Nepal
leapfrogs in Global Hunger Index to 69th position but
challenges persist (rep 24/11/2023)
Nepal
makes strides in Global Hunger Index while India
grapples with greater hunger challenges (rep
13/10/2023), Global
index shows ‘moderate level of hunger’ in Nepal. Ranks
69th : Experts say people have started spending less on
food as their incomes have stagnated, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 17/10/2023)
Failing
SDGs: A reflection of policy failure, by Sachi
Satapathy (ht 09/10/2023)
Nepal’s
SDG progress at risk: Stakeholders warn of 60% target
shortfall by 2030 (kh 29/09/2023)
Ensure
reproductive right : The government’s apathy to
providing quality health services puts the achievements
thus far at risk (kp 27/09/2023)
Good
governance for SDGs : Developed countries must rise to
meet their long-term commitments for overseas
development assistance, by Bishal Thapa (kp
22/09/2023)
Population
and sustainable development : In a space of 30 years,
there has been remarkable progress in the health and
population sector, by Jhabindra Bhandari (ae
21/09/2023)
SDGs
are in dire need of a rescue plan: PM Dahal (kh
19/09/2023)
Ownership
Of Sustainable Development, An Singh Bhandari (rn
18/09/2023)
Alarming
stats: 34% of women in Nepal in anemia crisis, posing
challenges to MDGs (rep 14/09/2023)
Special
newborn care unit to be set up in all district hospitals
across the country : Study shows neonatal death rate,
which is 21 in every 1,000 live births, has not declined
in the last five years. Nepal has committed to reduce it
to 12 by 2030 to meet the SDGs (kp 29/08/2023)
Nepal
is likely to fall behind achieving the targets set in
the SDGs in stipulated time (rep 17/08/2023)
UN
and Nepal call for renewed action for Sustainable
Development Goals :_ The workshop aims to review the
status of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) progress
in Nepal and identify priority areas for SDGs
acceleration and outline a roadmap for strategic actions
(kp 17/08/2023)
NPC
Vice-chair Shrestha highlights key priorities of SDG
implementation (kh 18/07/2023)
Nepali’s
overall health index improves: Report (kh
24/06/2023) [see summary
report and key
indicators]
Massive
health budget cuts loom, all programmes to be affected :
This could jeopardise progress achieved from years of
investment, warn experts, by Arjun Poudel (kp
11/04/2023)
SDG
central steering committee meeting underway
(rep 07/04/2023)
Renewable
Energy and Future of Sustainable Development,
by Basu Gautam (rep 29/03/2023)
State
of hunger in Nepal, in the world : Though Nepal stands
at a moderate level of hunger, countries in South Asia
in general face the highest level of hunger and the
global hunger situation remains grim, says the 2022
Global Hunger Index (nlt 29/01/2023), Nepal
makes progresses in hunger reduction : The country has
climbed to the 81st rank in the 2022 hunger index
(ht 29/01/2023)
Nepal
fails yet again to achieve total literacy target : The
Pushpa Kamal Dahal government has renewed the pledge to
attain total literacy—by the fiscal year 2023-2024,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/01/2023)
Nepal
has made progress in multiple indicators, interview
with Ayshanie Medagangoda-Labé, UNDP Resident
Representative for Nepal (ae 19/12/2022)
Thousands
of 12-23 month olds deprived of vaccines : Experts term
the situation ‘alarming’ as it could imperil years of
achievements Nepal has made in child health, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 12/12/2022)
No
improvement in neonatal mortality rate in the past six
years : Nepal Demographic and Health Survey shows mixed
results, but experts say meeting Sustainable Development
Goals still a challenge, by Arjun Poudel (kp
10/12/2022)
Screening
of newborn birth defects to be carried out at 27
