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US$
665,000 for Nepal to improve trade capacity (rn 31/12/2004)
Denmark,
Norway pledge Rs 385.3m in grant assistance (kp 28/12/2004), Norway,
Denmark to provide aid for energy (rn 28/12/2004)
ADB
aid may go down the drain Gopal Tiwari (ht 27/12/2004)
Flirting
with foreign aid (kp 26/12/2004)
ADB
provides US$ 40m loan assistance (kp 24/12/2004), Rs.
2.83 B ADB loan for rural infrastructure, employment (rn 24/12/2004)
Monitoring
aid (ht 24/12/2004)
Convincing
and visible reforms must to ensure assistance: IMF
(kp 19/12/2004)
Swiss
aid group mulls pullout (ht 19/12/2004)
ADB
to harmonise aid with government policy (ht 18/12/2004), ADB
commits 50pc raise in grant assistance (kp 18/12/2004), ADB
help to address social inequities (rn 18/12/2004)
Foreign
aid and poverty, by Girish P Pant (kp 17/12/2004)
ADB
loan in the offing (kp 01/12/2004), Govt
opposes ADB’s financial plan (rn 02/12/2004)
ADB
to provide skill training to 80,000 women in Nepal (ht 30/11/2004)
Rs
3.6 billion WB aid for health project (ht 30/11/2004)
WB
to aid 20 projects in conflict-hit areas (rn 26/11/2004)
€
30m German fund for Mid-Marsyangdi (kp 26/11/2004)
Micro
credit : Dancing to the tune of donors, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (ht
23/11/2004)
Prachanda
calls for aid blockade (kp 16/11/2004)
ADB
vice-president visits Nepal (ht 16/11/2004), ADB’s
vice president in the capital (kp 16/11/2004), Nepal
must achieve peace first: ADB official (ht 17/11/2004), ADB
to continue supporting Nepali private sector (ht 17/11/2004), ‘Conflict
most challenging for Nepal’ (kp 17/11/2004), ADB
concerned over impact of conflict on development: 50% grant on ADB aid if
there is good governance (rn 17/11/2004), ADB
reviews governance, anti-corruption policies (ht 18/11/2004), Show
strong commitments to improve governance: ADB (kp 18/11/2004), Pragmatic
reforms (ht 19/11/2004), ADB
approves $20m loan to Nepal (kp 20/11/2004)
Govt
team headed for Norway to sign MoU on EFA (ht 16/11/2004)
“We
shall return”: Peace Corps volunteers leave Nepal with heavy hearts,
by Naresh Newar (nt 12/11/2004)
UK
assures of continued aid, by Surendra Kafle (ht 10/11/2004), British
minister inspects projects in Banke (rn 10/11/2004), UK
for unity of constitutional forces: Development aid to be raised from 35
to 47 million pounds (ht 11/11/2004)
Nepal,
Gemany hold talks on economic cooperation (rn 05/11/2004), Germany
pledges additional grant of Rs 1.22 billion (ht 07/11/2004), Germany
commits grant over Rs.1.22b (kp 07/11/2004), Germany
grants Rs. 1.22 B for various projects (rn 07/11/2004)
$20m
ADB loan for Nepal (ht 05/11/2004), ADB
pledges $20m loan (kp 06/11/2004)
‘British
projects will not be withdrawn’ (kp 03/11/2004), British
assistance of Rs. 5.5 B to reduce poverty (rn 04/11/2004)
WB
to fund innovative projects in conflict affected areas (ht
30/10/2004), WB
opens NDM to improve service delivery (kp 30/10/2004), WB
for promoting new ideas on service delivery (rn 30/10/2004)
Loan
approved (rn 29/10/2004)
Nepal
