off govt channel, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 17/04/2017), Dev
partners
spending more money outside govt system: Report,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/04/2017), Aid
fragmentation:
Donors should fund bigger projects instead of
scattering aid in smaller ones (kp
18/04/2017) [??],
Mend
your
ways: The political parties and government must
show determination to eliminate or minimize the
evil influences of foreign money (ht
18/04/2017)
‘Support
for
local governments will be the focus for the
future’, interview with Sakuma Jun, chief
representative of JICA’s Nepal office (kp
14/04/2017)
World
Bank
extends $100m for financial sector stability
(kp 12/04/2017), WB
extends
$100m budgetary support (ht 12/04/2017)
Post-development
era:
The donor downturn in Nepal comes as
‘development’ re-orients towards self-generated
‘progress’, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
24/03/2017)
EIF
support
likely to drop in next phase (ht 15/03/2017)
Aid
in
pre-1990 Nepal: Both India and China have
contributed to the building of infrastructure,
seemingly with a mind to serve their interests,
by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 08/03/2017)
Aid
for
trade: Govt, donors hold meeting (kp
07/03/2017), Govt
prioritizes trade to achieve sustainable growth
(rep 07/02/2017), Govt,
development
partners join hands (ht 07/03/2017)
$100m
World
Bank loan for reform plan (04/03/2017)
Rs
700
million EU aid for Nepal education sector
(kp 03/03/2017)
Hungary
ready
to give Rs11b soft loan (kp 02/03/201)
Minister
Mahat
calls for more Swiss assistance (kp
28/02/2017)
ADB
funded
projects set record in Nepal (kp
27/02/2017), Stop
politicization of development projects: ADB
(rep 27/02/2017) [!!],
Political
parties
criticised for nepotism while appointing
directors for development projects (ht
27/02/2017), Ghost
contractors a serious problem in project
execution in Nepal, says ADB (rep
28/02/2017), ADB
stresses
on promotion of PPP (kp 01/03/2017)
Use
of
foreign aid: Many questions, by Atindra
Dahal (ht 27/02/2017)
Japan
to
provide Rs 5.25 million for reconstruction of
quake-hit schools (ht 24/02/2017)
Himalayan
river
basisns: 2nd phase of activities launched under
SDIP2 (kp 22/02/2017)
China
and
France pledge further help in rebuilding efforts
(kp 21/02/2017)
ADB
to finance 2nd phase of Melamchi project
(rep 21/02/2017)
Japan
extends
support to improve water supply in Pokhara
(ht 16/02/2017)
US
announces $300,000 challenge for data-driven
solutions for food security (rep 10/02/2017)
MCC
grants: Roads, electricity transmission projects
to be picked on March 17 (rep 30/01/2017)
Foreign
aid
commitment up 40pc in first 6 months of FY
(kp 29/01/2017)
US
provided
assistance worth $160 million to Nepal in 2016:
According to the US Embassy in Kathmandu, the
aid was issued in the areas such as health,
education, agriculture, environment, and
reconstruction (kp 27/01/2017)
Swiss
financial
assistance for improving road access (ht
27/01/2017)
Govt
accepts
Rs 16.37b WB loan assistance (kp
20/01/2017), World
Bank
to extend Rs16.37 billion loan (kp
24/01/2017)
KTM-Tarai
fast
track project: Donors showing interest to
finance 76-km expressway (kp 04/01/2017)
Japan
pledges
Rs 1 billion for medical kit, food security
(kp 29/12/2016)
‘Donors,
INGOs influencing lawmaking process’, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 28/12/2016)
Donors
unhappy
with move to raise individual house
reconstruction aid (ht 26/12/2016), Donors
pressing
for roll back on Rs 300,000 quake grant: NRA;
'Govt will not back down on decision', by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 26/12/2016)
JICA
hands
over VDC building in Thokarpa (kp
23/12/2016)
Japan
extends
Rs15.1b to build Nagdhunga tunnel, by Rupak
D. Sharma (kp 21/12/2016), Japan,
Nepal
sign deal on nagdhunga tunnel project, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 23/12/2016)
World
Bank
to provide $55m additional loan (kp
20/12/2016)
US
Embassy,
ADB to rebuild 15 quake-hit schools (kp
17/12/2016)
More
bangs for bucks: Proliferation of donors and
increasing fragmentation of aid call for better
coordination with the recipient government,
by Tilakman Singh Bhandari (rep 14/12/2016)
ADB
pledges
$20m aid to spur investment in solar (kp
09/12/2016)
EU
increases
aid for PFM reform (ht 08/12/2016)
‘World
Bank
can help build Kathmandu-tarai fast track’,
interview with Annette Dixon, the world Bank vice
president for south Asia (kp 08/12/2016)
‘Any
increase
in annual lending must go hand in hand with
higher utilisation’, interview with Kenichi
Yokoyama, Country Director of ADB Nepal Resident
Mission (ht 05/12/2016)
World
Bank
extending $150m loan to Nepal (kp
04/12/2016)
ADB
okays
$186m loan to upgrade key road sections (kp
02/12/2016), ADB
approves
$186.80 million loan (ht 02/12/2016)
AIIB
‘ready’
to finance 2 infra projects: Project areas and
loan amount yet to be specified mainly due to the
lack of preparations on the Nepal side, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/11/2016)