hospitals : The Health Ministry says 21 babies born in
every 1,000 die within one month of birth in Nepal. The
country has to reduce neonatal deaths to 12 by 2030 to
meet its SDG target, by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/11/2022)
Multidimensional
poverty slumped in Nepal before Covid-19, global report
says : Earlier, a national report had warned that the
Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt the past gains, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/10/2022), Nepal
makes big stride in poverty reduction: UNDP (rn
18/10/2022)
Nepal
in second position among South Asian nations in Global
Hunger Index 2022 (kh 17/10/2022), Nepal
on the verge of serious hunger problems : Nutrition
scientists say immediate measures of intervention are
needed to avoid further deterioration of the situation,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 20/10/2022)
Dhulikhel
Municipality submits SDGs report to UN (kh
04/10/2022)
Is
FDI really the panacea we seek?, by Prakritee Yonzon
(rep 15/09/2022)
Net
zero carbon Nepal by 2045 is easier said than done,
Prime Minister Deuba says : According to the
pre-pandemic estimates, the prime minister said, Nepal
would require around $19 billion in financing to achieve
the sustainable development goals set by the United
Nations (kp 15/09/2022)
Only
17 percent of Nepalis covered by social protection
benefit, ILO says : In Asia-Pacific, only 44.1 percent
people on average have access to at least one social
protection benefit, by Pawan Pandey (kp 01/09/2022)
Social
Protection Against Poverty, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
19/08/2022)
Water
Management For Sustainable Development, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 11/08/2022)
Nepal
struggles with a high adolescent fertility rate (kh
25/06/2022)
Nepal
unlikely to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by
2030 : Stakeholders identify lack of proper plan of
action and localized indicators along with insufficient
budget allocation as major stumbling blocks to achieving
the goals, by Shrutika Raut and Sakshi Srivastav
(nlt 21/06/2022), Eye
Care Suffers Workforce Crunch, by Bijay Khatri (rn
23/06/2022)
Two
years on, Nepal yet to implement Nairobi ICPD25
commitments (nlt 06/05/2022)
Leaving
no one behind : The central promise of the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals is to ‘leave no one
behind’. But with just eight years left to achieve the
target and local participation still minimal, is the UN
pledge achievable?, by Biswash Chepang (rec
03/06/2022)
'Climate
change, inflation pose threat to achieving Sustainable
Development Goals' (ht 24/05/2022)
Strengthen
Healthcare Financing, by Gauri Pradhan (rn
05/05/2022)
Funds
shortage hits plan to expand nutrition rehabilitation
centres across the country : Nepal’s Sustainable
Development Goals target on nutrition is unlikely to be
met, health officials say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
12/04/2022)
Nearly
half of all pregnancies are unintended, says new UNFPA
report : "In 2017, it was estimated that half of the 1.2
million pregnancies in Nepal were unintended and nearly
359,000 ended in abortion.” (nlt 30/03/2022)
Resilient
recovery and realization of sustainable development will
be distant dream without women's participation: Minister
Regmi (rep 17/03/2022)
#BreaktheBias:
Sustainable development is not possible without gender
equality : The people in power have a very crucial role
to play in creating an enabling environment for gender
equality and social inclusion, by Rupa Pandey (nlt
08/03/2022)
Director,
ActionAid Nepal : ‘SDG is not just a simple goal or a
project. It’s a huge commitment of the nation which
ultimately makes the development sustained where
everyone can enjoy their rights with full dignity.’