to receive IFAD aid to fight poverty, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 28/10/2004)
PRGF’s
first review satisfactory (kp 26/10/2004), IMF
loan for PRGF scheme (rn 26/10/2004)
IMF
approves $10.6m loan for Nepal (ht 25/10/2004)
All
doors open for talks, by Sher Banadur Deuba (tg 20/10/2004)
Supporting
Development: The USAID’s administrator Andrew Natsios agrees to continue
their support to Nepal (sp 15/10/2004)
Japan
to grant Rs 14b as debt relief (ht 13/10/2004), Japan
cancels debts worth Rs. 14.34B (rn 13/10/2004), Ultimate
yardstick (ht 14/10/2004)
ADB
eyes effective strategy (ht 08/10/2004), ADB
endorses CSP for 2005-2009 (kp 08/10/2004), ADB
to focus on approach to better meet needs of the poor (rn 08/10/2004),
ADB
chief to discuss development activities (ht 10/10/2004), ADB
official arriving today (rn 10/10/2004), ADB
calls for partnership in poverty reduction (ht 12/10/2004), Conflict
hurts development in Nepal, says ADB (ht 13/10/2004)
See also Economic
indicators are positive, by Kamala Sarup (pr 07/10/2004)
Japan
gives $43,363 grant for solar home lighting (ht 08/10/2004)
ADB
assistance to agriculture sector (rn 06/10/2004)
SCA
to support conflict-hit children (kp 06/10/2004)
$200,000
ADB grant to fight poverty (kp 05/10/2004)
MIGA
aids conflict-hit, poor countries but not Nepal (ht 04/10/2004)
End
of an era: For 42 years, the Peace Corps had a mutually-beneficial
volunteer program, it will be sorely missed, by Marike Hippe (nt
01/10/2004)
Nepal
to seek debt relief at WB meet (rn 29/09/2004)
Govt
to seek more aid (kp 29/09/2004)
Grant
assistance for EFA (ht 25/09/2004), Denmark,
Finland, Norway grant Rs 5.2b (kp 25/09/2004), Nepal
gets grant support of Rs. 5.2 bln for education (rn 25/09/2004)
$40m
ADB loan for poverty reduction, infrastructure (ht 25/09/2004)
Trend
of Foreign Aid in Nepal, by Bhanju Raj Aryal & Pramod Pyara
Shrestha (kp 22/09/2004)
‘Sub-standard’
WFP food for Nuwakot students, by Baburam Lamichhane (ht 18/09/2004), Aid
food not unfit: WHO (ht 25/09/2004)
We
will get the Nepal we deserve, by Shanta Dixit (ht 16/09/2004), American
Center attack: Peace Corps begins withdrawal, by Bhola B Rana (pr), Peace
Corps suspend plan (ht 17/09/2004), Peace
Corps suspends activities (kp 17/09/2004)
WB
to provide Rs 3010.23m assistance (ht 15/09/2004), WB
grants $ 27.1m to Nepal (kp 15/09/2004), WB
provides Rs. 3 B for two projects (rn 15/09/2004), World
Bank Aid (rn 16/09/2004)
WFP
threatens to withdraw aid (ht 11/09/2004), WFP
threatens to pull out from Surkhet (kp 11/09/2004), Conflict
hampering flow of WFP aid to hungry (rn 11/09/2004)
Showing
us the ropes: How can anyone presume to write-off all foreign aid to Nepal
as ineffective?, by Laxman Acharya and Shizu Upadhya, a book review
(nt 10/09/2004)
Foreign
Aid A Tool For Development, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 10/09/2004)
USAID
grants $4 lakh for energy research (ht 03/09/2004)
Review
meet on projects assisted by donors ends (rn 27/08/2004)
GTZ,
FNCCI to support LED project (ht 22/08/2004)
$600,000
ADB grant for transport improvement (ht 21/08/2004)
WB
gives Rs. 3.75 B assistance (rn 12/08/2004), Rs.
