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WB
renews $100m support for fiscal federalism,
public financial management (ht 13/07/2019)
Financial
pact signed between Nepal, Germany (ht
06/07/2019)
Donor-funded
projects: Finance ministry rushes to get Rs 43b in
reimbursements by fiscal-end; Officials hope
reimbursements will help in easing pressure on a
worsening balance of payment position (rep
27/06/2019)
Aid
agencies revise operating guidelines (ht
19/06/2019)
US
and UK join hands to combat human trafficking in
Nepal: UK injects extra £4.5 million to $8 million
Hamro Samman project (rep 14/06/2019)
Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank okays first loan to
Nepal: The $90 million loan will be used to build the
Upper Trishuli 1 hydropower plant, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 11/06/2019)
Development
cooperation policy sets priority for assistance from
partners (rep 01/06/2019)
How
UK aid is helping contribute to a prosperous Nepal,
by Elizabeth G Sugg (kp 23/05/2019)
Investment
summit: Will it reduce aid dependency?, by Ujjwal
Pokhrel (ht 09/04/2019)
Progress
of foreign aided agri projects dismal in first eight
months (ht 09/04/2019)
Chinese
development agency to aid 15 northern Nepali districts,
by Anil Giri (kp 30/03/2019)
Government
utilised less than half of loan pledges, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 09/03/2019)
$630
million compact to be tabled in Parliament, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 16/02/2019)
Japan
provides Rs 63m for strengthening quake-hit schools in
Nuwakot (rep 16/02/2019)
Aiding
socialist
movement: By continuing to channel large amounts of
development assistance through government systems,
foreign aid is eroding the prospects of strong
civilian non-State institutions, by Bishal Thapa
(rep 12/02/2019)
The
donor’s dilemma: We should conduct aid diplomacy by
coming out of the ‘begging bowl’ mentality, by
Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 06/02/2019)
Foreign
aid disbursement up 16pc, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
17/01/2019), Foreign
aid in 5 provinces grows (kp 17/01/2019), 80pc
of foreign aid disbursed via budgetary system (ht
17/01/2019)
Nepal
seeks Japan’s help in a dozen projects, by Anil
Giri (kp 10/01/2019)
Rs
514m worth deal inked for women’s empowerment (ht
22/12/2018)
Development
Without Foreign Loans?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
20/12/2018)
Japan
to provide USD 500,000 to WFP Nepal for Karnali
project (rep 19/12/2018)
Five
donors to give provincial and local governments a leg
up, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/12/2018)
‘Donor
support imperative for country’s prosperity’ (kp
07/12/2018)
Aid
is
failing Nepal: The delivery mechanisms for development
aid are financing the monopoly of the state and
crowding out change agents, by Bishal Thapa (rep
04/12/2018)
Beware
of
foreign money: Funding intended to destroy our culture
and religion comes cloaked in guise of conferences
ostensibly for various humanitarian purposes, by
Sundar Mani Dixit (rep 02/12/2018)
All
that money: The question of whether foreign aid is
effective or affective continues to be relevant,
by Gabriel Jonsson and Dhananjay Shah (kp 26/11/2018)
Performance
of ADB projects slows down, by Bibek Subedi (kp
24/11/2018)
Respect
the processDevelopmental Partners should channel more
of their aid through the budgetary system, by
Tilakman Singh Bhandari (kp 22/11/2018)
EIB
delegation
to discuss support for energy sector: The delegation,
led by Andrew McDowell, vice-president of the European
Investment Bank responsible for South Asia, will make
a four-day visit to Nepal (kp 20/11/2018)
World
Bank gives Nepal $155.7 million in financial
assistance (kp 15/11/2018)
Need
to ramp up investment in energy sector of country
stressed (ht 30/10/2018)
Japan
extends grant aid for implementation of rehabilitation
of Sindhuli road (rep 26/10/2018)
Donor
support to education wanes, by Binod Ghimire (kp
11/10/2018)
Nepal
secures $200m from World Bank (kp 11/10/2018), WB
to provide Rs 23.5 billion for financial, energy
sectors: Development policy credits to come as
budgetary support to Nepal (rep 11/10/2018)
Nepal
gets
$180m ADB loan to improve East-West highway; The
project will also finance civil works and equipment
packages to improve road safety along the East-West
Highway (kp 05/10/2018)
Upgrading
infrastructure: Nepal secures $133m credit from World
Bank (kp 28/09/2018), WB
to give $133m credit to support 477 bridges (rep
28/09/2018)
ADB
loans $130m to improve water supply and sanitation
(kp 28/09/2018)
Donors’
help sought for rebuilding (kp 22/09/2018)
Germany
pledges Rs7.5b new grant to Nepal (kp 21/09/2018),
Germany
to provide support worth Rs 7.5 billion over two years
(ht 23/09/2018)
World
Bank
okays $100m grant for energy sector: Despite having
huge hydropower potential, Nepal relies heavily on
electricity imports to reduce the electricity shortage
in the country (kp 20/09/2018)
ADB
okays $160 million to rebuild quake-ravaged schools
(ht 12/09/2018)
DFID-aided
project funds profit-making banks to expand business:
Declines to disclose grant amounts to banks, by
Sagar Ghimre (rep 04/09/2018)
Foreign
aid and state building: Donors need to look at both
institutions of representation and institutions of
restraint, by Namit Wagley (kp 03/09/2018)
Nepal,
World Bank sign $15m finance agreement (kp
25/08/2018)
UNDP,
DfID to help local units implement climate projects
(rep 24/08/2018)
Centre,
central
bank in funds duel: Government backs earthquake
survivors while Nepal Rastra Bank wants to stop
concessional loans (kp 19/08/2018)
‘Time
to revise policy on foreign aid disbursement’:
According to Finance Secretary Rajan Khanal, the
country has been able to utilise only half of the
foreign aid in the last four years (kp 13/08/2018)
Pulling
out all stops: World Bank in Nepal, by Faris
Hadad-Zervos (ht 08/08/2018), World
Bank okays new framework for Nepal (kp 09/08/2018)
Finance
minister
to seek more aid from World Bank, donors: In
Washington, Khatiwada will solicit increased
assistance for projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/08/2018)
ADB-financed
projects
continue to move at sluggish pace: Less than one-third
of contract, disbursement of annual targets achieved
(rep 03/08/2018)
Basket
fund
to serve state, local govts foreign aid: Finance
Ministry officials say donors are eager to help build
capacities of provincial and local governments (kp
02/08/2018)
Foreign
aid
in agriculture: Although agriculture is a prioritized
sector in policy document and donors are involved in
its development, it stands at seventh position to
receive foreign aid, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
31/07/2018)
Pledge
and
reality: Although there is discrepancy between pledge
and committed amount, World Bank has reassured NRA to
meet the pledge, by Chandra Bahadur Shrestha
(rep 31/07/2018)
Will
block ill-intended aid money: PM Oli (kp
29/07/2018)
Foreign
Aid in Nepal’s Health Care Sector, by Balaram
Chaulagain (rn 21/07/2018)
Nepal
seeks India nod to switch $750m credit line (kp
20/07/2018) [No more need for
reconstruction? The Indian conditions are as
destructive as the Nepalese conditions on the work of
NGOs under the guise of NIP!]