Germany
pledges
Rs 4.2b in support (kp 24/11/2016), Germany
pledges
Rs 4.2 billion in support (ht 24/11/2016), Germany
to provide 36 million euros in next two years
(rep 24/11/2016)
Nepal
likely
to get $300m credit from WB, ADB (kp
20/11/2016)
Prepare
projects
for funding, AIIB chairman tells Nepal, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 13/11/2016)
WB-ADB
mission
to discuss $1b loan to energy sector: The donors
had expressed interest to lend $500m each in
response to Nepal’s request for funding to
implement a 10-year Energy Emergency Plan unveiled
last February, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/11/2016)
Government,
ADB
launch Sasec operational plan: The multilateral
lending institution aims to implement projects
worth over $100b in S Asia (kp 08/11/2016)
Feasibility
studies
of MCC projects to be completed within January
(kp 05/11/2016), Nepal
passes
criteria to be re-selected for compact programme
of US govt’s MCC (ht 05/11/2016), Nepal
passes 16 of 20 indicators of US MCC Scorecard
2017: Performance ensures eligibility for grant
for 2017, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 05/11/2016)
ADB
approves
$120m loan to improve education standard (ht
03/11/2016)
DfID
extends
1.5m pounds to WFP for post-quake works (kp
25/10/2016)
Panel
formed
to coordinate aid (kp 24/10/2016)
ADB
happy
about project implementation: The lender, however,
says achievements should not provide room to
become complacent (kp 21/10/2016)
AIIB
team
to visit next month to discuss proposed projects
(ht 18/10/2016)
Reconstruction
of
ADB-assisted school projects begin (ht
04/10/2016)
Govt,
WB
negotiate Rs16b soft loan for new project,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/09/2016)
Time
to
branch out: Changes in European foreign aid
policies are going to affect Nepal’s renewable
energy sector, by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp
27/09/2016)
WB
hails
post-quake rebuilding aid distribution (kp
23/09/2016) [??],
‘World
Bank
willing to increase concessional financing for
Nepal between 2017 and 2020’ (ht 23/09/2016)
Norwegian
ambassador
concerned over post-earthquake reconstruction
(ht 23/09/2016)
Donors
seek
refund of unspent Peace money, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 21/09/2016) [!!]
Preparations
underway
to decommission Nepal Peace Trust Fund (kp
18/09/2016)
UK’s
DFID
pledges Rs11.9b to Nepal (kp 15/09/2016)
Govt
to
bridge gap between foreign aid commitment and
disbursement, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
02/09/2016)
Nagdhunga-Naubise
tunnel:
Japan to provide Rs18b loan; According to
officials at the Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure and Transport, an announcement
about the loan is likely to be made on Thursday
or Friday, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/09/2016), Rs
1.832b
Japanese grant for 2 projects: Officials from
Nepal and Japan sign and exchange the agreements
for the grant assistance (kp 01/09/2016), Japan
approves
Rs1.51b grant to boost air safety: The scheme
will improve safety at eight airports across
Nepal—five short take-off and landing airstrips,
two regional airports and Tribhuvan
International Airport (kp 01/09/2016)
Welcome
foreign
aid: Reconstruction of quake-hit districts should
be assigned to different countries, by Dinesh
Malla (kp 30/08/2016)
WB
okays
$55m loan for roads, bridges (kp 27/2016)
Agreement
with
development partners stalls, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 26/08/2016)
Donor-funded
development
projects: Issues causing low spending should be
resolved, MPs say (kp 17/08/2016)
Role
Of Foreign Aid In Nepal’s Development, by
Kushal Pokharel (rn 06/08/2016)
Rs
105m
Swiss support for Jiri School (kp 05/08/2016)
Japan
pledges
continued support (ht 31/07/2016)
Korean
support
to WFP for zero hunger in Nepal (kp
21/07/2016)
EU
provides
Rs6b to rebuild earthquake-hit communities (kp
15/07/2015), EU
provides
50m euros (ht 15/07/2016)
Japanese
govt
provides Rs 5 billion (ht 08/07/2016)
Support
sought
for hydropower development (ht 30/06/2016)
WB,
ADB
‘to extend’ $1b line of credit, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/06/2016), $1
billion
credit to energy sector: WB, ADB insists on early
introduction of reforms (kp 18/06/2016)
Foreign
aid’s
share in budget may cross 30 pc, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 23/05/2016)
Development
achievements:
In this bicentenary year, the exhibition Hatemalo
helps us celebrate the things Nepal and UK have
achieved together, by Richard Morris and Gail
Marzetti (kp 20/05/2016)
Project
to
build homes for quake-hit (ht 20/05/2016)
EC
extends
Rs660m aid (kp 19/05/2016)
Government
signs
grant, loan mobilisation pacts worth $1.82bn
(ht 19/05/2016)
EU,
UNICEF
to build 650 learning centres (kp 12/05/2016)
Govt
urged
to request for more int’l funding (kp
12/05/2016)
NHRC
gets
USD 128 million to promote human rights (ht
06/05/2016)
Govt
set
to receive 64 percent of the aid pledged by
donors (rep 06/05/2016) [??]
