Tag: #world bank
Articles tagged with #world bank
Upper Arun question mark
Indian displeasure makes World Bank and ADB to go quiet on what could be Nepal’s largest hydro project
Human flight
“It’s not whether migration is good or bad, but how we can better manage it for development and prosperity.”
Green is the colour of money and nature
In March, the World Bank approved a $150 million ‘Finance for Growth’ credit line to strengthen Nepal’s financial sector for green, resilient,…
When will Nepal’s Covid vaccine turn come?
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAWith the pre-winter resurgence of Covid-19 around the world and in Nepal, pressure is mounting on governments to procure…
VAX POPULI
Nepal Army special funeral team brings home the first fatality from Covid-19 in Bhojpur District. She was a 24-year-old woman. The government's…
Aid rarely aids agriculture in Nepal
A combination of rampant corruption, wayward planning, donor interest and an utter disregard for intended beneficiaries has delayed Nepal’s…
Nepal’s remittance villages
Bhikhari Yadav carries his father around his village in Dhanusha on a bicycle before leaving for Dubai. Photo: SHREEJANA SHRESTHA/NEPALI TIMES…
Covid-19 to reverse child survival gains
Photo: OM ASTHA RAI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe world recorded an all-time low under-five deaths in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in…
Economic cost of 5 months of Nepal lockdown
Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYAAs serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant…
When will Nepal’s future ever arrive?
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI“What do people mean by poor governance,” asked Crown Prince Dipendra. “Are they fed up with corruption? Is it that they…
Why Nepal is stuck
Illustration by Subhas Rai in Nepali Times #51 of 13-19 July 2001. As a former broadcast journalist and ex-employee of the World Bank’s Nepal…
How will Nepal develop in the next decade?
Photo : BIKRAM RAINepal is recognised as the only low-income country to have made rapid progress cutting poverty and boosting public health and…
Calendar of economic change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwbKTUYxlh0The appointment by the Communist government of respected economist Yuba Raj Khatiwada (pictured…
Artivists at the Bank
An eclectic exhibition of Nepali art on the theme of social justice in WashingtonCANVASSING: Mohini Malhotra, who helped curate the ‘Recovering…
Aiding federalism
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million credit to support Nepal’s framework for fiscal federalism and improved…