Aid
donors also spent more on recurrent programs (rep
11/07/2018)
SC
turns down foreign aid but law ministry accepts it
(rep 11/07/2018), Project
to enhance access to justice launched (ht
11/07/2018), US
$4.6m access to justice project starts (kp
12/07/2018)
Follow
conduct code, diplomatic community told (ht
11/07/2018)
Nepal
clamps on India’s small project grants (kp
10/07/2018)
MoEWRI
seeks investment from Japan (ht 03/07/2018)
Saudi
Fund threatens to stop supporting Sikta if contractor
not sacked, by Rudra Khadka (rep 27/06/2018), Heed
the warning: Saudi concern on Sikta project (rep
28/06/2018)
SC
turns down Rs460 million UNDP support, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 26/06/2018) [Improvement
of
human rights and rule of law not wanted? The
suggestion to get more money through the budget
instead sounds ridiculous againsts the background that
this is not poassible and the budget, to a greater
part, is financed by foreign money as well!], AIIB
issues $1m grant to upgrade power grid (kp
26/06/2018) [Isn't this
against govt politics of rejecting foreign aid and
grants?? Doen't it make dependable? Or is it only because it effects
infrastructure and not rights?], Govt
accepting Rs 25 billion off-budget foreign aid
annually (rep 26/06/2018)
US
envoy hands over health centre (kp 14/06/2018)
Consent
of MoFA a must to obtain foreign assistance: Prime
minister (ht 05/06/2018)
Foreign
assistance: Ask tough questions, by Alaina B.
Teplitz (ht 30/05/2018)
14
bridges to be built with World Bank loan (kp
29/05/2018)
$500m
US grant likely to enter Nepal from Sept 2019 (ht
26/05/2018)
Foreign
aid to be used to fund large projects (kp
10/05/2018)
ADB
to help govt mitigate fiscal deficit (ht
05/05/2018)
Govt
renews controversial Indian embassy Small Grants
Projects, by Surendra Paudel (rep 03/05/2018)
Norway,
Germany hand over school (kp 28/04/2018)
German
development bank pulls out of heritage rebuilding
project (kp 27/04/2018)
MCA
Nepal established to direct US-funded projects, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 26/04/2018)
Humla
to be linked with road connectivity under UK govt’s
Rural Access Programme (ht 25/04/2018)
Finance
Minister
Khatiwada throws transparency norms to the wind: Holds
a meeting with development partners and donors, but
publishes press note in form of an ad with selective
info (ht 20/04/2018)
Construction
of German Technical School begins (ht 19/04/2018)
Donors
pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 17/04/2018), Donors
‘reluctant’ to submit details to NRA (rep
18/04/2018),
NRA
seeks transparent funding from donors (kp
18/04/2018)
‘ADB
will consider supporting Bhairahawa airport’,
interview with Wencai Zhang (kp 16/04/2018)
Australia
Awards to train 21 Nepalis in inclusive education
(kp 14/04/2018)
ADB
vice-prez assures continued aid to Nepal’s development
(ht 13/04/2018)
FinMin
entity
to direct US-funded projects: The compact fund will be
used to build robust energy and transport networks
which will enable the country to attract more domestic
and foreign investment, foster economic growth and
reduce the incidence of poverty, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 05/04/2018)
Most
EU grants in non-priority soft sector (rep
27/03/2018)
Global
donor agencies keen to conserve historical sites,
by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 22/03/2018)
WB
to provide Rs27.8b in credit to Nepal (kp
22/03/2018), World
Bank approves credit worth $266 million to Nepal
(ht 22/03/2018)
China
pledges rebuilding aid (kp 16/03/2018)
Japan
pledges continued support (kp 11/03/2018)
Norway
willing to support development of education (kp
09/03/2018)
Most
of UNNATI projects in eastern hills behind schedule,
by Giri Raj Baskota (rep 05/03/2018)
Reimagining
development
assistance: In the Federal Democratic Republic of
Nepal, development paradigms have to change to fuel
economic growth, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 27/02/2018)
Record
high performance of ADB-funded projects (ht
24/02/2018), Project
targets being met well, but challenges remain: ADB
(rep 24/02/2018)
Japanese
support for post-disaster psychosocial care (ht
22/02/2018)
Foreign-funded
projects to go to local levels from next fiscal
(rep 18/02/2018)
Japanese
assistance for cancer hospital (ht 16/02/2018)
ADB
to provide $100 million for Rural Connectivity
Improvement Project (ht 13/02/2018), ADB
provides $100m loan assistance to Nepal (kp
14/02/2018)
Japanese
embassy hands over community centre in Kavre (ht
10/02/2018)
Nepal
and UNDP pact will benefit 14,000 farmers (kp
03/02/2018)
ADB,
Nepal government funded mountain project bears no
fruit (ht 29/01/2018)
Japan
to provide Rs 324m for food security (kp
26/01/2018)
The
capacity
for development: Many Nepalis abroad can do just about
anything: the ones who stay back are often labelled
‘incapable’, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 26/01/2018)
World
Bank provides Rs44.8b in loan to Nepal (kp
22/01/2018)
No
need
to worry: What will happen if President Trump cuts off
US aid to Nepal? Impact will be felt in the short run,
but we can be better off in the long run, by
Niranjan Narsingh Khatri (rep 02/01/2018)
52%
of country's foreign aid went to province 3 (rep
01/01/2018) [see Development
Cooperation Report, FY 2016-17, by Ministry of
Finance]
Foreign
aid disbursement up 27 percent (kp 01/01/2018)
Record
high foreign aid received in last fiscal year (ht
01/01/2018)
Govt
phases out donor-funded social programmes (kp
31/12/2017)
Aid
accountability:
Nepal lacks internal capacity to spend development aid
on time; policy analysts should closely follow how MCC
grant is spent, by Pawan Roy and Saurav Raj Pant
(kp 29/12/2017)
MoF
prepares formation order to tap US grant (kp
29/12/2017)
Germany
announces additional grant for Damauli-Lekhnath
transmission line (rep 19/12/2017)
Power
lines, substations being upgraded with ADB funding,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/12/2017)
WB
provides $300m for housing rebuild (kp 18/12/2017)
JICA
to
help build disaster management park: The primary
purposes of such park is to provide temporary
evacuation space and to support rescue
activities in times of disasters (kp 16/12/2017)
Saudi
Arabia to support Rs 3b in reconstruction (rep
15/12/2017)
Japan
extends support to Siraha hospital (kp 14/12/2017)
5.5m
euro EU grant to CTEVT (rep 13/12/2017)
Japan
to provide ophthalmic equipment (ht 12/12/2017)
Development
partners to help govt (ht 10/12/2017)
WB
approves $80m credit to support livestock development
(ht 09/12/2017), WB
to provide $80m for livestock sector (kp