Donor
assistance
fills quake survivors with new hope (ht
05/05/2016)
UN
agencies
spent Rs 25 billion: Report doesn’t show where
bulk of funds went, by Surendra Paudel (ht
04/05/2016)
ADB
and
AIIB sign a major: infrastructure deal for Pak:
Asian Dev Bank chief says regional connectivity
important for Nepal, by Akhilesh Upadhyay
(kp 03/05/2016)
UN
pledges
int’l support to Nepal for reconstruction: UN
official advises utilising domestic and foreign
skills in reconstruction work (kp
03/05/2016)
DPM
seeks
UK aid through Nepal government channel (kp
29/04/2016)
Volume
of
technical assistance by donors growing (rep
27/04/2016)
Aid
through
govt channel down, by Prithvi Man Shresta
(kp 25/04/2016) [No
wonder since this would be wasted aid!],
Donor's
spending
through own channel up 17 percent (rep
26/04/2016)
Health
sector
largest single recipient of foreign assistance
(rep 25/04/2016)
EU
pledges
€105m grant (kp 25/04/2016)
UK
assures
continued help for reconstruction (kp
23/04/2016)
DPM
Thapa
seeks increased support from development
partners (ht 22/04/2016) [Why? You not even invest the
money admitted by the donor nations in the past?]
WFP
begins
programme for vulnerable groups: WFP pledges
support to government’s livelihood recovery
strategy in various sectors, including nutrition
and disaster risk reduction (kp
22/04/2016), WFP
to
support livelihood recovery of quake vicitms
(ht 22/04/2016)
ADB
urges
government to improve performance in project
implementation (ht 22/04/2016), Nepal's
portfolio
performance suffered from prolonged procurement
process: ADB senior official (rep
22/04/2016)
ADB
urges
strict action against slow contractors (kp
22/04/2016)
JICA’s
aid
scheme rekindles hope among quake survivors,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/04/2016)
Succour
for
Bahrabise PHCC (kp 19/04/2016)
Foreign
aid
commitment down nearly 30 per cent (ht
19/04/2016)
NGOs
get
$121 million US funds (kp 16/04/2016)
Development
partners
vow to extend Rs 200 billion (ht 01/04/2016)
Japanese
support
for building hostel for deaf, blind children
(ht 18/03/2016)
Checkered
history:
Those who benefit from foreign aid and its
patronage networks have an incentive to continue
with the status quo, by Jeevan R. Sharma
(rep 09/03/2016)
Rs
8m
Japan grant to restore Patan Durbar Square
(kp 03/03/2016)
No
deadline
extension for MCC projects: Sumar (kp
03/03/2016)
Canada
announces
reconstruction aid: A fresh $1.2m investment
will restore housing, public buildings and
infrastruc-ture, says the Canadian Embassy in
New Delhi (kp 01/03/2016)
Japanese
assistance
for renovation of local learning centre (ht
01/03/2016)
India,
China
outline areas for rebuilding, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha and Bhadra Sharma (kp 27/02/2016)
ADB
agrees
to boost lending to Nepal (kp 26/02/2016), ADB
willing
to expand annual lending to Nepal (ht
26/02/2016)
EU
provides
Rs 480 m support for education (ht
23/02/2016)
Rs3.5b
JICA
aid for bridge, hospitals, water project (kp
18/02/2016)
Shifting
donor
priorities: International commitment to
community forestry in Nepal has sadly fizzled
out, by Ghanshyam Pandey (kp 17/02/2016)
World
Bank
provides USD 22.5 million loan assistance
(rep 05/02/2016), World
Bank
veep concludes Nepal visit (rep 06/02/2016)
ADB
‘dissatisfied’
with performance of major energy sector projects
(ht 31/01/2016)
Koreans
to
provide therapy to quake survivors of Bhaktapur,
Lalitpur (kp 27/01/2016)
Just
4
percent of foreign aid spent so far this year,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/01/2016)
Government
told
to revise foreign aid policy (ht 26/01/2016)
World
Bank
Group agrees to support SSRP (ht 24/01/2016)
UK
spent
£3m on quake rescue Chinooks for Nepal (ht
23/01/2016)
ADB
ready
to boost annual lending to Nepal by 60pc (kp
22/01/2016), ADB
ready
to increase annual lending level to Nepal (ht
22/01/2016)
Nepal
to
seek funding from AIIB to implement mega projects
(ht 20/01/2016)
US
aid
for building crisis mgmt centre (kp
16/01/2016)
Govt
urged
to ramp up capital expenditure (ht
16/01/2016)
Rs
231m
