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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)
Japanese
government extends assistance: Emergency food supply to be provided
through WFP (ht 27/12/2014)
Foreign
aid commitment soars: Development partners pledge Rs 211.72bn in first
five months (ht 26/12/2014)
WB
okays $130m for solar farms (kp 24/12/2014)
Supporting
education: Better education in Nepal has been the primary focus in
Danish development assistance in Nepal over the years, by Kirsten
Geelan (rep 20/12/2014)
US, China to
raise aid to Nepal, by Mukul Humagain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/12/2014), China
raises grant assistanceto Nepal by 400 per cent, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 13/12/2014), Nepal
picked for US Compact Program investment (rep 13/12/2014)
Delays
in reporting aid details to AMP persist (kp 11/12/2014)
Nepal
may be selected for US grant: Country could get Millennium Challenge
Corporation’s compact funding (ht 07/12/2014)
Norwegian
aid for SSRP (kp 06/12(2014)
German
aid to Nepal up (kp 03/12/2014), Germany
extends development cooperation to Nepal (ht 03/12/2014)
Aid
flow shrinks due to reimbursement delays: Nepal received Rs 5.16
billion in foreign grants against Rs 13.37 billion during the same
period in the last fiscal year (kp 27/11/2014)
ADB
provides Rs 6 billion in loan, grant for water supply, sanitation
(ht 26/11/2014), ADB
provides Rs 6 billion loan assistance (rep 26/11/2014)
Rs
1.68 billion Switzerland grant for Nepal (ht 26/11/2014), Switzerland
giving Rs 1b for trail bridge program (rep 26/11/2014), Swiss
aid for trails and river protection (kp 27/11/2014)
WB
agrees to give $46m for Kabeli hydro project (kp 25/11/2014), WB
extends additional funds for Kabeli-A hydro project (ht 25/11/2014)
World
Bank to invest $130m in solar plants, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/11/2014), Govt
concludes negotiations with WB: 25 megawatts of solar energy to be
generated within a year, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 21/11/2014)
Norway
pledges $60m grant for power sector expansion (kp 15/11/2014), ADB,
Norway to helpcountry overcomeacute power shortage (ht 15/11/2014)
Donors
pledge big money to transform agriculture sector, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 14/11/2014)
Friend
In Need: Announcing 360 million Euro for a new 7-year cooperation
strategy, the European Union has shown that it is ready to expand
opportunities for Nepal to prosper (sp 07/11/2014)
Foreign
aid commitment in first quarter tops Rs 84.34 billion: Development
partners’ pledge till October end surpasses total assurance received
last fiscal (ht 02/11/2014)
‘DFID
failed to tackle corruption’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/11/2014), DFID
projects creating graft opportunities in Nepal, says study, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/11/2014), Aid
not abet: Donor funding in Nepal (rep 03/11/2014)
US
to provide $500,000 for flood victims (kp 28/10/2014)
EU
team visits flood hit village (kp 22/10/2014), EU
provides additional 500,000 euro flood aid (rep 23/10/2014)
EU’s
aid to Nepal increased by threefold (ht 18/10/2014), EU
extends support of Rs 45bn (ht 20/10/2014), Nepal,
EU agree to Rs 44.8b cooperation program (rep 20/10/2014)
FinMin
urges World Bank not to curtail grant to Nepal (kp 12/10/2014), Dev
partners should prepare strategy with country’s needs in mind: FinMin
(ht 12/10/2014), WB
suspends grant assistance to Nepal (ht 14/10/2014), World
Bank may help Nepal in hydropower generation: FinMin (rep
15/10/2014)
Donor
programs make Karnali folks vulnerable to food insecurity, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 11/10/2014)
Norwegian
aid for flood-affected schools, children of three districts (ht
09/10/2014), Norwegian
embassy to support flood hit Children (kp 11/10/2014)
ADB,
UK aid for women, children (kp 25/09/2014), $3.5
million ADB, DFID grant to curb GBV (ht 25/09/2014)
Pact
signed to achieve sustainable energy (kp 25/09/2014)
US
pledges $402m dev funding over five years (kp 24/09/2014), Country
receives help worth $402m (ht 24/09/2014)
World
Bank dissatisfied with NIRTTP's work progress (rep 13/09/2014)
US
support for heritage preservation (kp 11/09/2014)
Donors
asked to explain their commitment to farm sector (kp 10/09/2014)
Finance
minister rues under-utilised foreign assistance (kp 06/09/2014)
10
WB projects listed as risky, potentially risky, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/09/2014)
$70
million American support for disaster preparedness (ht 04/09/2014)
US
announces three ‘Resilience Projects’ (kp 04/09/2014)
Govt
capacity to utilise foreign aid falls, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/09/2014)
Aid
and effectiveness: We need to figure out whether there is a problem