(interview) (nlt 03/03/2022)
Strategic
planning in place to achieve SDGs: NHRC Member Dr
Dhungel (kh 22/02/2022)
Nepal
progresses significantly in nutrition of mothers and
children at risk: UNICEF. There are many reasons behind
this improvement but one of the major reasons is the
involvement of more than 50,000 female community health
volunteers (nlt 22/01/2022), Pandemic
can derail progress made in child nutrition, UNICEF
warns : Says Nepal achieved marked progress in reducing
child stunting during 2002-2016 (kp 23/01/2022)
SDG
training for local governments concludes (ht
17/01/2022)
World
Bank report underlines reforms to support fiscal
federalism, green growth in Nepal : The report also
stresses the importance of strengthening investment
processes and fiscal policies for green growth (kp
07/12/2021), WB's
Public Expenditure Review report launched (ht
07/12/2021), World
Bank’s report underlines reforms to support fiscal
federalism, green growth in Nepal : While federalism is
helping bring policymaking closer to the people, it has
also increased fiscal spending and exacerbated by the
Covid-19 pandemic led to a sharp rise in fiscal deficits
and public debt, report finds (nlt 07/12/2021) [see
WB
report]
UN
special envoy in Kathmandu to study food crisis (kh
02/12/2021)
Government
indecision delays scrapping of anti-poverty body :
Staffers of Poverty Alleviation Fund remain unpaid for
four months, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/11/2021)
Progress
toward SDGs disappointing (rep 24/09/2021), Leaders
blamed for slow progress to achieve SDG 16 (ht
25/09/2021)
Nepal
needs annual budget of Rs 2 trillion 25 billion under
SDGs (kh 23/09/2021)
Energy
for all : To avoid the worst impacts of climate change,
it is crucial to enhance energy efficiency and to invest
in renewable energy (ht 22/09/2021)
SDG-7
roadmap of Nepal unveiled (ht 21/09/2021)
Nepal
faces shortfall of investment worth Rs 558 billion
annually to meet targets of the SDGs (rep
08/09/2021)
Reducing
Multidimensional Poverty, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
31/08/2021)
Government
urged to give high priority to SDGs (kh 29/08/2021)
Leadership
urged to change modality to achieve SDGs (ht
25/08/2021)
Identifying
the vulnerable: Key to reducing poverty, by Simone
Galimberti (ht 25/08/2021)
Nepal’s
poverty was reduced to 17.4 percent before pandemic hit
the country: NPC (rep 18/08/2021), Pandemic
may leave Nepal’s poor more deprived, report says,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/08/2021), 17.4%
people under poverty line in Nepal: Govt data : Highest
in Karnali (39.5%); lowest in Bagmati (7%) (kh
19/08/2021) [see Multidomensional
Poverty Index by NPC et al. (report as PDF)],
3.1
Million Nepalis Exit From Poverty In Five Years, by
Modnath Dhakal (rn 19/08/2021)
Mission
396: To achieve SDG 3 on good health, by Simone
Galimberti (ht 09/08/2021)
Education
for Sustainable Development: The right bet for Nepal,
by Simone Galimberti (ht 25/05/2021)
Nepal
Does Better In Global Hunger Index, by Mukunda
Kattel (rn 21/04/2021)
Investing
in youth : Big employment generating programs must be
carefully evaluated while small innovative pilots should
be supported, by Simone Galimberti (rep 28/03/2021)
[PM Oli is not interested in
such really important things!]
Towards
a new social contract: To build better communities,
by Simone Galimberti (ht 23/03/2021)
Dip
in per capita income challenge to Nepal’s graduation to
developing country status, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 08/03/2021)
Nepal’s
progress in industries, infrastructure and start-ups
during 2016-2019 unsatisfactory: SDG progress report
(rep 08/02/2021)
Eradicating
Poverty, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 12/01/2021)
Incomplete
integrated model settlement handed over to impoverished
families : The model settlement in Gramthan Rural
Municipality, an open defecation-free local unit
in Morang district, does not have any toilets, by
Deo Narayan Sah (kp 08/11/2020)
Pandemic's
Effect On Poverty Eradication, by Aashish Mishra (rn
17/10/2020)
Uncovering
poverty amidst the pandemic : Better data required,