EU aid for Bhutanese refugees (kp 14/01/2016), European
Union
contributes Euros 2 mi to UNHCR to support
Bhutanese refugees (ht 14/01/2016)
23pc
funding
pledges secured (ht 14/01/2016)
Working
procedure
to channelise foreign aid within two months
(ht 03/01/2016)
Foreign
aid
commitment down 55.90pc (ht 24/12/2015), Aid
diverted (ht 25/12/2015)
Japan
formalises
aid pledge for rebuilding, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 22/12/2015), Japan
provides
Rs 26bn for reconstruction (ht 22/12/2015)
Post-quake
rehabilitation:
Germany pledges Rs 3.51 billion (kp
15/12/2015)
ADB
to
give $15m for quake victims (kp 09/12/2015)
Development
works
disrupted (kp 23/11/2015)
UNHAS
gets
fund to aid quake-hit (kp 17/11/2015), ‘Humanitarian
airlifts
to continue’ (ht 17/11/2015)
ADB
willing
to help install solar plant, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 12/11/2015)
Nepal
receives
foreign aid commitment of Rs 55.4 billion
(ht 06/11/2015)
DFID
announces
support for quake victims (ht 04/11/2015), DFID
announces
£10m 2nd phase of quake relief (rep
04/11/2015)
US
announces
initiatives to support reconstruction (ht
29/10/2015)
ADB
okays
$15m aid to help quake-hit districts (kp
09/10/2015), ADB
approves
$15 million grant to rebuild Nepal schools
(ht 09/10/2015)
Hydropower
development:
WB approves $20m credit (kp 28/09/2015)
Global
charities
accused of ‘misleading’ public: Up to sixth of
funds meant for Nepal being spent on overheads;
quake-hit areas bear the brunt (ht
22/09/2015)
EU
supports
in reconstruction (kp 13/09/2015)
US
provides
Rs34m as rebuilding aid (kp 13/09/2015)
Recovery
support
to earthquake affected (ht 13/09/2015)
Result-focused
project
execution emphasised: NPPR highlights
constraints in improving performance of
donor-funded initiatives (ht 12/09/2015)
Bihar
offers
Rs 28m to quake relief fund (kp 10/09/2015)
Reconstruction
process:
Govt’s tardy approach worries donors, by
John Narayan Parajuli (kp 08/09/2015)
Nepal
envoy
urges handover of fund for quake victims (ht
03/09/2015) [???]
Sector-wise
project
review to be done (kp 24/08/2015)
Trade
not
aid: Foreign investment, more than foreign aid,
will help Nepal recover from the quake, by
Sumesh Shivakoty (kp 23/08/2015)
ADB
plans
to fund 3 power projects, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 16/08/2015)
Nepal
could
lose $100m in potential ADB aid, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 15/08/2015)
WFP
begins
assessing rural roads (kp 11/08/2015)
Allocation
for
off-budget programmes jumps to 24.67 per cent
this fiscal (ht 05/08/2015)
IMF
okays
$49.7m budgetary support (kp 02/08/2015), IMF
approves
$49.7m credit for Nepal (ht 03/08/2015)
ADB:
Nepal
could lose funding if no improvement (kp
28/07/2015), Investment
Board
to consult with WB, ADB, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
29/07/2015)
UNFPA
reaches
out to quake-vulnerable population (ht
27/07/2015)
Half
of
$422m UN aid appeal met: OCHA (kp
25/07/2015)
Unicef
aid
for 450k children (kp 25/07/2015)
$8
million
S Korean grant for Nawalparasi project (ht
25/07/2015)
Help
gone
wrong: The government of Nepal is equally
responsible for the distribution of substandard
food by the World Food Programme, by Prakash
Budha Magar (kp 21/07/2015)
Poor
guides: Why the preference among donor countries
to give aid to Nepal but not to help it get back
to its feet on its own?, by Max Mørch (rep
18/07/2015)
USAID
launches
hydro dev project (kp 14/07/2015)
Foreign
aid
commitment doubled this fiscal (ht
11/07/2015)
Germany
to
provide Rs 3.20 bn grant assistance to Nepal
(ht 09/07/2014)
Utilising
Aid For Welfare Of Receiving Country, by
Kushal Pokharel (rn 04/07/2015)
Govt
to
request IMF to extend $50m in budgetary support
(ht 04/o7/2015)
UNOCHA
director
terms media reports ‘nonsense’: Says damaged
items never distributed to victims, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 02/07/2015), UN
berates
Nepali media: Threatens to withdraw supplies
from Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
02/07/2015), WFP
replaces
rotten rice in quake-hit Gorkha, by Sudip
