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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