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Japan reiterates cooperation in Nepal’s development (ht 26/12/2003)

$20m ADB loan to improve food security (ht 23/12/2003)

Dutch aid for Nepal to cease (kp 20/12/2003)

WB commits Rs 5.5b for financial sector reforms (kp 20/12/2003)

ADB grants $15m loan package (kp 19/12/2003)

Nepal likely to sign $73m loan with WB (ht 18/12/2003)

Norway grants Rs 990m to Nepal for IPM (ht 17/12/2003)

ADB grants Rs 1.77 billion credit to Nepal (ht 10/12/2003)

‘DFID violated Nepal’s foreign aid policy’ We are in correction process: DFID, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 09/12/2003)

Donors suspend food for work programme (kp 04/12/2003)

Norway grant for Nepal (ht 02/12/2003)

Donors link project hiccups to rising insecure climate (kp 28/11/2003)

German Grant to UNHCR (pr 27/11/2003)

Swiss aid tied to return of, by Rekha Shrestha (ht 27/11/2003)

Foreign aid commitment dips more than 50 percent (kp 27/11/2003)

US $30m ADB project for skill development (kp 23/11/2003)

Tall challenge (kp 21/11/2003)

Donors demand negotiations to end Maoist conflict (ht 20/11/2003), Nepal may face aid cuts: Germany (kp 22/11/2003), German concern on Nepal situation (tg 26/11/2003), Donors uneasy investing in ‘democratic vacuum’: Lemp (kp 27/11/2003)

World Bank approves $70m (ht 20/11/2003), WB’s loan comes with donors’ joint scepticism (kp 20/11/2003), Last chance: Nepal has wangled a $70 million World Bank budget support, by Kunda Dixit (nt 21/11/2003), PRGF, an opportunity for Nepal (kp 22/11/2003), World Bank Assistance: Financial Backing (sp 28/11/2003)

Danish help for coffee plantation in Tanahun, by Madan Wagle (ht 19/11/2003)

EC allays fears on Sikta project (kp 17/11/2003)

UN agencies, donors to back $814m EFA package, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 16/11/2003)

UK aid will come, rider attached (kp 15/11/2003)

Aid dependency syndrome, by Daniel Lak, 07/11/2003)

UNCDP to tackle with Humla’s poverty (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2003)

Japan scraps fertiliser support to Nepal, by Sameer Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2003)

Dutch move to scrap assistance to Nepal (Himalayan Times, 05/11/2003), Act fast (Himalayan Times, 06/11/2003), Dutch govt assures continued aid for Nepal (kp 15/11/2003), Please let aid flow, PM tells Dutch govt (ht 15/11/2003), Dutch parliament defers vote on aid for Nepal (kp 19/11/2003), Dutch apathy (kp 20/11/2003), Crucial vote on Nepal aid deferred (kp 26/11/2003)

Nepal-German cooperation meet starts (Rising Nepal, 23/10/2003), Nepal-German talks on development begin (Himalayan Times, 23/10/2003), Germany pledges continued support to Nepal (Rising Nepal, 24/10/2003), Germany to continue aid to Nepal (Himalayan Times, 25/10/2003)

ADB to provide $30m for employment project, by Renu Kshetry (Himalayan Times, 15/10/2003), ADB’S deputy director general to discuss ADB operations in Nepal (Himalayan Times, 17/10/2003), ADB reiterates continued support (Kathmandu Post, 18/10/2003), Development partners should help Nepal: ADB (Himalayan Times, 18/10/2003)

Negative image disturbs donors, says World Bank (Himalayan Times, 02/10/2003)

Donors support reforms, ask for macroeconomic stability (Kathmandu Post, 11/09/2003), Development doomed as donors dread violence, by Jan Sharma (Himalayan Times, 11/09/2003)

Rs 190.4 m China aid to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 30/09/2003)

Rs 174.2 m Japanese aid to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 22/08/2003)