3.7 B IDA loan for education (rn 13/08/2004)
Improving
Aid Management in Nepal, by Hari Bansh Jha /tg 11/08/2004)
IMF
to release $10m loan tranche (ht 11/08/2004), IMF
mission lauds reforms (kp 11/08/2004)
Australian
aid for national Vitamin A programme (tn 07/08/2004)
WFP
likely to suspend food supply to Bajura, by Ishwar Khanal (ht
05/08/2004)
Development
activists dissatisfied over donor-driven priorities (ht 04/08/2004)
Donors
stall releasing aid, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 03/08/2004), Fundamental
issue (ht 03/08/2004)
Donors
want bureaucrats to run Peace Secretariat, by Arjun Bhandari (ht
02/08/2004)
UK
pledges £20m for maternal health (kp 31/07/2004), UK
to give Rs 2.72 B grant (rn 31/07/2004), Britain
ups development assistance (pr 05/08/2004)
“Development
could stall”, interview with British Parliamentary Under Secretary
of State, Gareth Thomas (nt 30/07/2004)
Foreign
aid conflict, by Prateek Pradhan (kp 28/07/2004)
ADB
plans dev projects (kp 27/07/2004), ADB
board visiting Nepal (ht 30/07/2004), DFID
minister visits midwest Nepal (kp 30/07/2004)
DFID
Minister for Asia arriving on Wednesday (kp 27/07/2004), UK
minister visits DFID projects in Surkhet (ht 30/07/2004)
US
pledges to provide $24.4m grant (ht 27/07/2004), Govt,
USAID sign grant agreements totalling US $ 187.6 m (rn 27/07/2004)
WB,
DFID commit US$ 80 m (kp 23/07/2004)
Donors
resume development works in Karnali zone, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari
(rn 21/07/2004)
Rs
23.95m India grant (ht 22/07/2004)
WB
sanctions $50m grant for education (ht 10/07/2004), $50m
WB loan for education (kp 10/07/2004), WB
approves US$ 50 M grant to support Nepalese education (rn 10/07/2004)
Attention
all aid-o-crats, by Daniel Lak (nt 09/07/2004)
Foreign
aid regulation directives next week, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 08/07/2004)
Finland
offers to multiply aid to Nepal by 2.5 times, by Rekha Shrestha (ht
08/07/2004)
EU
pledges TA through UN agencies (kp 30/06/2004)
Resolve
conflict for economic aid: German envoy (kp 26/06/2004)
Rs
64.45 million Indian grant for schools (ht 25/06/2004)
The Pros & Cons,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 10/06/2004)
JICA aided school bldgs’ construction halts,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 05/06/2004)
WB
approves $40 million for poverty reduction (ht 03/06/2004), WB gives US $ 40M assistance
(rn 03/06/2004), Meant
for poor (ht 04/06/2004)
Nuwakot
Food for Education programme in limbo (ht 01/06/2004)
Weak
project management continues (ht 28/05/2004)
ADB
to assist ambitious job scheme (ht 28/05/2004), ADB may increase dev support
(kp 28/05/2004), ADB awards project teams for performance
(rn 28/05/2004), Parties to conflict must respect our
commitment, interview with Sultan Hafeez Rahman, country director of
ADB (kp 31/05/2004)
Temporary Action:
A couple of donors have temporarily suspended their assistance in western Nepal citing insecurity,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 21/05/2004)
‘ADB will support Nepal’s development efforts'
(kp 18/05/2004)
Donors’ domain in development,
by Aditya Baral (kp 17/05/2004)
Team
to leave for US for pact on $50m EFA loan (ht 17/05/2004)
Donors on Human Rights and Restoration of Democracy,
by Bipin Adhikari (sp 14/05/2004)
National Sovereignty‚ People’s Pride:
Foreign Aid, A Universal Right, by Arjun Karki (sp 14/05/2004)
Donors hope democratic process is restored in Nepal,
by Richard Vokes, ADB, Manila (tg 12/05/2004)
Donors postpone development activities in mid, far west Nepal
(rn 11/05/2004), Donors
suspend work in five districts (ht 11/05/2004)
NDF
2004 Red signals from the donors, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (ht
11/05/2004)
NDF and political parties,
by Ram S Mahat (kp 11/05/2004)