by Faris Hadad-Zervos (ht 16/10/2020)
Impacts
Of COVID-19 On Poverty Alleviation, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 13/10/2020)
Covid-19
leaves devastating impacts on education, jobs and mental
well-being of youths: ILO study says that the Covid-19
has disrupted the education of more than 70 per cent of
youth, leaving a disproportionate effect on young people,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/08/2020)
Covid-19
taking away Nepal’s achievement in maternal health:
Report says 13,189 women delivered babies at hospital
prior to the lockdown while the number decreased to
7,165 after the outbreak (kp 13/08/2020), Institutional
childbirth reduced by more than half during lockdown in
Nepal: Study (rep 13/08/2020) [see article
by Ashish KC et al. in Lancet]
Nepal
among countries to significantly reduce their
multidimensional poverty level: Oxford study (rep
21/07/2020) [see UNDP
report]
Why
Nepal needs to localize SDGs, by Simone Galimberti
(rep 19/07/2020)
Capital
budget spending at two-decade low of 40 per cent
(ht), Nepal
presents its second voluntary national review report on
sustainable development (rep 14/07/2020) [see statement]
Financing
sustainability through international funds: Nepal needs
to explore ways to obtain funds from abroad to close the
investment gap, by Anirvan Ghosh Dastodar (kp
03/03/2020)
Mission
river conservation: Without a paradigm shift in river
conservation, the sustainable development of a nation
that is striving to achieve a mid-income status by 2030
might become a far cry, by Rajesh Sada (rep
02/02/2020)
Achieving
zero hunger in Nepal: Actions such as revitalising local
food systems and transforming nutrition behaviour must
be interconnected, by Bandana Shakya (kp 15/01/2020)
Experts
stress the need to fill infrastructure investment gap:
Government inefficiency and low productivity blamed for
the failure to increase capital expenditure, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 10/01/2020)
Combating
hunger: This is no time for complacency for Nepal when
we are heading toward 2030, the year to bring hunger to
zero level as per the UN Sustainable Development Goal,
by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 11/12/2019)
Poverty
reduction is possible: There are ways to reduce poverty.
All that Nepal needs is the political will and
commitment to change the lives of the poor, by
Balkrishna Subedi (rep 23/11/2019)
Prosperity
sharing is necessary to attain equitable growth:
Growth-oriented policies, combined with redistributive
public measures, can ensure Nepal achieving wealth,
by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp 21/11/2019)
Linking
CSR with SDGs: Reorient purpose of business, by
Ruchi Singh (ht 12/11/2019)
Localizing
SDGs: If more distressed countries can work on
localizing the SDGs, so can Nepal, by Simone
Galimberti (rep 26/10/2019)
Accelerate
efforts to meet 2030 goals: UNFPA chief (ht
22/10/2019)
Urgency
To Localise SDGs, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 27/07/2019)
Global
Action Plan: Roadmap to achieve health goals, by
Sharad Onta (ht 22/07/2019)
Nepal
calls for renewed commitment to global partnership to
achieve SDGs (rep 17/07/2019)
‘Nepal’s
progress on ICPD agenda remarkable’ (ht 03/07/2019)
Nepal
made good strides in reducing maternal mortality rate
over two decades—and then hit a plateau: Experts say
addressing barriers to health services is the key to
achieving the 2030 target of bringing the rate
down to 70 per 100,000 live births, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 30/06/2019), New
mothers deprived of state-announced incentive: Lives of
many women and their newborns at risk: Health workers,
by Chhapal Lama (kp 30/06/2019)
Fighting
malnutrition, one bead at a time: The social enterprise
SOCHAI was announced the winner of Lead 2030 Challenge
for Sustainable Development Goal’s Zero Hunger categorye,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 24/06/2019)
Health
for all: Meeting the challenge, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ht 20/06/2019)
Nepal
must invest Rs 5.5 bn a day to meet Sustainable
Development Goals (ht 14/06/2019)