10/12/2017)
ADB
appoints new country director for Nepal (kp
24/11/2017)
Donors’
meet slated for Dec first week (ht 24/11/2017)
Leave
the politics to us: Incoming ambassadors and donor
agency heads have an opportunity to learn from the
past, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 24/11/2017)
Rs
43.8m Japanese aid for disaster risk reduction (kp
22/11/2017)
Government
fails to properly implement ADB-funded projects
(kp 01/11/2017)
Country
seeks budgetary support from World Bank (ht
18/10/2017)
Rs
4.8m EU aid for post-quake recovery (kp 17/10/2017)
US
embassy inaugurates temple restoration project (kp
17/10/2017)
WB
okays $60m loan for training project (kp 03/10/2017)
ADB
provides $150m in loan for urban dev (kp 26/09/2017), ADB
to help improve urban services delivery, infrastructure in
Nepal (ht 26/09/2017)
Rs
21m French aid for kids hit by flood (kp 23/09/2017)
Why
aid
fails: The first thing you might ask is why, in one of the
poorest countries in the world, only 56.1 percent of the
budget is going directly to poverty reduction, by Bishal
Thapa (rep 19/09/2017)
Nepal,
United
States sign $500m grant agreement: Grant to be mobilised to
develop 300 km of high voltage transmission lines and
maintenance of 305 km roads, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
15/09/2017), Nepal
must wait for ‘at least a year’ to tap $500m US grant,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 16/09/2017), A
matter of time: Government transitions and failure to
maintain consistent policies over time may hamper investment
grant pledges, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 18/09/2017), Buck
the trend: Completion of MCC projects on time will encourage
others to invest in Nepal (kp 19/09/2017)
France
to help enhance country’s aviation sector (ht
15/09/2017)
$4.8m
UN fund for flood victims (ht 12/09/2017)
EU
funds 9-million-euro project for skilled human resources in
Nepal (rep 12/09/2017)
ADB
agrees to lend Rs17 billion to Nepal (kp 11/09/2017)
NPC,
UN ink UNDAF for five years (ht 02/09/2017), Nepal
signs development assistance framework with UN (kp
03/09/2017)
USAID
launches 5-year $32.7m Kisan II project (kp 31/08/2017)
Japan
offers
flood relief: Japanese Ambassador Ogawa hands over first
shipment of pledged relief goods worth Rs 23.4m to Home
Minister Sharma (kp 24/08/2017)
US
Embassy extends support for heritage restoration (kp
13/08/2017)
NBI
signs MoU with FSFM (kp 09/08/2017)
‘No
extension
of India’s Small Development Project deal’: Federal
system bars local units from taking funds directly
from bilateral or multilateral donors (kp
05/08/2017)
A
potential investor: AIIB has vowed to invest in multiple
infrastructure projects; Nepal should utilise this
opportunity, by Nischal Dhungel and Sajal Mani Dhital
(kp 04/08/2017)
Nepal
bags $500m US grant (kp 04/08/2017), Government
to accept assistance from MCC (ht 04/08/2017), MCC
board approves $500m grant for Nepal (kp 19/08/2017), Nepal,
US to sign $500m grant pact on Sept 14 (kp 04/09/2017),
Govt
to sign pact with MCC on Sept 14 (ht 06/09/2017)
WB
likely to pull the plug on $37m solar project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/08/2017), NEA
asked to retender grid-tied solar project (ht
02/08/2017), WB
defends NEA’s move to hire Chinese firm (kp 05/08/2017)
A
bad precedentDonors should introspect to find out if
they are promoting good governance (kp 25/07/2017)
Govt
yet to get Rs 42.65bn reimbursement (ht
24/07/2017)
Nepal,
US to seal $630m deal in September (kp 22/07/2017)
Global
Gag
Rule could 'cripple' healthcare in Nepal, by Ethan
B. Winter rep 17/07/2017)
Finland
giving 20 million euros to support Nepal's education
sector (rep 15/07/2017)
Nepal
receives
FDI commitment for 379 new projects: Pledges have gone
up in terms of number of projects, but slipped with
regard to monetary value (ht 12/07/2017)
ADB
to
extend $21m to support trade sector (kp
11/07/2017)
For
Power
Distribution: As Nepal improves its portfolio
management, ADB has agreed to provide $150 million
loan to help improve power distribution efficiency in
Nepal (sp 07/07/2017)
Japan
extends
Rs 257 m grant for Nepal’s human resource development
(ht 08/07/2017)
Japan
donates
eight ambulances (ht 06/07/2017)
Nepal
set
to bag biggest foreign grant from US: Deal will pave
way for tapping a funding pool of $500m via Millennium
Challenge Corporation, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp
02/07/2017) [To implement the
projects within 5 years will be a great challenge for
Nepal, else the funds will have to go back to th US.
Generally, Nepal does not observe deadlines!]
ADB
okays
$150m loan to upgrade power supply (kp 01/07/2017)
7
injured in explosion during Maoist Centre’s election
rally (kp 26/06/2017)
World
Bank
lends Rs19 billion for education sector reforms
(kp 23/06/2017)
ADB
worries about future of ongoing projects (rep
23/06/2017)
ADB-funded
projects
make slow progress (kp 22/06/2017)
AIIB
promises
huge investments in Nepal’s infrastructure development
(ht 20/06/2017), AIIB
to finance two mega projects totaling Rs 20b: Minister,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/06/2017)
Support
sought
to bridge resource gap in infrastructure sector
(ht 19/06/2017)
IFC
to invest another $7.3 million to finance small
businesses (rep 13/06/2017)
16m
euro
grant deal for energy development (kp 10/06/2017)
Bringing
aid
back to basics: Nepal’s foreign donors can now go
directly to the people through elected local
governments, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 09/06/2017)
Nepal
receives
foreign aid pledge worth Rs 222.74bn (ht
28/05/2017)
ADB
meet
ends, pledge to support poor countries (kp
08/05/2017)
ADB
to
expand lending in Asia by 50pc by ’20 (kp
05/05/2017)
Donors
commit
to extend 75pc of funds (kp 23/04/2017)
Aid
fragmentation
continues as donor agencies scatter funds (kp
17/04/2017), 37pc
foreign
aid spent off govt channel, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
17/04/2017), Dev
partners
spending more money outside govt system: Report,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/04/2017), Aid
fragmentation:
Donors should fund bigger projects instead of
scattering aid in smaller ones (kp 18/04/2017) [??], Mend
your
ways: The political parties and government must show
determination to eliminate or minimize the evil
influences of foreign money (ht 18/04/2017)
‘Support
for
local governments will be the focus for the future’,
interview with Sakuma Jun, chief representative of
JICA’s Nepal office (kp 14/04/2017)
World
Bank
extends $100m for financial sector stability (kp