with the aid Nepal receives or the way aid is managed, by Hari
Pandey (kp 26/08/2014)
After
ADB, WB likely to cut off grants to Nepal, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
24/08/2014)
Donors,
SWC, I/NGOs findfault with new aid policy, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
19/08/2014)
FinMin
asks ADB not to cut grant (ht 15/08/2014), ADB
‘unlikely’ to resume grants anytime soon: The lender used to provide
$100 million in grant to the country annually under its Asian
development Fund (kp 16/08/2014)
ADB
proposes Rs 50bn local currency bonds (ht 31/07/2014)
Skills
Business: With an aim to end extreme poverty and empower the vulnerable
Nepalis, USAID is investing in business literacy (sp 25/07/2014)
UNDP-AEPC
pact on supplying renewable energy (kp 22/07/2014)
USAID
launches three-year business literacy project (kp 19/07/2014), USAID
launches $4m Business Literacy project (rep 19/07/2014)
ADB
okays $180m loan to ease power shortages (kp 08/07/2014), ADB
approves $108 million loan to Nepal (ht 08/07/2014)
Australia
to assist in agriculture research (ht 05/07/2014)
From
Foreign Aid To Development Cooperation Policy, by Lok Nath Bhusal
(rn 04/07/2014)
Foreign
aid policy passed (kp 27/06/2014), New
foreign aid policy: Govt to tame off-budget aid; Finance Ministry seeks
to channel technical assistance through government system, by Mukul
Humagain and Prtihvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/06/2014), Development
Cooperation Policy sets foreign aid threshold (rep 28/06/2014)
Donors
pump more money into local development sector, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (rep 24/06/2014)
WB
launches two-pillar CPS for Nepal: Focuses on high, sustained,
inclusive economic growth (ht 21/06/2014)
UK
pledges 23.5m pounds aid to Nepal (kp 10/06/2014)
Country
partnership strategy for Nepal: WB to focus on fewer dev sectors for
greater impact, by Mukul Humagain (kp 31/05/2014), World
Bank refocuses on unlocking growth constraints in Nepal (rep
31/05/2014)
Use
the money wisely: How can Nepal benefit from the transition from
‘trade as aid’ to ‘aid for trade’?, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp
30/05/2014)
Foreign
aid policy: Plan to fix minimum amount irks donors, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/05/2014)
Nepal
likely to get increased support from WB (ht 24/05/2014)
New
Aid Row: The 14-point directive on foreign aid issued by chief
secretary Leela Mani Paudyal has sparked new controversies over who
should decide the agenda of foreign aid (sp 23/05/2014)
World
Bank Is Back: After pulling out from Arun III in 1995, the World Bank
Group has decided to support Kabeli-A Hydroelectric Project (sp
23/05/2014)
ADB,
Japan to modernise Nepal’s customs (ht 22/05/2014), ADB’S
Japan Fund to aid customs modernisation (kp 23/05/2014), Nepal
pleads with Asian Dev Bank to resume grants, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/05/2014)
Japan
assures help to build tunnel road (kp 20/05/2014)
Nepal
should not always depend on foreign aid, interview with Haoliang
Xu, UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and
Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (kp 20/05/2014)
Foreign
aid has strengthened our sense of helplessness, interview with
Pitamber Sharma (kp 19/05/2014)
World
Bank okays $84.6m for Kabeli-A hydel project (kp 17/05/2014), World
Bank Group approves financing for Kabeli-A hydropower project (rep
17/05/2014)
Finnish
envoy promises aid for drinking water projects (ht 15/05/2014)
Denmark
to support farm commercialization in eastern Nepal (rep 14/05/2014)
Policy
lacunae or compliance failure: Foreign aid syndrome, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht 13/05/2014)
Fund
only infrastructure projects: FinMin to donors (ht 13/05/2014), Failed
development: Establishing order to foreign aid should not come at the
cost of people's rights (kp 15/05/2014)
All
aid cannot be channeled through the government, interview with
Rameshwor Khanal, former Finance Secretary (kp 12/05/2014)
Knowing
how to ask for help: Nepal’s new foreign aid policy must balance urgent
infrastructure spending with investment in social sectors, by
Bhrikuti Rai (nt 09/05/2014)
Beggars
and choosers (nt 09/05/2014)
Danish
Support For UN Women In Nepal: The Danish Embassy has signed an
agreement to support UN Women in Nepal (sp 09/05/2014)
Women
and kids service centres in 15 more districts (ht 08/05/2014)
FinMin
asks ADB to expand its lending capacity (ht 05/05/2014), ADB
to resume extending grant assistance to Nepal (ht 06/05/2014)
Donor
aid fragmentation remains a concern, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/05/2014)
Foreign
aid disbursement: Donors overlooking govt budgetary system: Report; As
much as 36 percent of donors’ total funds disbursed in last fiscal year
was ‘off budget’, by Mukul Humagain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