Nepal
will struggle to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
and universal health coverage without ensuring quality
health care, experts say: Poor care not only jeopardises
the health of individuals; it erodes trust and puts the
entire health system at risk, the report says, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 09/06/2019)
Sustainable
Development And Media, by Prakash Ghimire (rn
18/05/2019)
Health
Policy For Better Service, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn
28/01/2019)
Who
is in charge? Nation-building has never been our
national policy, by Andrea Upadhya (kp 01/01/2019)
Change
of course: Development must address the pledge to
achieve Sustainable Development Goals, by Madhukar
Upadhya (kp 20/12/2018)
Local
units pledge to Achieve SDGs (kp 19/12/2018)
Cooperatives’
role key to achieving SDGs: Stakeholders (ht
14/12/2018)
Channelising
international finance A transparent multi-stakeholder
approach is the way forward, by Madhukar SJB Rana
and Atul K Thakur (kp 13/11/2018)
Castles
in the air: Will Nepal be able to eradicate poverty by
2030 as it has promised?, by Tara Kanel (kp
30/10/2018)
Innovations
in social protection: Nepal can devise its own pilot
programmes to respond to local situations and needs,
by Alok Rajouria (kp 25/10/2018)
Govt
must provide 55pc fund to achieve SDGs (ht
25/10/2018)
Global
partnership
and Nepal: Nexus between development cooperation and
sustainable development challenges cannot be ignored
anymore, by Tilakman Singh Bhandari (kp 23/10/2018)
Youth
leaders seek roles in achieving SDGs (rep
13/10/2018)
'Fulfilling
SDG pledge on people with disabilities still a big
challenge' (rep 25/09/2018)
Cooperatives’
contribution in achieving SDGs underlined (rep
08/07/2018)
Sustainable
or smart cities: Change the discourse, by Dipendra
Gautam (ht 02/07/2018)
Building
resilience:
Finding innovative ways of promoting and protecting
sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystem was an
important concern for many development partners, by
Somsak Pipoppinyo (rep 25/06/2018)
Banking
the unbanked: Ensuring financial inclusion, by
Sadichchha Shrestha, Nayan Krishna Joshi and Prabin Dongol
(ht 31/05/2018)
Towards
a brighter future: A stable government and new players
in energy generation could help Nepal meet its SDG
target, by Himalayan Bir Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018)
US
envoy
prods youth to build a better world: US Ambassador to
Nepal Alaina Teplitz exhorts youth to mull equitable
access to security, figthing extremisim, peace and
education (kp 08/05/2018)
Path
to a sustainable future: Sustainable rain-water
harvesting and waste-water management can alleviate
drinking water scarcity, by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp
01/05/2018)
National
consultation workshop on development goals concludes
(kp 27/04/2018)
Govt
looks
to FDI to cover budget deficit: The govt does not
have the funds necessary to implement the federal
system and achieve development goals (kp
21/04/2018), ‘External
finance crucial to achieve SDGs’ (ht 21/04/2018)
Rs
1,770 billion needs to be spent every year to achieve
SDGs (ht 01/04/2018)
Let’s
have inclusive prosperity: Economic growth only will not
reduce the poverty and inequality prevailing in Nepal,
by Tara Kanel (kp 11/03/2018)
Nepal
needs
Rs1,770b annually to meet SDGs: SDGs are a set of 17
goals and 169 targets covering a broad range of
sustainable development issues (kp 19/02/2018)
Meaningful
measures:
Despite having legal measures that address issues in
disability, multidimensional implementation has been
lacking, by Obindra B. Chand (kp 18/02/2018)
Policy
against poverty: Subsidising essential goods and
services frees people to concentrate on their careers,
by Sunil Limbu (kp 13/02/2018)
Building
a
local food regime: With a federal structure, there is a
high chance that meaningful interventions could come
from the bottom-up, by Man Bahadur BK (kp
13/02/2018)
Toward
zero hunger: Achieving zero hunger by 2030 is possible
only with collaborative efforts from development
partners, private sector, civil society and other
stakeholders, by Dhananjay Shah (rep 08/02/2018)