12/04/2017), WB
extends
$100m budgetary support (ht 12/04/2017)
Post-development
era:
The donor downturn in Nepal comes as ‘development’
re-orients towards self-generated ‘progress’, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 24/03/2017)
EIF
support
likely to drop in next phase (ht 15/03/2017)
Aid
in
pre-1990 Nepal: Both India and China have contributed
to the building of infrastructure, seemingly with a
mind to serve their interests, by Mahendra P. Lama
(kp 08/03/2017)
Aid
for
trade: Govt, donors hold meeting (kp 07/03/2017),
Govt
prioritizes trade to achieve sustainable growth
(rep 07/02/2017), Govt,
development
partners join hands (ht 07/03/2017)
$100m
World
Bank loan for reform plan (04/03/2017)
Rs
700
million EU aid for Nepal education sector (kp
03/03/2017)
Hungary
ready
to give Rs11b soft loan (kp 02/03/201)
Minister
Mahat
calls for more Swiss assistance (kp 28/02/2017)
ADB
funded
projects set record in Nepal (kp 27/02/2017), Stop
politicization of development projects: ADB (rep
27/02/2017) [!!], Political
parties
criticised for nepotism while appointing directors for
development projects (ht 27/02/2017), Ghost
contractors a serious problem in project execution in
Nepal, says ADB (rep 28/02/2017), ADB
stresses
on promotion of PPP (kp 01/03/2017)
Use
of
foreign aid: Many questions, by Atindra Dahal (ht
27/02/2017)
Japan
to
provide Rs 5.25 million for reconstruction of
quake-hit schools (ht 24/02/2017)
Himalayan
river
basisns: 2nd phase of activities launched under SDIP2
(kp 22/02/2017)
China
and
France pledge further help in rebuilding efforts
(kp 21/02/2017)
ADB
to finance 2nd phase of Melamchi project (rep
21/02/2017)
Japan
extends
support to improve water supply in Pokhara (ht
16/02/2017)
US
announces $300,000 challenge for data-driven solutions
for food security (rep 10/02/2017)
MCC
grants: Roads, electricity transmission projects to be
picked on March 17 (rep 30/01/2017)
Foreign
aid
commitment up 40pc in first 6 months of FY (kp
29/01/2017)
US
provided
assistance worth $160 million to Nepal in 2016:
According to the US Embassy in Kathmandu, the aid was
issued in the areas such as health, education,
agriculture, environment, and reconstruction (kp
27/01/2017)
Swiss
financial
assistance for improving road access (ht
27/01/2017)
Govt
accepts
Rs 16.37b WB loan assistance (kp 20/01/2017), World
Bank
to extend Rs16.37 billion loan (kp 24/01/2017)
KTM-Tarai
fast
track project: Donors showing interest to finance
76-km expressway (kp 04/01/2017)
Japan
pledges
Rs 1 billion for medical kit, food security (kp
29/12/2016)
‘Donors,
INGOs influencing lawmaking process’, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 28/12/2016)
Donors
unhappy
with move to raise individual house reconstruction aid
(ht 26/12/2016), Donors
pressing
for roll back on Rs 300,000 quake grant: NRA; 'Govt
will not back down on decision', by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 26/12/2016)
JICA
hands
over VDC building in Thokarpa (kp 23/12/2016)
Japan
extends
Rs15.1b to build Nagdhunga tunnel, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 21/12/2016), Japan,
Nepal
sign deal on nagdhunga tunnel project, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 23/12/2016)
World
Bank
to provide $55m additional loan (kp 20/12/2016)
US
Embassy,
ADB to rebuild 15 quake-hit schools (kp
17/12/2016)
More
bangs
for bucks: Proliferation of donors and increasing
fragmentation of aid call for better coordination with
the recipient government, by Tilakman Singh
Bhandari (rep 14/12/2016)
ADB
pledges
$20m aid to spur investment in solar (kp
09/12/2016)
EU
increases
aid for PFM reform (ht 08/12/2016)
‘World
Bank
can help build Kathmandu-tarai fast track’,
interview with Annette Dixon, the world Bank vice
president for south Asia (kp 08/12/2016)
‘Any
increase
in annual lending must go hand in hand with higher
utilisation’, interview with Kenichi Yokoyama,
Country Director of ADB Nepal Resident Mission (ht
05/12/2016)
World
Bank
extending $150m loan to Nepal (kp 04/12/2016)
ADB
okays
$186m loan to upgrade key road sections (kp
02/12/2016), ADB
approves
$186.80 million loan (ht 02/12/2016)
AIIB
‘ready’
to finance 2 infra projects: Project areas and loan
amount yet to be specified mainly due to the lack of
preparations on the Nepal side, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/11/2016)
Germany
pledges
Rs 4.2b in support (kp 24/11/2016), Germany
pledges
Rs 4.2 billion in support (ht 24/11/2016), Germany
to provide 36 million euros in next two years (rep
24/11/2016)
Nepal
likely
to get $300m credit from WB, ADB (kp 20/11/2016)
Prepare
projects
for funding, AIIB chairman tells Nepal, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 13/11/2016)
WB-ADB
mission
to discuss $1b loan to energy sector: The donors had
expressed interest to lend $500m each in response
to Nepal’s request for funding to implement a 10-year
Energy Emergency Plan unveiled last February, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/11/2016)
Government,
ADB
launch Sasec operational plan: The multilateral lending
institution aims to implement projects worth over $100b
in S Asia (kp 08/11/2016)
Feasibility
studies
of MCC projects to be completed within January (kp
05/11/2016), Nepal
passes
criteria to be re-selected for compact programme of US
govt’s MCC (ht 05/11/2016), Nepal
passes
16 of 20 indicators of US MCC Scorecard 2017:
Performance ensures eligibility for grant for 2017,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 05/11/2016)
ADB
approves
$120m loan to improve education standard (ht
03/11/2016)
DfID
extends
1.5m pounds to WFP for post-quake works (kp
25/10/2016)
Panel
formed
to coordinate aid (kp 24/10/2016)
ADB
happy
about project implementation: The lender, however, says
achievements should not provide room to become
complacent (kp 21/10/2016)
AIIB
team
to visit next month to discuss proposed projects (ht
18/10/2016)
Reconstruction
of
ADB-assisted school projects begin (ht 04/10/2016)
Govt,
WB
negotiate Rs16b soft loan for new project, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/09/2016)
Time
to
branch out: Changes in European foreign aid policies
are going to affect Nepal’s renewable energy sector,
by Bibek Raj Kandel (kp 27/09/2016)
WB
hails
post-quake rebuilding aid distribution (kp
23/09/2016) [??], ‘World
Bank
willing to increase concessional financing for Nepal
between 2017 and 2020’ (ht 23/09/2016)
Norwegian
ambassador
concerned over post-earthquake reconstruction (ht
23/09/2016)
Donors
seek
refund of unspent Peace money, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/09/2016) [!!]
