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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