Donor Agencies not serious on Girl Child Education: Government (Telegraph, 20/08/2003)

ADB to lend $321m to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 14/08/2003)

Rs 1.63 b German aid (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2003)

Not good by itself (Himalayan Times, 05/08/2003)

Politicisation scaring donors away, by Robin Giri (Himalayan Times, 26/07/2003)

Commitment of foreign aid increases by 30 pc (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2003)

Japanese aid for emergency food (People's Review, 26/06/2003)

NORAD irked over fund misuse in Humla, by Kosmos Biswokarma (Kathmandu Post, 06/05/2003)

ODA dips by 3.6 per cent in ten months (Kathmandu Post, 24/05/2003)

World Bank and Nepal, by Madhukar SJB Rana (Himalayan Times, 21/05/2003)

Nepal may get $7.5-cr power loan (Himalayan Times, 21/05/2003)

Norway grant (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2003)

Finland promises Rs 28m aid (Himalayan Times, 14/05/2003), Finland in TAL (Himalayan Times, 15/05/2003)

Japan Govt scraps Debt Relief Fund, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 13/05/2003)

US$ 5m WB educational loan (Kathmandu Post, 11/05/2003)

Japanese Assistance:Continued Support (Spotlight, 09/05/2003)

Japan extends grant aid for debt relief (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2003)

Over Rs 1b EC grant for photovoltaic solar system (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2003)

Australia pledges Rs 840m aid (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2003)

$1.4m ADB grant for water supply, sanitation (Kathmandu Post, 15/04/2003), ADB's Assistance For 2004-2006 (Spotlight, 18/04/2003)

Aid commitment dips 19 pc in first 8 months (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2003)

UK to provide 1.5m grant (Space Time Today, 25/03/2003)

Japanese Assistance: Sustained Support With No Strings Attached, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 21/03/2003)

WB grants $ 16.1m loan to govt (Space Time Today, 16/03/2003)

Denmark grants Rs 3,026 m for secondary education programme (Space Time Today, 15/03/2003)

US $ 5 m WB loan for decentralisation of schools (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2003)

Japan grants Rs 75 million for debt relief (Kathmandu Post, 13/03/2003)

Netherlands provides grant of Rs 117.4m (Kathmandu Post, 11/03/2003)

Japan to extend food packages to insurgency affected people (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2003)

Japanese aid for power system (People's Review, 06/03/2003)

Donors willing to extend more aid for reconstruction (Kathmandu Post, 04/03/2003)

Japanese grant for grassroots projects (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2003)

Foreign Aid In Nepal, by Dutta Shree Duwadi (Rising Nepal, 15/02/2003)

UNESCO aid for literacy programme (Kathmandu Post, 15/02/2003)

Nepal gets Rs 460 M Swiss aid (Rising Nepal, 11/02/2003)

Japan considering $11 m grant for Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2003)

Norway threatens aid squeeze (Himalayan Times, 29/01/2003)

Rs 54 million Indian aid (Himalayan Times, 02/01/2003)

SDC continues support to IUCN Nepal (Space Time Today, 01/01/2003)

Four donors on one side, WB, UNDP on other, by Navin Singh Khadka (Space Time Today, 31/12/2002)

US$ 50,000 for Baitadi bio-diversity conservation (Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2002)

More World Bank aid in the offing for Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2002)
See also World Bank to increase lending (Space Time Today, 21/12/2002), WB okays credit for banking reform (Rising Nepal, 21/12/2002)

ADB equates restoration of peace with positive economic growth (Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2002)
See also ADB funding drops by 50 pc as insurgency paralyses dev (Space Time Today, 18/12/2002), ADB Remains Committed To Support Nepal's Development, by Richard Vokes (Spotlight, 20/12/2002)

ODA commitments decline (Kathmandu Post, 17/12/2002)

Euro 14.6 millon Dutch grant for biodiversity project (Himalayan Times, 12/12/2002)

Donor agencies discontinue assistance (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2002)