Preparations
underway
to decommission Nepal Peace Trust Fund (kp
18/09/2016)
UK’s
DFID
pledges Rs11.9b to Nepal (kp 15/09/2016)
Govt
to
bridge gap between foreign aid commitment and
disbursement, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
02/09/2016)
Nagdhunga-Naubise
tunnel:
Japan to provide Rs18b loan; According to officials at
the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport,
an announcement about the loan is likely to be made on
Thursday or Friday, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/09/2016), Rs
1.832b
Japanese grant for 2 projects: Officials from Nepal
and Japan sign and exchange the agreements for the
grant assistance (kp 01/09/2016), Japan
approves
Rs1.51b grant to boost air safety: The scheme will
improve safety at eight airports across Nepal—five
short take-off and landing airstrips, two regional
airports and Tribhuvan International Airport (kp
01/09/2016)
Welcome
foreign
aid: Reconstruction of quake-hit districts should be
assigned to different countries, by Dinesh Malla (kp
30/08/2016)
WB
okays
$55m loan for roads, bridges (kp 27/2016)
Agreement
with
development partners stalls, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 26/08/2016)
Donor-funded
development
projects: Issues causing low spending should be
resolved, MPs say (kp 17/08/2016)
Role Of
Foreign Aid In Nepal’s Development, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 06/08/2016)
Rs
105m
Swiss support for Jiri School (kp 05/08/2016)
Japan
pledges
continued support (ht 31/07/2016)
Korean
support
to WFP for zero hunger in Nepal (kp 21/07/2016)
EU
provides
Rs6b to rebuild earthquake-hit communities (kp
15/07/2015), EU
provides
50m euros (ht 15/07/2016)
Japanese
govt
provides Rs 5 billion (ht 08/07/2016)
Support
sought
for hydropower development (ht 30/06/2016)
WB,
ADB
‘to extend’ $1b line of credit, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/06/2016), $1
billion
credit to energy sector: WB, ADB insists on early
introduction of reforms (kp 18/06/2016)
Foreign
aid’s
share in budget may cross 30 pc, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 23/05/2016)
Development
achievements:
In this bicentenary year, the exhibition Hatemalo helps
us celebrate the things Nepal and UK have achieved
together, by Richard Morris and Gail Marzetti (kp
20/05/2016)
Project
to
build homes for quake-hit (ht 20/05/2016)
EC
extends
Rs660m aid (kp 19/05/2016)
Government
signs
grant, loan mobilisation pacts worth $1.82bn (ht
19/05/2016)
EU,
UNICEF
to build 650 learning centres (kp 12/05/2016)
Govt
urged
to request for more int’l funding (kp 12/05/2016)
NHRC
gets
USD 128 million to promote human rights (ht
06/05/2016)
Govt
set
to receive 64 percent of the aid pledged by donors
(rep 06/05/2016) [??]
Donor
assistance
fills quake survivors with new hope (ht
05/05/2016)
UN
agencies
spent Rs 25 billion: Report doesn’t show where bulk of
funds went, by Surendra Paudel (ht 04/05/2016)
ADB
and
AIIB sign a major: infrastructure deal for Pak: Asian
Dev Bank chief says regional connectivity important
for Nepal, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 03/05/2016)
UN
pledges
int’l support to Nepal for reconstruction: UN official
advises utilising domestic and foreign skills in
reconstruction work (kp 03/05/2016)
DPM
seeks
UK aid through Nepal government channel (kp
29/04/2016)
Volume
of
technical assistance by donors growing (rep
27/04/2016)
Aid
through
govt channel down, by Prithvi Man Shresta (kp
25/04/2016) [No wonder since
this would be wasted aid!], Donor's
spending
through own channel up 17 percent (rep 26/04/2016)
Health
sector
largest single recipient of foreign assistance
(rep 25/04/2016)
EU
pledges
€105m grant (kp 25/04/2016)
UK
assures
continued help for reconstruction (kp 23/04/2016)
DPM
Thapa
seeks increased support from development partners
(ht 22/04/2016) [Why? You not
even invest the money admitted by the donor nations in
the past?]
WFP
begins
programme for vulnerable groups: WFP pledges support
to government’s livelihood recovery strategy in
various sectors, including nutrition and disaster risk
reduction (kp 22/04/2016), WFP
to
support livelihood recovery of quake vicitms (ht
22/04/2016)
ADB
urges
government to improve performance in project
implementation (ht 22/04/2016), Nepal's
portfolio
performance suffered from prolonged procurement
process: ADB senior official (rep 22/04/2016)
ADB
urges
strict action against slow contractors (kp
22/04/2016)
JICA’s
aid
scheme rekindles hope among quake survivors, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/04/2016)
Succour
for
Bahrabise PHCC (kp 19/04/2016)
Foreign
aid
commitment down nearly 30 per cent (ht 19/04/2016)
NGOs
get
$121 million US funds (kp 16/04/2016)
Development
partners
vow to extend Rs 200 billion (ht 01/04/2016)
Japanese
support
for building hostel for deaf, blind children (ht
18/03/2016)
Checkered
history:
Those who benefit from foreign aid and its patronage
networks have an incentive to continue with the status
quo, by Jeevan R. Sharma (rep 09/03/2016)
Rs
8m
Japan grant to restore Patan Durbar Square (kp
03/03/2016)
No
deadline
extension for MCC projects: Sumar (kp 03/03/2016)
Canada
announces
reconstruction aid: A fresh $1.2m investment will
restore housing, public buildings and infrastruc-ture,
says the Canadian Embassy in New Delhi (kp
01/03/2016)
Japanese
assistance
for renovation of local learning centre (ht
01/03/2016)
India,
China
outline areas for rebuilding, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha and Bhadra Sharma (kp 27/02/2016)
ADB
agrees
to boost lending to Nepal (kp 26/02/2016), ADB
willing
to expand annual lending to Nepal (ht 26/02/2016)
EU
provides
Rs 480 m support for education (ht 23/02/2016)
Rs3.5b
JICA
aid for bridge, hospitals, water project (kp
18/02/2016)
Shifting
donor
priorities: International commitment to community
forestry in Nepal has sadly fizzled out, by
Ghanshyam Pandey (kp 17/02/2016)
World
Bank
provides USD 22.5 million loan assistance (rep
05/02/2016), World
Bank
veep concludes Nepal visit (rep 06/02/2016)
ADB
‘dissatisfied’
with performance of major energy sector projects
(ht 31/01/2016)
Koreans
to
provide therapy to quake survivors of Bhaktapur,
Lalitpur (kp 27/01/2016)
Just
4
percent of foreign aid spent so far this year, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/01/2016)
Government
told
to revise foreign aid policy (ht 26/01/2016)
World
Bank
Group agrees to support SSRP (ht 24/01/2016)
UK
spent
£3m on quake rescue Chinooks for Nepal (ht
23/01/2016)
ADB
ready
to boost annual lending to Nepal by 60pc (kp
22/01/2016), ADB
ready
to increase annual lending level to Nepal (ht
22/01/2016)
Nepal
to
seek funding from AIIB to implement mega projects
(ht 20/01/2016)
US
aid
for building crisis mgmt centre (kp 16/01/2016)
Govt
urged
to ramp up capital expenditure (ht 16/01/2016)
Rs
231m
EU aid for Bhutanese refugees (kp 14/01/2016), European
Union
contributes Euros 2 mi to UNHCR to support Bhutanese
refugees (ht 14/01/2016)
23pc
funding
pledges secured (ht 14/01/2016)
Working
procedure
to channelise foreign aid within two months (ht
03/01/2016)
Foreign
aid
commitment down 55.90pc (ht 24/12/2015), Aid
diverted (ht 25/12/2015)
Japan
formalises
aid pledge for rebuilding, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 22/12/2015), Japan
provides
Rs 26bn for reconstruction (ht 22/12/2015)
Post-quake
rehabilitation:
Germany pledges Rs 3.51 billion (kp 15/12/2015)
ADB
to
give $15m for quake victims (kp 09/12/2015)
Development
works
disrupted (kp 23/11/2015)
UNHAS
gets
fund to aid quake-hit (kp 17/11/2015), ‘Humanitarian
airlifts
to continue’ (ht 17/11/2015)
ADB
willing
to help install solar plant, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 12/11/2015)
Nepal
receives
foreign aid commitment of Rs 55.4 billion (ht
06/11/2015)
DFID
announces
support for quake victims (ht 04/11/2015), DFID
announces
£10m 2nd phase of quake relief (rep 04/11/2015)
US
announces
initiatives to support reconstruction (ht
29/10/2015)
ADB
okays
$15m aid to help quake-hit districts (kp
09/10/2015), ADB
approves
$15 million grant to rebuild Nepal schools (ht
09/10/2015)
Hydropower
development:
WB approves $20m credit (kp 28/09/2015)
Global
charities
accused of ‘misleading’ public: Up to sixth of funds
meant for Nepal being spent on overheads; quake-hit
areas bear the brunt (ht 22/09/2015)
EU
supports
in reconstruction (kp 13/09/2015)
US
provides
Rs34m as rebuilding aid (kp 13/09/2015)
Recovery
support
to earthquake affected (ht 13/09/2015)
Result-focused
project
execution emphasised: NPPR highlights constraints in
improving performance of donor-funded initiatives
(ht 12/09/2015)
Bihar
offers
Rs 28m to quake relief fund (kp 10/09/2015)
Reconstruction
process:
Govt’s tardy approach worries donors, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 08/09/2015)
Nepal
envoy
urges handover of fund for quake victims (ht
03/09/2015) [???]