Poverty
estimates: Robust methodology needed, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht 24/01/2018)
Youths
are key to achieving SDGs in Nepal (ht 16/01/2018)
The
Age of MPI and SDGs, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
06/01/2018)
29
out of 100 people poor: Govt uses Multidimensional
Poverty Index to measure national poverty for the first
time, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 21/12/2017), Poverty
under multi-dimensional index halved in 8 yrs, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 21/12/2017), Targeting
the poor: Reasons for poverty differ across provinces
and require distinct intervention efforts (kp
22/12/2017)
‘SDGs
crucial for rights of disabled’ (kp 19/12/2017)
Strategic
cooperation agreement inked to advance SDGs (ht
09/12/2017)
Universal
access to electricity: Nepal on track to achieving
target by 2030 (kp 25/11/2017)
Measures
necessary
to achieve SDGs stressed: Private sector representatives
pointed to lack of clear federal policies,
adequate infrastructure, policy consistency and
efficient manpower as the main hurdles to attracting
private business enterprises (kp 22/11/2017)
Next
on the agenda: Vision 1.0 was about rights, Vision 2.0
is about an inclusive and prosperous society, by
Bhoj Raj Paudel (kp 30/10/2017)
Against
poverty:
Successive governments have been less and less
accountable and more and more extractive, hampering
poverty reduction, by Siromani Dhungana (rep
17/10/2017), Close
to 400k people ‘below poverty line’ (kp 18/10/2017),
71pc
of
Bajura households below poverty line: Survey; Out of the
21,711 households in the district, 13,619 have
been classified as ‘poor’ and 6,393 ‘extreme poor’
within that group (kp 18/10/2017), Multidimensional
poverty
index in Dec: The MPI captures severe deprivations that
each person faces with respect to education, health and
living standards (kp 18/10/2017), Far
from over: Combating poverty with greater
determination should be a national priority (kp
20/10/2017)
Diaspora
to play vital role to achieve 2030 goals (ht
15/10/2017)
Nepal
tops South Asia in reducing hunger (kp 14/10/2017)
Youth
participation key to attaining SDGs: Experts (kp
08/10/2017)
Yeti
imprints SDG logo on its aircraft (kp 26/09/2017), With
Yeti Airlines, global goals fly high (ht 26/09/2017)
Making
strides:
Perhaps the SDG aim to end poverty by 2030 is
unattainable, but great strides can still be made toward
poverty reduction, by Pratistha Koirala (kp
24/09/2017)
Nepal
And Development Perspective, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
21/09/2017)
Democracy
& Sustainable Development Goals, by Madhavji Shrestha
(rn 16/09/2017)
Forests
fuelling progress: Community forestry could
significantly contribute to the achievement of SDGs,
by Aditya Acharya (kp 12/09/2017)
That’s
not enough: Nepal needs to overhaul its development
approach if it really wants to end poverty by 2030,
by Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp 25/08/2017)
SDG
17
: Partnerships to transform Nepal; Only by working
together can we achieve a sustainable future with peace
and prosperity for all, by Megh Ale (kp 22/08/2017)
SDG
16
: If you want peace, work for justice: Without peace,
stability, human rights and effective governance based
on the rule of law, we cannot hope for sustainable
development, by Surya Dhungel (kp 15/08/2017)
Promoting
green finance: Sustainable development, by Bhubanesh
Pant (ht 15/08/2017)
SDG
15
: Conserving terrestrial ecosystems; Our presence
affects the ecosystems we are a part of; we can either
make choices that promote biodiversity or devalue it,
by Kishore Thapa (kp 08/08/2017)
NPC
calls on local bodies to own SDGs (kp 02/08/2017)
SDG
14 : No water, no life; We are affected by the health of
our oceans, seas and rivers even if we live in a
landlocked country, by Samriddhi Rai (kp 01/08/2017)
Invest
in youths to reap benefit from demographic dividend: UN,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 31/07/2017) [see UNFPA-Nepal
report], Demographic
dividend: Today’s youngsters can turn into assets, or
liabilities depending on country’s policies (kp