NDF meet landmark for development works: ADB
(rn 09/05/2004)
ADB
promises aid, says conflict has bled economy (ht 08/05/2004)
Relations between Nepal, EU show mutual satisfaction
(rn 08/05/2004), Nepal-European
panel meet held (ht 08/05/2004)
NDF atmospherics:
Taking stock of the Forum as it takes stock of development, by Navin
Singh Khadka (nt 07/05/2004)
In Favor Of The Poor,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 07/05/2004)
“If We Start Seeing Development And Economic Issues Through Political Prisms, No Government Can Hold The Meeting In Future”,
interview with Bishnu Bahadur KC, former Auditor General (sp 07/05/2004)
Donors pledge US$560m annually for next three years:
Mixed bag of success at NDF, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 07/05/2004), Swiss put foot down on long term financing
(kp 07/05/2004), NDF’s
perspectives, by SP Dhoubhadel (kp 07/05/2004), Donors commit US$ 560M to curb poverty
(rn 07/05/2004)
Donors lay bare distress over political void,
by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 06/05/2004) [see also Joint
donor statement], Future aid could be affected
(kp 06/05/2004), ICJ, HRW urge govt, donors to aid HR cause
(kp 06/05/2004), Basic home truths for donors,
by Manjushree Thapa (kp 06/05/2004), Politics of NDF and myth of rights,
by Prabodh Mani Devkota (kp 06/05/2004), Donor
community ties peace with development (ht 06/05/2004), NDF
meet kicks off amid differences (ht 06/05/2004), Civic
declaration on aid (ht 06/05/2004), Legitimate
concerns (ht 06/05/2004), Bikas jatra:
Foreign aid pulls Nepal’s development rath, by Artha Beed (nt
07/05/2004)
International aid and Dalits,
by Hira Vishwakarma (kp 05/05/2004)
Donors detached from reality,
by Seira Tamang (kp 04/05/2004)
Assures of new development strategy:
DFID launches CAP 2004-08 (kp 04/05/2004), DFID
announces new assistance plan (ht 04/05/2004)
Name
your PM, donors tell parties (ht 28/04/2004), Donors rebuff parties’ call for deferral of NDF meeting,
by Ameet Dhakal & Damakant Jayshi (kp 29/04/2004), Donors had decided to postpone NDF conditionally
(kp 29/04/2004), Postpone NDF
(kp 29/04/2004), A
powerful case (ht 29/04/2004), Donors still mulling NDF participation,
by Ameet Dhakal (kp 30/04/2004), Conflict, Development and Nepal Development Forum,
by Bishnu Raj Upreti (sp 30/04/2004), Divided donors:
It’s not just Nepalis who are not united, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt
30/04/2004), A little give and take:
The donors and government agree on aid, but disagree on how it should be disbursed,
by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 30/04/2004), “Aid always has strings attached”
(nt 30/04/2004), “No point”,
interview with Jorg Frieden, Swiss Development Cooperation (nt
30/04/2004), Donors as kingmakers:
They could broker a truce between the palace and the parties, by
Bihari K. Shrestha (nt 30/04/2004), Business as unusual:
Possible militarisation of international aid needs to be taken seriously,
by Seira Tamang (nt 30/04/2004), Donors decide to take part in NDF
(kp 01/05/2004), Donors
decide to go on with NDF meet, by Kosmos Biswokarma (ht 01/05/2004), NDF
2004 Issues that need to be addressed, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (ht
03/05/2004), Donors to meet parties today
(kp 04/05/2004), Ex-FMs ask donors to pressure govt
(kp 04/05/2004), ‘NDF must address people's problems'
(rn 04/05/2004), Press
govt on human rights, donors urged (ht 04/05/2004), Effective
use of foreign aid urged (ht 04/05/2004), Political
parties to boycott NDF meeting (ht 04/05/2004), Restore democratic process: Donors
(kp 05/05/2004), AI urges donors to prioritize HR
(kp 05/05/2004), NDF meet begins today,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 05/05/2004), Donors legitimize King appointed Thapa government!