Kaini (kp 03/07/2015), Do
no
harm: A return to rational, measured discourse
is the only way to tackle the WFP controversy
(kp 03/07/2015), NHRC
objects
to UN official’s remarks (ht 03/07/2015), Poor defence
(ht), WFP
pledges
to continue support: Says will assist quake
victims despite controversies (ht
04/07/2015), Media
fraternity flays top UN official for his remarks
(ht 04/07/2015), WFP
‘to
clarify on damaged food’ (kp 08/07/2015)
WB
okays
$300m loan for quake recovery (kp
01/07/2015), World
Bank
approves $300 million to support Nepal’s
earthquake recovery (ht 01/07/2015)
Parliament
Secretariat,
UNDP renew pact (kp 30/06/2015)
There’s
a
lot of intl commitment to help Nepal’s
reconstruction, interview with Børge Brende, Norwegian Minister of
Foreign Affairs (kp 29/06/2015)
No
More Loans, Please, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
29/06/2015)
Reconstruction
and
rehabilitation: If all pledged aid comes, govt
need not use its funds, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/06/2015)
WFP
plans
cash transfer to quake victims (ht 29/06/2015)
No
debt
relief for Nepal, says IMF (kp 27/06/2015)
Donors’
meet
a success: PM (kp 27/06/2015), A
grand success: I think our incompetent politicians
should be reminded that begging for a few dollars
and getting some is not something to be proud of,
by Guffadi (kp 27/06/2015) [satirical]
Generous
aid
pledges delight Nepal, by Anil Giri (kp
26/06/2015), $4.4
bn
committed for recovery, reconstruction (ht),
Sushma
Swaraj
pledges $1 billion Indian aid (ht), ADB
okays
$200m in immediate aid (kp 26/06/2015), 90pc
ADB
aid to go to infrastructure projects (ht
26/06/2015), Donors
stress
transparency on part of Nepal government in
rebuilding efforts (ht), Fund
transparency
at heart of reconstruction, says govt, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/06/2015), PM
seeks
aid through official govt window: Assures full
transparency of donors’funding, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht), ‘Outcome
beyond
expectations’, excerpts from an interview
with Ram Sharan Mahat (kp 26/06/2015), Friendly
nations
stand by Nepal for recovery (kp 26/06/2015),
UN:
Nepal
still requires humanitarian assistance (kp
26/06/2015), 2.8
million
Nepalis still need humanitarian aid: UN (ht
26/06/2015), Thoughts
on
using the money (kp 26/06/2015), Beggars
and
choosers, by Hitesh Karki (rep 27/06/2015),
Donors’
Conference
On Reconstruction Mobilization, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km 27/06/2015)
Subcontracting
kindness:
Less than 1 per cent of global funding for
earthquake relief will go directly to groups in
Nepal, by Emily Troutman (nt 26/06/2015)
Spend
it
right: As in Haiti, foreign donors should not
bypass the government of Nepal, by Rajju
Malla Dhakal (kp 26/06/2015)
‘WFP
sent
substandard rice for quake victims’: House panel
report says agency officials were well aware
about the inferior quality of the food (ht
26/06/2015)
India,
China
indicate huge aid pledges: Together, the two
neighbours ‘promise Rs 160m’; Substantive
commitments also from other major donors US, EU,
Japan, by Anil Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 25/06/2015), Foreign
dignitaries
visit quake-hit areas (kp 25/06/2015), Foreign
delegates
visit Basantapur, Sankhu (ht 25/06/2015), Donors’
meet
begins today: Govt needs Rs 402 billion for
rehabilitation, reconstruction, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 25/06/2015), Donors
start
making sector-wise support, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 25/06/2015)
Govt
has
to justify its one-door mechanism for receiving
funds, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/06/2015), What to
expect: The donors will want to know how the
money is going to be spent; PDNA is silent on
how the quake affected families are to benefit
from the whole scheme (ht 25/06/2015)
What
Nepal
needs: International friends of Nepal, I request
you to invest in opportunities in our villages
and towns, by Bibek Paudel (rep 25/065/2015)
Aid
and
conflict: That humanitarian operations can