A developing crisis, by Daniel Lak (Nepali Times, 29/11/2002)

Rs 197 m German aid to generate jobs (Himalayan Times, 27/11/2002)

Aid must reach poor and marginalised: Donors (Himalayan Times, 26/11/2002)
See also Donors keen to assist Maoist hit people (Rising Nepal, 26/11/2002)

Meaningful grant assistance from Japan (People's Review, 14/11/2002)

Germany to assist Nepal in local development (Kathmandu Post, 27/10/2002)

ODA commitment in first quarter down (Kathmandu Post, 25/10/2002)

Donors insist on performance for ‘scarce credit’ (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2002)

Criminal apathy (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2002)

German support for flood victims (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2002)

Joint review meet of donor agencies underway (Space Time Today, 08/10/2002)

Only 25 pc of aid goes to development activities (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2002)
See also Poverty eradication aid hijacked by politicos: Report (Space Time Today, 03/10/2002)

New foreign aid policy to streamline foreign aid, by Rajkumar K.C. (Rising Nepal, 24/09/2002)

ADB assistance for disadvantaged women (Kathmandu Post, 14/09/2002

Crisis of governance limits aid to Nepal: WB, by Prateek Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 11/09/2002)

Assistance to depend on performance: German envoy (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2002)
See also German envoy links aid with "good governance" (People's Review, 22/08/2002) and axcerpts from his speech: German's foreign policy and Nepal-German ties, by Ruediger Lemp (People's Review, 22/08/2002)

EC approves package worth Rs 46.5m (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2002)

The situation is even more alarming..., interview with Peter Rhode, head of the German aid agency, GTZ (Nepali Times, 09/08/2002)
See also Disillusioned donors: Why are we surprised that we’re losing goodwill? by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 09/08/2002)

German agency suspends fund to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2002)
See also DANIDA-funded projects standstill (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2002)

UK announces new aid package for Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2002)

The answer is no (Nepali Times, 19/07/2002)
Interview with Ken Ohashi, World Bank director in Kathmandu

The International Community Stands Ready To Help Nepal Through Difficult Times (Spotlight, 19/07/2002)
Interview with Crispin Conroy, Australian Ambassador to Nepal

ODA commitments continue to surge (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2002)

Japan gives grant aid for debt relief (Rising Nepal, 03/07/2002)
See also Japanese Cooperation (Rising Nepal, 04/07/2002)

Japanese support to Nepal (People's Review, 27/06/2002)

ADB and DANIDA to provide $ 60m for secondary education (Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2002)

Foreign aid for pocket development blocks, by Shiva Ram Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 20/06/2002)

US to provide $ 38m to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 12/06/2002)

Rs 58.2 m ADB grant likely to be withdrawn (Kathmandu Post, 11/06/2002)

WFP to launch GFEI in five more districts (Kathmandu Post, 31/05/2002)

WFP to suspend food aid to ex-Kamaiyas (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2002)

WB willing to assist Nepal in poverty alleviation, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2002)

Germany would provide technical support to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2002)

Food Aid: Under Suspension (Spotlight, 03/05/2002)

ODA continues to grow (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2002)

Nepal receives US grants' in series (Telegraph, 17/04/2002)

Nepal-German cooperation talks begin (Rising Nepal, 16/04/2002)
See also Nearly 29 M Euros as grant from Germany (Rising Nepal, 18/04/2002), German commits aid to Nepal (People's Review, 18/04/2002)

German programme for Dhanusha people (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2002)

ADB unveils 3-year loan plan totalling $300m (Kathmandu Post, 30/03/2002)

Japan gives aid for debt relief measures (Rising Nepal, 09/03/2002)

Foreign Aid Policy: Proper Use Of Aid Money Expected, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 02/03/2002)

Japanese assistance to education project (Kathmandu Post, 28/02/2002)

Concerns shown by the NDF delegates on effective implementation of reform actions are genuine and noteworthy, by Ram Sharan Mahat (Telegraph, 20/02/2002)