Sector-wise
project
review to be done (kp 24/08/2015)
Trade
not
aid: Foreign investment, more than foreign aid, will
help Nepal recover from the quake, by Sumesh
Shivakoty (kp 23/08/2015)
ADB
plans
to fund 3 power projects, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
16/08/2015)
Nepal
could
lose $100m in potential ADB aid, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/08/2015)
WFP
begins
assessing rural roads (kp 11/08/2015)
Allocation
for
off-budget programmes jumps to 24.67 per cent this
fiscal (ht 05/08/2015)
IMF
okays
$49.7m budgetary support (kp 02/08/2015), IMF
approves
$49.7m credit for Nepal (ht 03/08/2015)
ADB:
Nepal
could lose funding if no improvement (kp
28/07/2015), Investment
Board
to consult with WB, ADB, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
29/07/2015)
UNFPA
reaches
out to quake-vulnerable population (ht 27/07/2015)
Half
of
$422m UN aid appeal met: OCHA (kp 25/07/2015)
Unicef
aid
for 450k children (kp 25/07/2015)
$8
million
S Korean grant for Nawalparasi project (ht
25/07/2015)
Help
gone
wrong: The government of Nepal is equally responsible
for the distribution of substandard food by the World
Food Programme, by Prakash Budha Magar (kp
21/07/2015)
Poor
guides:
Why the preference among donor countries to give aid
to Nepal but not to help it get back to its feet on
its own?, by Max Mørch (rep 18/07/2015)
USAID
launches
hydro dev project (kp 14/07/2015)
Foreign
aid
commitment doubled this fiscal (ht 11/07/2015)
Germany
to
provide Rs 3.20 bn grant assistance to Nepal (ht
09/07/2014)
Utilising
Aid For Welfare Of Receiving Country, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 04/07/2015)
Govt
to
request IMF to extend $50m in budgetary support
(ht 04/o7/2015)
UNOCHA
director
terms media reports ‘nonsense’: Says damaged items
never distributed to victims, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 02/07/2015), UN
berates
Nepali media: Threatens to withdraw supplies from
Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 02/07/2015), WFP
replaces
rotten rice in quake-hit Gorkha, by Sudip Kaini
(kp 03/07/2015), Do
no
harm: A return to rational, measured discourse is the
only way to tackle the WFP controversy (kp
03/07/2015), NHRC
objects
to UN official’s remarks (ht 03/07/2015), Poor
defence (ht), WFP
pledges
to continue support: Says will assist quake victims
despite controversies (ht 04/07/2015), Media
fraternity flays top UN official for his remarks
(ht 04/07/2015), WFP
‘to
clarify on damaged food’ (kp 08/07/2015)
WB
okays
$300m loan for quake recovery (kp 01/07/2015), World
Bank
approves $300 million to support Nepal’s earthquake
recovery (ht 01/07/2015)
Parliament
Secretariat,
UNDP renew pact (kp 30/06/2015)
There’s
a
lot of intl commitment to help Nepal’s reconstruction,
interview with
Børge Brende,
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs (kp 29/06/2015)
No
More Loans, Please, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
29/06/2015)
Reconstruction
and
rehabilitation: If all pledged aid comes, govt need not
use its funds, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
29/06/2015)
WFP
plans
cash transfer to quake victims (ht 29/06/2015)
No
debt
relief for Nepal, says IMF (kp 27/06/2015)
Donors’
meet
a success: PM (kp 27/06/2015), A
grand success: I think our incompetent politicians
should be reminded that begging for a few dollars and
getting some is not something to be proud of, by
Guffadi (kp 27/06/2015) [satirical]
Generous
aid
pledges delight Nepal, by Anil Giri (kp
26/06/2015), $4.4
bn
committed for recovery, reconstruction (ht), Sushma
Swaraj
pledges $1 billion Indian aid (ht), ADB
okays
$200m in immediate aid (kp 26/06/2015), 90pc
ADB
aid to go to infrastructure projects (ht
26/06/2015), Donors
stress
transparency on part of Nepal government in rebuilding
efforts (ht), Fund
transparency
at heart of reconstruction, says govt, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 26/06/2015), PM
seeks
aid through official govt window: Assures full
transparency of donors’funding, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht), ‘Outcome
beyond
expectations’, excerpts from an interview with Ram
Sharan Mahat (kp 26/06/2015), Friendly
nations
stand by Nepal for recovery (kp 26/06/2015), UN:
Nepal
still requires humanitarian assistance (kp
26/06/2015), 2.8
million
Nepalis still need humanitarian aid: UN (ht
26/06/2015), Thoughts
on
using the money (kp 26/06/2015), Beggars
and
choosers, by Hitesh Karki (rep 27/06/2015), Donors’
Conference
On Reconstruction Mobilization, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km 27/06/2015)
Subcontracting
kindness:
Less than 1 per cent of global funding for earthquake
relief will go directly to groups in Nepal, by
Emily Troutman (nt 26/06/2015)
Spend
it
right: As in Haiti, foreign donors should not bypass
the government of Nepal, by Rajju Malla Dhakal (kp
26/06/2015)
‘WFP
sent
substandard rice for quake victims’: House panel
report says agency officials were well aware about the
inferior quality of the food (ht 26/06/2015)
India,
China
indicate huge aid pledges: Together, the two
neighbours ‘promise Rs 160m’; Substantive commitments
also from other major donors US, EU, Japan, by
Anil Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/06/2015), Foreign
dignitaries
visit quake-hit areas (kp 25/06/2015), Foreign
delegates
visit Basantapur, Sankhu (ht 25/06/2015), Donors’
meet
begins today: Govt needs Rs 402 billion for
rehabilitation, reconstruction, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 25/06/2015), Donors
start
making sector-wise support, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
25/06/2015)
Govt
has
to justify its one-door mechanism for receiving funds,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/06/2015), What
to expect: The donors will want to know how the money
is going to be spent; PDNA is silent on how the quake
affected families are to benefit from the whole scheme
(ht 25/06/2015)
What
Nepal
needs: International friends of Nepal, I request you
to invest in opportunities in our villages and towns,
by Bibek Paudel (rep 25/065/2015)
Aid
and
conflict: That humanitarian operations can contreibute
to conflict has been proven again and again in recent
emergencies, by Rajendra Mulmi and Michael Shipler
(rep 25/06/2015)
Govt
sets
up fund to funnel all resources for reconstruction,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 25/06/2015)
PM
expresses
concern about quality of relief supplies (ht
25/06/2015)
Rising
from
the rubble: Development partners can help build