22/04/2014), Aid
disbursement from donors on the decline: The overall aid disbursement
was affected especially due to the decline in disbursement from
multilateral donors, by Mukul Humagain (kp 22/04/2014), Off-budget
foreign assistance growing, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (rep 22/04/2014),
More
funds going to off-budget projects (ht 23/04/2014), 74pc
of grants, 36pc of loans spent in last fiscal year (kp 24/04/2014),
Nepal’s
performance in foreign aid utilisation still below par: Poor
implementation of ‘Sectoral Action Plan’ blamed for result (ht
24/04 2014), Slow
capital expenditure worries donors (rep 24/04/2014), Foreign
Financial Assistance Accountability And Transparency Are Hallmarks,
by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 26/04/2014)
Japan
to provide Rs 1.47 billion for Micro-Hydropower Improvement project
(nn 21/04/2014)
Technical
assistance: Govt unaware of spending under TA (kp 20/04/2014)
World
Bank assures increased investment in Nepal (rep 20/04/2014)
Donor
funds used without accountability: Lawmakers (kp 18/04/2014), Dixitspeak
(kp 18/04/2014), Norway
denies funding activities against ongoing peace process (nn
18/04/2014), Funds
misuse allegation: Norway: Action to be taken if charges serious (kp 19/04/2014), PM
asks Norway to be transparent (kp 19/04/2014), Norway
to probe if its funds being misused: Assurance follows allegation
against South Asia Trust (ht 19/04/2014)
Banking
on the Bank: Making the restructured World Bank more relevant to
Nepal, by Bihari K. Shrestha (nt 18/04/2014)
Pvt
sector, civil society to take part in NPPR, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/04/2014)
FinMin
seeks more WB support for infrastructure development (rep
13/04/2014)
Swiss
grant for road projects, nutrition (ht 04/04/2014)
ADB
pledges $30m more to upgrade Bhairahawa airport (kp 01/04/2014)
World
Bank plans 4-year assistance strategy (kp 28/03/2014)
Double
standards: The term 'accountability' is exploitative as it aims to
perpetuate influence of donors and supports exploitation and oppression
of poor countries like Nepal, by Bhim Prasad Bhurtel (rep
24/03/2014)
EU
to treble aid to Nepal: FM Mahat (nn 23/03/2014)
EU
to chip in Rs 15b for energy, by Anil Giri (kp 22/03/2014)
Infrastructure
holds key to WB support (kp 09/03/2014)
US
cuts budget for Nepal for ’15: Slashes aid for third consecutive year,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 06/03/2014)
EU-funded
water project, police station in Jhapa (kp 05/03/2014)
FinMin
asks ADB to be more generous (kp 05/03/2014), ADB
board delegation visit here to observe development, impact of its
assistance (nn 05/04/2014)
Nepal
vies to lure Danish investors (ht 04/03/2014)
Nepal
gets foreign aid commitment of Rs 55.29bn: Of the total amount, Rs
37.46 billion pledged in the form of grants and Rs 17.83 billion in
loans (ht 03/03/2014)
JICA
to focus on dev of roads, hydropower (kp 22/02/2014)
Nepal
requests WB for assistance within this fiscal (kp 18/02/2014)
Dead
aid: Nepal has gone through major political changes but what has not
changed is that we are still dependent on foreign aid, by Chandra
Mani Bimoli (kp 16/02/2014
DFID
aid for earthquake response for Kathmandu (15/02/2014)
SC
frames rule for accepting foreign grant: Legal eagles oppose plan, see
threat to judicial independence, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht
15/02/2014)
Partner
In Progress: One of Nepal's oldest development partners, the United
Kingdom pledges more to alleviate poverty, by Abijit Sharma (sp
14/02/2014)
ADB
to loan extra $25 million for Melamchi (nn 13/02/2014), ADB
pledges $25m more to complete Melamchi tunnel (kp 14/02/2014), ADB
to provide $25m loan to Melamchi (ht 14/02/2014)
WB
interested in Upper Arun hydro project (ht 12/02/2004)
EF
plans to train 16,000 youths in 2014 (ht 12/02/2014)
Let
us be: The international community should not distract the CA members
with seminars and study tours, by Binod Sijapati (kp 11/02/2014)
Donors
make sure aid fulfils their vested interests: Minister (ht
11/02/2014)
AID
For Water and sanitation (kp 09/02/2014)
Japanese
assistance for Bagmati cleanup: The grant will be used to build a
wastewater treatment plant, train local people (kp 08/02/2014), Japanese
aid for clean Bagmati plan (kp 09/02/2014)
World
bank, ADB assistance to be accepted (kp 07/02/2014)
UK
will shift its aid towards Nepal’s growth: Duncan (kp 06/02/2014)
WB
not happy with seven funded projects: Expressed concerns about under
utilisation of allocated funds, lack of financial audits (ht
04/02/2014)
New
foreign aid policy in offing (rep 02/02/2014)
Nepal
portfolio performance review: NPPR meet to focus on dev effectiveness
(kp 31/01/2014)
Australia
concerned about low expenditure of aid (ht 23/01/2014)
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