Japan okays assistance for grassroot projects (Rising Nepal, 20/02/2002)
See also Japanese grants for grass root projects (People's Review, 21/02/2002)

No pain, no gain, by Pitamber Sharma (Nepali Times, 15/02/2002)

Japanese grant for Disaster Rehabilitation Project (Kathmandu Post, 15/02/2002)

NDF meet begins today (Kathmandu Post, 04/02/2002)
See also Govt calls for more aid as NDF kicks off (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2002), EU mission for controlling graft (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2002), Donors positive, but demand better use of aid (Kathmandu Post, 06/02/2002), Some tips to the international donors! (Telegraph, 06/02/2002), Donors pledge financial aid, by Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2002), NDF kicks off in the capital, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2002), NDF Meet: Favourable Results Expected, by Rajendra Kumar Khetan (Rising Nepal, 07/02/2002), Donors pledge $ 500m annual aid to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2002), NDF meeting (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2002), Nishimizu's Remark: Reality Or Fabrication?, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 08/02/2002), FAQ about NDF (Nepali Times, 08/02/2002), Meaning loaded expressions from NDF partners indeed! (Telegraph, 13/02/2002), Nepal Development Forum 2002: Development partners back Nepal's poverty reduction plan (Telegraph, 13/02/2002), Support Of Donor Community Will Depend On Our Performance, interview with Ram Sharan Mahat (Spotlight, 15/02/2002), NDF Meet: Implementation Is The Key, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 15/02/2002)

Can govt cash in on donors meet?, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 02/02/2002)

NDF-2002 Pre-Consultation Meeting: An Exercise In The Wilderness? by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 01/02/2002)

Newly issued FAP discussed (Kathmandu Post, 25/01/2002)

ODA grows by more than twofold (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2002)

UNDP formulates CCF-II for Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2002)

Nepal Development Forum 2002 meets in February (People's Review, 17/01/2002)
See also Importance Of NDF Meet (Rising Nepal, 22/01/2002), Role of private sector in Tenth Plan underscored: PRSP would top the agenda in NDF meet (Kathmandu Post, 23/01/2002), Pre-consultative meet: Privatisation not panecea, but economic booster (Rising Nepal, 23/01/2002), Attention! Nepal Development Forum participants (Telegraph, 23/01/2002), NDF : Begging or development forum ?, by Sanjay Prakash (Kathmandu Post, 24/01/2002), NDC Meet: Endorsing Tenth Plan, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 25/01/2002), Nepal Development Forum: Presenting The Report Card (Spotlight, 25/01/2002)

Govt to seek extra support from donors (Kathmandu Post, 16/01/2002)

Churia Watershed Project gets Danish assistance (Rising Nepal, 08/01/2002)

Looking forward to NDF meeting, by Hari Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2002)

Asian Development Bank: Continued Support (Spotlight, 28/12/2001)

Japan extends assistance (Kathmandu Post, 28/12/2001)

Poverty and foreign assistance, by T R Basyal (Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2001)

Poverty reduction plan to be presented at donors’ meet (Kathmandu Post, 23/12/2001)

Nepal’s loan repayment good: ADB (Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2001)

Germany has not only not reduced, but even further increased her assistance to Nepal, by Rüdiger Lemp, German Ambassador to Nepal (People's Review, 20/12/2001)

PM Deuba seeks support from donors, by Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2001)

Finland to provide assistance (Kathmandu Post, 15/12/2001)

Belgium to provide support for telecom project (Rising Nepal, 28/11/2001)

Foreign Aid Management: Comprehensive Policy Necessary, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 26/11/2001)

DFID changes aid policy on privatisation project, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2001)

Nepal continues to enjoy Norway’s priority list (Kathmandu Post, 22/11/2001)

ODA records robust growth (Kathmandu Post, 21/11/2001)

Foreign Aid: High Dependency, Low Outcome, by Shanker KC (Rising Nepal, 10/11/2001)