Nepal’s confidence by expressing solidarity with the
country and pledging resources, by Govinda Raj
Pokharel (kp 25/06/2015)
Accounts
and
accountability: As much as pledging money, Donor
Conference is also about accountability (kp
25/06/2015)
IFC
aid
for hydropower development (kp 25/06/2015)
Cap-In-Hand
Meeting, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 24/06/2015)
Govt
pins
high hopes on tomorrow’s donor meet: Officials
preparing for conference expect grant, loan
commitments to the tune of $3 billion, by Anil
Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/06/2015), Int’l
Conference
for Nepal’s Reconstruction: Govt looking forward to
grants, soft loans, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
24/06/2015), Int’l
partners
willing to help Nepal: PM (kp 25/06/2015), PM
consults
leaders on conference (ht 24/06/2015), Guests
start
arriving for summit (kp 24/06/2015), 53
countries,
agencies confirm participation (ht 24/06/2015)
WB
announces
$500 million aid for earthquake recovery (kp
24/06/2015), WB
pledges
soft loan of up to Rs 50 billion (ht 24/06/2015)
Setting
the
agenda: Organising the donor conference is just one
among the many things the government needs to do,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 23/06/2015)
Aid
independent:
Since total foreign aid accountsfor only six percent
of GNI it would be wrong to say Nepal is aid-dependent,
by Puru Shah (rep 23/06/2015)
Humanitarian
disaster:
Boost Nepali resilience, by Annette Dixon (ht
23/06/2015)
New
Agenda For Donor Conference: Making Migration Free For
Nepalese, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 23/06/2015)
Attendees’list
for
ICNR continues to grow: Delegates of 45
countries,agencies have confirmed participation for
donors’meet so far (ht 23/06/2015)
Foreign
delegates
to visit Sankhu, Basantapur (ht 23/06/2015)
House
panel
asks govt to provide more details on donor conference
(kp 22/06/2015), Call
all-party
meet to discuss donor conference: Lawmakers to govt
(rep 22/06/2015)
Govt
aims
to check misuse of quake funds by aid groups, by
Arjun Poudel (rep 22/06/2015)
APMDD
calls
for cancellation of Nepal’s external debt (ht
22/06/2015)
Donors'
conference:
Mahat, Pandey say no clash between them; Brief
National Disaster Management and Monitoring Special
Committee about preparations (kp 22/06/2015)
EU
commissioner
to attend donor conference (kp 20/06/2015), Donors’conference
sans
top leaders: Indian, Chinese prime ministers not to
participate due to conflict of schedules (ht
20/06/2015), Preparations
for
donors' conference over (rep 20/06/2015), Swaraj,
Wang
to lead Indian, Chinese teams (ht 21/06/2015)
Govt
urged
to focus on grants, not loans, at int’l donors’ meet
(kp 18/06/2015), ‘Aid
must
be prioritised based on nat’l needs’ (kp
19/06/2015), Friends
in
need: Plans for disbursement of home rebuilding grants
and loans face obstacles, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
19/06/2015), How
not
to reinvent the wheel: Donor funding should not just
go for reconstruction, but help build capacity, by
Bihari K. Shrestha (nt 19/06/2015), Donors
make
big announcements, fail to keep words: DPM Gautam
(rep 19/05/2015) [Just like
Nepali politicians!!!]
Donor
conference:
2 ministries in turf war over meet preps (kp
17/06/2015)
Low
fund
utilisation threatens development, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 17/06/2015)
WB
to
give at least $500m for recovery (kp 17/06/2015),
WB
to
announce support package soon (ht 18/06/2015)
Donors
spent
major portion of quake aid on int’l staff: Govt,
by Surendra Paudel (rep 16/06/2015) [claims
a govt that is neither able to spend donated relief
money nor donor supported development capital!!!]
Donor
dilemma:
Despite mistrust of Nepal’s institutions, the only way
to rebuild Nepal is by working with them, by Ram
C. Acharya (kp 15/06/2015)
Change
mindset:
Unless we can change this dependency mindset and act
accordingly, we will be in the same situation years
from now (ht 15/06/2015)
US
pledges
Rs 8 billion support for Nepal (ht 14/06/2015)
Reconstruction
body
‘before donor summit’: Govt argues setting up
committee ahead of June 25 conference will encourage
donors to commit funds (kp 14/06/2015), Reconstruction
body
will have donors as observing members, interview
with Govinda Raj Pokhrel, NPC (kp 15/06/2015)
JICA
to
help Nepal recover from quake (kp 13/06/2015)
Aussie
govt
supports schools (kp 11/06/2015)
World
Bank
extends assistance of $7.47bn for road safety project
(ht 10/06/2015)
Dutch
govt
to reconsider Nepal for development grant: Visiting
minister (ht 09/06/2015)
Tracking
aid
money, by Chahana Sigdel (kp 07/06/2015) [see tool
by Open Nepal Initiative]
Ban,
Modi,
Li among invitees for donor meet (kp 05/06/2015),
PM
Modi
likely to attend conference: Indian Minister Swaraj
(kp 11/06/2015), Modi
to
arrive 'if schedule permits’ (kp 12/06/2015), Mahat
invites
Modi to donor conference, by Devendra Bhattarai
(kp 13/06/2015)
25
June
Donor Summit: Political aftershocks have spread
uncertainty about the lifespan of the government at a
time when it is preparing for a meeting of donors,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 05/06/2015)
"We
need
help to rebuild Nepal", interview with Ram Sharan
Mahat (nt 05/06/2015)
Australia
to
help affected micro-enterprises (ht 05/06/2015)
IFC
invests
$3.8 million in agribusiness sector (kp
05/06/2015)
Donors
to
pledge more aid at upcoming meet, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/06/2015)
Donors’
support
sought to rebuild schools (ht 02/06/2015)
Deal
with
govt must for I/NGOs’ involvement, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/06/2016), Quakes
of
wrath: Massive monsoon exodus isn’t far away if
government, int’l response remain tepid (kp
01/06/2015),
Dealing
with
donors: The upcoming donor conference will be
instrumental in planning Nepal’s long-term
reconstruction, by Som P. Pudasaini (kp
01/06/2015), Highest
level
of donor participation sought: Finance minister hopes
international meet on June 25 will generate hope and
boost confidence (ht 02/06/2015)
Follow-up
donor
conference in September, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Key
donors
keen to support beyond official window, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 30/05/2015)
Haiti
donates
$1m for Nepal earthquake recovery (kp 29/05/2015)
Germany
to
provide Rs 3.36 billion support (ht 27/05/2015)
Donors’
meet
to be held on June 25, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/05/2015), Govt