contreibute to conflict has been proven again
and again in recent emergencies, by Rajendra
Mulmi and Michael Shipler (rep 25/06/2015)
Govt
sets
up fund to funnel all resources for
reconstruction, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
25/06/2015)
PM
expresses
concern about quality of relief supplies (ht
25/06/2015)
Rising
from
the rubble: Development partners can help build
Nepal’s confidence by expressing solidarity with
the country and pledging resources, by
Govinda Raj Pokharel (kp 25/06/2015)
Accounts
and
accountability: As much as pledging money, Donor
Conference is also about accountability (kp
25/06/2015)
IFC
aid
for hydropower development (kp 25/06/2015)
Cap-In-Hand
Meeting, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km
24/06/2015)
Govt
pins
high hopes on tomorrow’s donor meet: Officials
preparing for conference expect grant, loan
commitments to the tune of $3 billion, by
Anil Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/06/2015), Int’l
Conference
for Nepal’s Reconstruction: Govt looking forward
to grants, soft loans, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
24/06/2015), Int’l
partners
willing to help Nepal: PM (kp 25/06/2015), PM
consults
leaders on conference (ht 24/06/2015), Guests
start
arriving for summit (kp 24/06/2015), 53
countries,
agencies confirm participation (ht
24/06/2015)
WB
announces
$500 million aid for earthquake recovery (kp
24/06/2015), WB
pledges
soft loan of up to Rs 50 billion (ht
24/06/2015)
Setting
the
agenda: Organising the donor conference is just
one among the many things the government needs
to do, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 23/06/2015)
Aid
independent:
Since total foreign aid accountsfor only six
percent of GNI it would be wrong to say Nepal is
aid-dependent, by Puru Shah (rep 23/06/2015)
Humanitarian
disaster:
Boost Nepali resilience, by Annette Dixon
(ht 23/06/2015)
New
Agenda For Donor Conference: Making Migration
Free For Nepalese, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
23/06/2015)
Attendees’list
for
ICNR continues to grow: Delegates of 45
countries,agencies have confirmed participation
for donors’meet so far (ht 23/06/2015)
Foreign
delegates
to visit Sankhu, Basantapur (ht 23/06/2015)
House
panel
asks govt to provide more details on donor
conference (kp 22/06/2015), Call
all-party
meet to discuss donor conference: Lawmakers to
govt (rep 22/06/2015)
Govt
aims
to check misuse of quake funds by aid groups,
by Arjun Poudel (rep 22/06/2015)
APMDD
calls
for cancellation of Nepal’s external debt
(ht 22/06/2015)
Donors'
conference:
Mahat, Pandey say no clash between them; Brief
National Disaster Management and Monitoring
Special Committee about preparations (kp
22/06/2015)
EU
commissioner
to attend donor conference (kp 20/06/2015),
Donors’conference
sans
top leaders: Indian, Chinese prime ministers not
to participate due to conflict of schedules
(ht 20/06/2015), Preparations
for
donors' conference over (rep 20/06/2015), Swaraj,
Wang
to lead Indian, Chinese teams (ht
21/06/2015)
Govt
urged
to focus on grants, not loans, at int’l donors’
meet (kp 18/06/2015), ‘Aid
must
be prioritised based on nat’l needs’ (kp
19/06/2015), Friends
in
need: Plans for disbursement of home rebuilding
grants and loans face obstacles, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 19/06/2015), How
not
to reinvent the wheel: Donor funding should not
just go for reconstruction, but help build
capacity, by Bihari K. Shrestha (nt
19/06/2015), Donors
make
big announcements, fail to keep words: DPM
Gautam (rep 19/05/2015) [Just like Nepali politicians!!!]
Donor
conference:
2 ministries in turf war over meet preps (kp
17/06/2015)
Low
fund
utilisation threatens development, by Rupak
D. Sharma (ht 17/06/2015)
WB
to
give at least $500m for recovery (kp
17/06/2015), WB
to
announce support package soon (ht
18/06/2015)
Donors
spent
major portion of quake aid on int’l staff: Govt,
by Surendra Paudel (rep 16/06/2015) [claims a govt that is
neither able to spend donated relief money nor
donor supported development capital!!!]