Kathmandu is an island in an ocean of poverty (Nepali Times, 09/11/2001)
Interview with Meiko Nishimizu, World Bank’s Vice President for South Asia

Govt, ADB sign pact to reduce poverty (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2001)

250,000 school children receive food from WFP (Rising Nepal, 14/10/2001)

GTZ’s ISCL project term extended (Rising Nepal, 06/10/2001)

ADB to provide support for poverty reduction (Rising Nepal, 06/10/2001)

Donors set up Trust for Peace, by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 05/10/2001)

Japan provides Rs 3.35M grant aid to FNCCI (Rising Nepal, 03/10/2001)

Transparency In Development Aid, by Harka Gurung (Spotlight, 14/09/2001)

KMTNC to get Japanese aid of around Rs 2.5 M (Rising Nepal, 05/09/2001)

Foreign Aid: Tool To Achieve Development, by Tanka Raj Niraula (Rising Nepal, 26/08/2001)

Nepal to receive Rs 2.61 billion grant from Japan (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2001)

Germany always ready to extend help to Nepal (Rising Nepal, 17/08/2001)

Handsome surge recorded in ODA commitments (Kathmandu Post, 16/08/2001)

German donation to TU library (Telegraph, 15/08/2001)

Unpacking the Politics of Foreign Aid in Nepal, by Jagannath Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2001)

More USAID grant for health sector (Rising Nepal, 11/08/2001)

Govt of Denmark to provide over 10m to strengthen CIAA (Rising Nepal, 20/07/2001)

Four decades of partnership, by Shankar Man Singh (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2001)

New chapter in Nepal-UNESCO cooperation, by Keshav Raj Jha (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2001)

Key donor agrees to fund Rs 5.3 b for PAF (Kathmandu Post, 05/07/2001)

g]kfndf j}b]lzs ;xof]u M r'gf}tL / ;Defjgf, by Rajendra Parishrami (Kantipur, 04/06/2001)

LDC-III meet rejects debt cancellation (Kathmandu Post, 21/05/2001)

Two-fold rise in foreign aid commitments, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 17/05/2001)

UK grant for Rural Access Programme (Rising Nepal, 01/05/2001)

Foreign Aid: Some Tacit Implications, by Ram Bahadur KC (Rising Nepal, 09/04/2001)

Nepal-German consultations meeting concludes (Rising Nepal, 05/04/2001)

Kavrepalanchowk farmers benefitted from JOCV, by B. M. Dahal (Rising Nepal, 01/04/2001)

Give and Take: The government got a low pass from donors last week, by Binod Bhattarai (Nepali Times, 30/03/2001)

Japan grants 850m yen for food production (Kathmandu Post, 29/03/2001)

Agenda for foreign aid policy (Kathmandu Post, 24/03/2001)

Some tacit implications of foreign aid, by Ram Bahadur KC (Kathmandu Post, 22/03/2001)

$ 100M funding for Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2001)

Donors Are Moving For More Local Participation (Spotlight, 16/03/2001)
Interview with IAN McKENDRY, a senior official of the British governmentís Department for International Development (DFID)

Reducing Foreign Aid: Mobilising Domestic Resources, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 10/03/2001)

Japan provides grant for debt relief measures (Rising Nepal, 16/02/2001)

OPEC loan to Nepal for electrification (Rising Nepal, 13/02/2001)

Japanese aid mission in Nepal (Rising Nepal, 05/02/2001)

Asian Development Bank: Continued Assistance, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 02/02/2001)

Aid level will be linked to progress made in NDF agenda (Rising Nepal, 29/01/2001)

ADB extends assistance of US$ 141.6 m (Kathmandu Post 25/01/2001)
See also editorial ADB Assistance (Rising Nepal, 26/01/2001) and ADB loans for Nepal (Nepali Times, 26(01/2001)

Agent Of Change, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 05/01/2001)
On the work of GTZ in Nepal

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