01/08/2017)
SDG
13 : The cost of inaction; Nepal’s priority at this stage
should be adaptation measures to deal with climate change
impacts, by Dinesh Raj Bhuju (kp 25/07/2017)
Nepal
Presented Voluntary National Review (sp 18/07/2017), Sustainable
Development: Nepal presents nat’l review on 2030 Agenda
(kp 19/07/2017) [see report], Nepal
presents national review report on 2030 Agenda on SDG (ht
19/07/2017)
SDG
12
: At every level we are responsible; Goals related to poverty
alleviation, health and food security are closely connected to
consumer rights, by Jyoti Baniya (kp 18/07/2017)
UNDP,
CF
partner to advance SDGs in Nepal (ht 15/07/2017)
SDG
11
: Cities for all; We should harness the transformational power
of urbanisation for sustainable development, by Lajana
Manandhar (kp 11/07/2017)
Nepal
ranks
3rd in South Asian Sustainable Development Goals index (kp
08/07/2017)
SDG
10
: Double marginalisation; Mainstreaming Dalit women requires
us to localise the SDGs and adapt them to reflect Nepal’s
societal structures, by Durga Sob (kp 04/07/2017)
SDG
9
: Innovation for development; Besides building basic
infrastructure, Nepal should invest in nurturing the talents
of its people, by Mahabir Pun (kp 27/06/2017)
The
NAP for the Future, by Batu Uprety (sp 23/06/2017)
SDG
8
: The new workforce; Transforming the economy in a way that
increases the number of quality jobs is essential for
sustainable development, by Bhawani Rana (kp 20/06/2017)
SDG
7
: Time to branch out; Nepal must aspire for energy sovereignty
and depart from the current commercial energy situation,
by Indira Shakya (kp 13/06/2017)
SDG
6
: The stuff of life; It is critical to address water pollution
issues to achieve national health goals, by Sitaram Kattel
and Kunjana Ghimire (kp 06/06/2017)
SDG
5
: Fast and faster; Sports can be a great medium to achieve
gender equality, by Mira Rai (kp 30/05/2017)
Financing
gap
a threat to SDGs: Industry Minister: He emphasised the need to
redouble efforts to put development commitments into action
(kp 25/05/2017)
SDG
4
: Quality education for all: It is high time we ensured that
every child from every community goes to school, by Prabal
Gurung (kp 23/05/2017)
UN
and
Yeti Airlines sign pact to promote SDGs (kp 19/05/2017), Yeti
Airlines,
United Nations in partnership for advancing SDGs (ht
19/05/2017)
SDG
3
: Good health and well-being; Ensure healthy lives, promote
well-being: We all have a right to good health care, but we
must alsorecognise our individual responsibility to protect
our health , by Manisha Koirala (kp 16/05/2017)
SDG
2
: zero hunger; Together,
we
can end hunger: Sufficient food is a necessity for the
welfare of society and for the progress of the nation,
by Basanta Chaudhary (kp 09/05/2017)
Green
GDP:
Sustainable development, by Surya Bhakta Pokharel
and Bishnu Prasad Bhandari (ht 05/05/2017)
SDG
1
: Approaches to poverty reduction: There are no firm
guidelines on what exactly must be done to lift people
above the poverty line and keep them there, by
Sukhdev Shah (kp 02/05/2017)
Annual
drive
for education begins today; This year’s focus will be on
Goal 4 of Sustainable Development Goals which states
‘Ensure Inclusive and Quality Education for all and
Promote lifelong learning’ (kp 26/04/2017)
Climate
cocktail:
Could China be thinking of dovetailing OBOR with the
UN’s SDGs in Nepal?, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp
31/03/2017)
Nepal
could
miss 2030 Agenda target on trade (ht 30/03/2017)
2
comittees, 9 groups formed to implement SDGs: One of the
primary objectives of SDGs is to end poverty and hunger
from the world (kp 24/03/2017), Panels,
working
groups formed to implement SDGs (rep 25/03/2017)
SDGs
and
Nepal: Formalities or beyond?, by Dilli Raj Khanal
(ht 26/12/2016)
Crucial
role
of pvt sector highlighted (ht 14/12/2016)
‘Fighting
corruption
critical to meeting SDGs’ (kp 10/12/2016)
NPC
to
finalise 3-year plan within December: The three-year
plan has envisaged attaining economic growth of 6.5
percent in the current fiscal year; 7.2 percent in
fiscal year 2017-18; and 7.9 percent in 2018-19 (kp
27/11/2016)
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