Donor
dilemma:
Despite mistrust of Nepal’s institutions, the
only way to rebuild Nepal is by working with
them, by Ram C. Acharya (kp 15/06/2015)
Change
mindset: Unless we can change this dependency
mindset and act accordingly, we will be in the
same situation years from now (ht
15/06/2015)
US
pledges
Rs 8 billion support for Nepal (ht
14/06/2015)
Reconstruction
body
‘before donor summit’: Govt argues setting up
committee ahead of June 25 conference will
encourage donors to commit funds (kp
14/06/2015), Reconstruction
body
will have donors as observing members,
interview with Govinda Raj Pokhrel, NPC (kp
15/06/2015)
JICA
to
help Nepal recover from quake (kp 13/06/2015)
Aussie
govt
supports schools (kp 11/06/2015)
World
Bank
extends assistance of $7.47bn for road safety
project (ht 10/06/2015)
Dutch
govt
to reconsider Nepal for development grant:
Visiting minister (ht 09/06/2015)
Tracking
aid
money, by Chahana Sigdel (kp 07/06/2015) [see
tool
by Open Nepal Initiative]
Ban,
Modi,
Li among invitees for donor meet (kp
05/06/2015), PM
Modi
likely to attend conference: Indian Minister
Swaraj (kp 11/06/2015), Modi
to
arrive 'if schedule permits’ (kp
12/06/2015), Mahat
invites
Modi to donor conference, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 13/06/2015)
25
June
Donor Summit: Political aftershocks have spread
uncertainty about the lifespan of the government
at a time when it is preparing for a meeting of
donors, by Om Astha Rai (nt 05/06/2015)
"We
need
help to rebuild Nepal", interview with Ram
Sharan Mahat (nt 05/06/2015)
Australia
to
help affected micro-enterprises (ht
05/06/2015)
IFC
invests
$3.8 million in agribusiness sector (kp
05/06/2015)
Donors
to
pledge more aid at upcoming meet, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 02/06/2015)
Donors’
support
sought to rebuild schools (ht 02/06/2015)
Deal
with
govt must for I/NGOs’ involvement, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/06/2016), Quakes
of
wrath: Massive monsoon exodus isn’t far away if
government, int’l response remain tepid (kp
01/06/2015), Dealing
with
donors: The upcoming donor conference will be
instrumental in planning Nepal’s long-term
reconstruction, by Som P. Pudasaini (kp
01/06/2015), Highest
level
of donor participation sought: Finance minister
hopes international meet on June 25 will
generate hope and boost confidence (ht
02/06/2015)
Follow-up
donor
conference in September, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht)
Key
donors
keen to support beyond official window, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 30/05/2015)
Haiti
donates
$1m for Nepal earthquake recovery (kp
29/05/2015)
Germany
to
provide Rs 3.36 billion support (ht
27/05/2015)
Donors’
meet
to be held on June 25, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 26/05/2015), Govt
prefers
grants, cash, says FinMin (kp 27/05/2015), Unclear
plan:
The government also needs to be clear about its
priorities before it convenes the donors’
conference in mid-June (ht 27/05/2015)
Ireland
ups
relief to 1.5 million euros (rep 25/05/2015)
Friendly
countries
keen to host donors’ conference outside Nepal:
Government to seek waiver or reduction of
foreign debt, by Lekahnath Pandey (ht
24/05/2015)
Development
policy
credit: WB may extend additional $50m, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/05/2015)
Japan,
UNDP
agree to offer $1m grant for recovery works
(kp 23/05/2015)
Humanitarian
aid
worth Rs 26.69b received so far, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 23/05/2015)
Where
is Nepal aid money going? Britain is the biggest
national donor to Nepal—but what will happen to
the money flowing into a country where
corruption is seen as ‘endemic’?, by Simon
Cox (BBC 21/05/2015)
US
announces
additional $9 million for quake response,
recovery (ht 21/05/2015)
Nepal
may
ask donors to write off part of debt: Many
though do not want country to push for debt
relief fearing it might lead to moral hazard,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 21/05/2015)
UK
pledges
continued support (kp 20/05/2015)
Campaign
on
to cancel part of Nepal’s foreign debt: Before
the earthquake the country paid $215 million
annually in debt payment (ht 20/05/2015)
ADB
to
boost trade finance by $40 million (kp
20/05/2015)
High-level
representation
sought in donor conference (kp 19/05/2015)
FRC
triples
its aid to Nepal (kp 17/05/2015)
Government
postpones
donor meet: The govt aims to assess he damage
with the help of experts from donor agencies in
two months (kp 14/05/2015)
Only
15
per cent of $423 million sought received so far:
‘Donors want their money to go directly to needy