(tg 05/05/2004)
No
virtue in itself (ht 27/04/2004)
Five party agitation not to affect NDF meeting,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 26/04/2004)
NDF-2004
meeting gathering mutual suspicion, by Gopal Tiwari (nt 25/04/2004), Foreign
aid is much ado about nothing, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 26/04/2004)
Japan
provides Rs 227m grant for foodgrain (ht 24/04/2004)
Networking for Nepal:
Stop complaining, and start helping Nepal, by Rabindra Misra (nt
23/04/2004)
Japan to continue aid for Nepal: Japanese envoy
(kp 20/04/2004)
US$ 500,000 GTZ grant to ICIMOD
(kp 20/04/2004), ICIMOD
receives $500,000 (ht 20/04/2004)
Govt for collaboration with donors
(rn 18/04/2004)
Action plan for donor harmonization discussed
(kp 16/04/2004), Govt, donor harmonisation stressed
(rn 16/04/2004), Nation
lacks proper mechanisms to handle foreign aid projects (ht 16/04/2004)
ADB
grants $36m aid (ht 09/04/2004), ADB
plans to focus on inclusive development (ht 10/04/2004), Govt, ADB, agree on areas of assistance
(rn 16/04/2004)
Stressful aid:
Punishing the country with defective structure, by Biharik Shrestha
(nt 09/04/2004)
Review of Aid Under Stress: Water, Forests and Finnish support in Nepal,
ed. by Sudhindra Sharma, Juhani Koponen, Dipak Gyawali, Ajaya Dixit.
Kathmandu: Himal Books
US$ 2m Swiss aid for ICIMOD
(kp 06/04/2004)
ADB approves US$ 515,000 to support rural finance
(rn 01/04/2004), ADB
grant to help strengthen ADB-N (ht 01/04/2004), Financing The Poor:
ADB approves an assistance to help rural finance institutions (sp
09/04/2004), ADB to grant annual assistance of $100m
(kp 10/04/2004)
Donors
urged not to impose conditionalities (ht 27/03/2004), Bishwambher
Pyakuryal (ht 29/03/2004), Pre-consultative NDF meet,
by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (kp 31/03/2004), NDF preparatory consultations kick off
(kp 01/04/2004), Week-long NDF meet focuses on education
(kp 01/04/2004), Nepal Development Forum pre-consultation meet starts
(rn 01/04/2004), Donors’
dilemma (ht 02/04/2004)
Bajura to enjoy FFW program again
(kp 26/03/2004)
Japan extends Non-Project Grant Aid
(pr 25/03/2004), Japanese volunteers help build taps
(pr 25/03/2004), Japan to provide support to a centre in Pokhara
(pr 25/03/2004)
Nepal’s
economy suffers from donors’ pressure (ht 21/03/2004)
$4.62
million Japanese grant for Nepal (ht 19/03/2004)
UN, donors to close projects if Maoist threat continues
(kp 18/03/2004), Aid
bodies threaten to pull out of Nepal (ht 18/03/2004)
IMF
ties aid with continued reforms (ht 17/03/2004), Nepal passes IMF review
(nt 19/03/2004), IMF Mission for the First Review of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
(sp 26/03/2004)
WB okays US $75.5m credit conditionally
(kp 11/03/2004)
Foreign
aid sees 10 per cent growth (ht 08/03/2004)
Japanese
food aid for insurgency affected (ht 08/03/2004)
No
money, no power: A $75 million World Bank fund for power development is
stuck because of a dispute over the appointment of a fund administrator,
by Navin Singh Kahdka (nt 30/01/2004)
Asian Dev. Bank Must Be Concerned,
by AB Thapa (sp 30/01/2004)
Finland expresses concern
(tg 28/01/2004)
ADB pledges continued support to Nepal
(ht 24/01/2004)
Foreign aid pledge dips 23pc
(kp 22/01/2004)
Rs 109 million Norwegian grant for power projects
(ht 18/01/2004)
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