prefers
grants, cash, says FinMin (kp 27/05/2015), Unclear
plan:
The government also needs to be clear about its
priorities before it convenes the donors’ conference
in mid-June (ht 27/05/2015)
Ireland
ups
relief to 1.5 million euros (rep 25/05/2015)
Friendly
countries
keen to host donors’ conference outside Nepal:
Government to seek waiver or reduction of foreign debt,
by Lekahnath Pandey (ht 24/05/2015)
Development
policy
credit: WB may extend additional $50m, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 24/05/2015)
Japan,
UNDP
agree to offer $1m grant for recovery works (kp
23/05/2015)
Humanitarian
aid
worth Rs 26.69b received so far, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 23/05/2015)
Where
is
Nepal aid money going? Britain is the biggest national
donor to Nepal—but what will happen to the money
flowing into a country where corruption is seen as
‘endemic’?, by Simon Cox (BBC 21/05/2015)
US
announces
additional $9 million for quake response, recovery
(ht 21/05/2015)
Nepal
may
ask donors to write off part of debt: Many though do
not want country to push for debt relief fearing it
might lead to moral hazard, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
21/05/2015)
UK
pledges
continued support (kp 20/05/2015)
Campaign
on
to cancel part of Nepal’s foreign debt: Before the
earthquake the country paid $215 million annually in
debt payment (ht 20/05/2015)
ADB
to
boost trade finance by $40 million (kp 20/05/2015)
High-level
representation
sought in donor conference (kp 19/05/2015)
FRC
triples
its aid to Nepal (kp 17/05/2015)
Government
postpones
donor meet: The govt aims to assess he damage with the
help of experts from donor agencies in two months
(kp 14/05/2015)
Only
15
per cent of $423 million sought received so far:
‘Donors want their money to go directly to needy
people and oppose cumbersome process’ (ht
14/05/2015)
Japan
announces
Rs 1.4 billion support to Nepal (ht 13/05/2015)
Govt
to
ask donors for cash aid (kp 07/05/2015)
UK
govt
boosts international aid effort in Nepal (ht), Germany
provides
2.5 million euros (ht 07/05/2015), Germany,
Norway
scale up aid to Nepal (rep 07/05/2015)
5
donors pull plug on support to NPTF, by Anil Giri
(kp 23/04/2015), Donors
to
continue support for peace-building initiatives,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 23/04/2015)
The
donors’
new clothes: Donor attempts to provide technical
solutions to a political problem like corruption are a
waste of resources, by Narayan Manandhar (kp
17/04/2015)
Donors
left
out of PPP Policy consultative meeting (ht
17/04/2015)
Nordic
lessons:
While engaging in development cooperation with Nepal,
Nordic countries try to consider what lessons, both
good and bad, our region's history may provide, by
Kisten Geelan, Kjell Tormod Pettersen and Asko
Luukainnen (rep 14/04/2015), The
Nordic
dream: The ambassadors' suggestion of 'public
educational revolution' is a day-dream, by Adarsha
Tuladhar (rep 20/04/2015), Nordic
response:
Education builds social capital and a sense of social
cohesion, by Kjell
Tormod Pettersen, Kirsten Geelan and Asko
Luukainnen (rep 23/04/2015), Nepal
and
the Nordics: Those who would assist Nepal must
consider weaknesses in both donor mindset and
superstructure, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp
24/04/2015)
Far
West
receives lowest foreign aid (kp 12/04/2015)
One-sixth
of
foreign aid routed through INGOs (kp 11/04/2015)
Donor
aid
fragmentation raises govt eyebrows (ht 11/04/2015)
Half
of
allocated foreign assistance remained unspent in FY
2013/14 (rep 11/04/2015)
USAID
to
support smallholder farmers (ht 11/04/2015)
Nepal
likely
to get more aid in 2017: According to the report,
Nepal is expected to get $1.09 billion in foreign aid
in 2017, up from $1.02 billion in 2014 (kp
10/04/2015) [see OECD
report]
USAID
grant
to improve reading skills of first, second, third
graders (kp 10/04/2015)
USAID
joins
Multi-Donor Trust Fund (kp 31/03/2015)
Nepal
risks
UK aid cut for ‘endemic corruption’, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp 28/03/2015), UK
House
panel recommends reduction in aid to Nepal (ht
28/03/2015)
KFAED
extends
credit of Rs 1.68bn to Nepal (ht 24/03/2015)
Foreign
aid
commitment up 259pc so far this fiscal (ht
21/03/2015)
Nagdhunga-Naubise
road:
Japan ‘agrees’ to provide loan for tunnel road (kp
20/03/2015)
Donors
propose
joint taskforce: Mechanism would engage in strategic
dialogue to address development challenges (kp
19/03/2015), Donors
ask
govt to form strategic group: Seek a platform to
discuss problems faced during project implementation
(ht 19/03/2015)
Diplomatic
norms
and ethics: Contradictions and anomalies, by
Niranjan Mani Dixit (ht 19/03/2015)
71pc
foreign
aid mobilised through budget, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 19/03/2015)
Japan
grants
Rs 9.8 million (ht 17/03/2015)
Japanese
aid
for Solu school (kp 12/03/2015)
WB-financed
projects
miss spending target, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/03/2015)
Direct
payment
‘key problem’ in aid mgmt (kp 08/03/2015)
Govt,
IFAD
fund $37m project for small farmers (kp
28/02/2015)
Japan
to
provide Rs 12.4m for Bagmati cleanup, by Riwaj Rai
(rep 28/02/2015)
Saudi
Fund
to extend financial assistance of Rs 2.41bn (ht
25/02/2015)
Swayne
inspects
DFID work (kp 21/02/2015)
World
Bank
to fund 25 MW solar plant (kp 21/02/2015)
Japanese
assistance
for drinking water project in Sunsari (ht
14/02/2015)
Swiss
support
for irrigation project (kp 11/02/2014), Switzerland
extends
grant assistance of Rs 1.78 billion (ht
11/02/2015)
ADB
to
provide $1b in loans over three years (kp
04/02/2015), ADB
urges
better investment climate (ht 04/02/2015)
ADB
increases
funding for ailing infra sector (kp 31/01/2015)
Foreign
aid
commitment up 300pc in first half of this fiscal
(ht 29/01/2015)
World
Bank
VP for SAsia pledges support (ht 20/01/2015)
ADB-funded
projects:
Contract processing time rises sharply, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 19/01/2015), ADB
dissatisfied
with slow pace of projects: By the end of 2014, half
of the bank’s active portfolio had not awarded
contracts (ht 19/01/2015)
Blurred
reflections:
Old Nepal hand critiques Canadian aided projects in
Nepal, by Ivan Gyozo Somlai (nt 16/01/2015)
Faults
in
foreigners: If donors are serious about their
anti-corruption efforts, they should first conduct an
appraisal into their own situation, by Narayan
Manandhar (kp 08/01/2015)
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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