people and oppose cumbersome process’ (ht
14/05/2015)
Japan
announces
Rs 1.4 billion support to Nepal (ht
13/05/2015)
Govt
to
ask donors for cash aid (kp 07/05/2015)
UK
govt
boosts international aid effort in Nepal (ht),
Germany
provides
2.5 million euros (ht 07/05/2015), Germany,
Norway
scale up aid to Nepal (rep 07/05/2015)
5
donors pull plug on support to NPTF, by Anil
Giri (kp 23/04/2015), Donors
to
continue support for peace-building initiatives,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 23/04/2015)
The
donors’
new clothes: Donor attempts to provide technical
solutions to a political problem like corruption
are a waste of resources, by Narayan
Manandhar (kp 17/04/2015)
Donors
left
out of PPP Policy consultative meeting (ht
17/04/2015)
Nordic
lessons:
While engaging in development cooperation with
Nepal, Nordic countries try to consider what
lessons, both good and bad, our region's history
may provide, by Kisten Geelan, Kjell Tormod
Pettersen and Asko Luukainnen (rep 14/04/2015), The
Nordic
dream: The ambassadors' suggestion of 'public
educational revolution' is a day-dream, by
Adarsha Tuladhar (rep 20/04/2015), Nordic
response:
Education builds social capital and a sense of
social cohesion, by Kjell Tormod Pettersen,
Kirsten Geelan and Asko Luukainnen (rep
23/04/2015), Nepal
and
the Nordics: Those who would assist Nepal must
consider weaknesses in both donor mindset and
superstructure, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp
24/04/2015)
Far
West
receives lowest foreign aid (kp 12/04/2015)
One-sixth
of
foreign aid routed through INGOs (kp
11/04/2015)
Donor
aid
fragmentation raises govt eyebrows (ht
11/04/2015)
Half
of
allocated foreign assistance remained unspent in
FY 2013/14 (rep 11/04/2015)
USAID
to
support smallholder farmers (ht 11/04/2015)
Nepal
likely
to get more aid in 2017: According to the
report, Nepal is expected to get $1.09 billion
in foreign aid in 2017, up from $1.02 billion in
2014 (kp 10/04/2015) [see OECD
report]
USAID
grant
to improve reading skills of first, second,
third graders (kp 10/04/2015)
USAID
joins
Multi-Donor Trust Fund (kp 31/03/2015)
Nepal
risks
UK aid cut for ‘endemic corruption’, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp 28/03/2015), UK
House
panel recommends reduction in aid to Nepal
(ht 28/03/2015)
KFAED
extends
credit of Rs 1.68bn to Nepal (ht 24/03/2015)
Foreign
aid
commitment up 259pc so far this fiscal (ht
21/03/2015)
Nagdhunga-Naubise
road:
Japan ‘agrees’ to provide loan for tunnel road
(kp 20/03/2015)
Donors
propose
joint taskforce: Mechanism would engage in
strategic dialogue to address development
challenges (kp 19/03/2015), Donors
ask
govt to form strategic group: Seek a platform to
discuss problems faced during project
implementation (ht 19/03/2015)
Diplomatic
norms
and ethics: Contradictions and anomalies, by
Niranjan Mani Dixit (ht 19/03/2015)
71pc
foreign
aid mobilised through budget, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 19/03/2015)
Japan
grants
Rs 9.8 million (ht 17/03/2015)
Japanese
aid
for Solu school (kp 12/03/2015)
WB-financed
projects
miss spending target, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 09/03/2015)
Direct
payment
‘key problem’ in aid mgmt (kp 08/03/2015)
Govt,
IFAD
fund $37m project for small farmers (kp
28/02/2015)
Japan
to
provide Rs 12.4m for Bagmati cleanup, by
Riwaj Rai (rep 28/02/2015)
Saudi
Fund
to extend financial assistance of Rs 2.41bn
(ht 25/02/2015)
Swayne
inspects
DFID work (kp 21/02/2015)
World
Bank
to fund 25 MW solar plant (kp 21/02/2015)
Japanese
assistance
for drinking water project in Sunsari (ht
14/02/2015)
Swiss
support
for irrigation project (kp 11/02/2014), Switzerland
extends
grant assistance of Rs 1.78 billion (ht
11/02/2015)
ADB
to
provide $1b in loans over three years (kp
04/02/2015), ADB
urges
better investment climate (ht 04/02/2015)
ADB
increases
funding for ailing infra sector (kp
31/01/2015)
Foreign
aid
commitment up 300pc in first half of this fiscal
(ht 29/01/2015)
World
Bank
VP for SAsia pledges support (ht 20/01/2015)
ADB-funded
projects:
Contract processing time rises sharply, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/01/2015), ADB
dissatisfied
with slow pace of projects: By the end of 2014,
half of the bank’s active portfolio had not
awarded contracts (ht 19/01/2015)
Blurred
reflections:
Old Nepal hand critiques Canadian aided projects
in Nepal, by Ivan Gyozo Somlai (nt
16/01/2015)
Faults
in
foreigners: If donors are serious about their
anti-corruption efforts, they should first
conduct an appraisal into their own situation,
by Narayan Manandhar (kp 08/01/2015)
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