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Press evaluation:
Background:

Poverty Alleviation Fund mulls separate oversight agency (kp 11/02/2012)

MoF commits uninterrupted fund flow to national projects (rep 08/02/2012)

Poverty reduction through foreign employment: Is it really sustainable?, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 02/02/2012)

Bhattarai unveils ambitious dev plan: Plans to attract $1 billion in FDI, create 677,000 new jobs, by Mukul Humagain (kp 27/01/2012)

Plan to provide social security to all Nepalis in 10 years, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/01/2012)

Delayed projects to lose funds to those going good (kp 11/01/2012)

Ministries fail to produce results, capital spending barely 5% (rep 29/12/2011)

Vision For National Integration And Development, by P. Thapa (rn 24/12/2011)

Accessibility to energy helps poverty reduction: Experts (ht 17/12/2011)

Pre-contact commissions slow development spending, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 15/12/2011), Expedite development works, FM instructs secys (rep 16/12/2011)

Country faring well, towards meeting MDG on HIV (kp 02/12/2011)

"Encouraging progress", Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme talks about Nepal's progress in meeting MDGs and the challenges ahead (nt 02/12/2011)

Dev expenditure, revenue collection miss targets (kp 25/11/2011)

Frequent transfer of officials barrier to development, interview with Sushil Ghimire (kp 22/11/2011)

PM for expansion of anti-poverty program (rep 18/11/2011)

Poverty Reduction – Time For Action, by Rekha Shrestha Sharma (rn 14/11/2011)

UNDP in Nepal: Filling Gaps, by Keshab Poudel (sp 11/11/2011)

Is Poverty Really On The Decline?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 10/11/2011)

Delayed budget hit dev expenditure: NPC report (kp 08/11/2011)

IMF to reinstate Nepal office, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 06/11/2011)

Nepal improves in human development index (ht 03/11/2011), Nepal makes marginal improvement in Human Development Index (nn 04/11/2011), Inequality drags Nepal down in global ranking (rep 05/11/2011), Inequality drags down Nepal’s human dev ranking (kp 05/11/2011), Country sees income inequality: Rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer: UNDP report (ht 05/11/2011), Human Development Report 2011: Unequal Progress; The recently released Human Development Report 2011 shows that progress has been unequal within and among nations, by Debesh Adhikari (sp 11/11/2011)

Poverty alleviation: Reality or illusion?, by Bishal Bhattarai (rep 01/11/2011)

Economists question govt’s poverty data: Poverty should be measured in terms of education and health indicators not on the basis of calorie (kp 30/10/2011)

Fighting the scourge of poverty: Daunting task, by Ajita Singh (ht 26/10/2011)

Nepal’s poverty rate down to 25 pc, but income distribution remains grossly uneven (nn 20/10/2011), A fourth of Nepalis still poverty, by Om Astha Rai (rep 21/10/2011), 25.16 percent Nepalis below poverty line, by Ashok Thapa (kp 21/10/2011), CBS draws new poverty line: Person earning below Rs 54 per day is poor (ht 21/10/2011), Third Nepal Living Standard Survey-2010: Remarkable findings, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 21/10/2011), Rs 53 per day: The focus on absolute poverty instead of relative poverty diverts attention away from inequality in one of the least equal country in the world, Nepal, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp 24/10/2011)

There’s a better way: Soft land reform initiatives have produced good results without risking social upheaval, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 03/10/2011)

MDGs: Pride & Progress (sp 30/09/2011)

Compact on accountability, by Simone Galimberti (rep 27/09/2011)

Nepal making MDG strides, says PM (kp 22/09/2011)

Poverty reduction & inclusive growth, by Mukesh Khanal (rep 18/09/2011)

New NLSS results: Further scrutiny may be essential, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 13/09/2011)

New NPC vice chair prioritises infrastructure, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 09/09/2011)

Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12: Nepal climbs 5 places but continues to suffer from ills of transition (rep 08/09/2011), Nepal moves up five ranks to 125th place, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/09/2011), Nepal improves score, ranking: Switzerland still leads in global business competitiveness (ht 09/08/2011)

Nepal on way to achieving health MDG, by Naresh Pratap K.C. (kp 04/09/2011), Primary Health Care and Health MDGs, by Nirakar Man Shrestha (kp 12/09/2011)

The Willpower For Development And Minister, by Uttam Maharjan (rep 25/08/2011)

Tackling Social Ills And Nepal, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 24/08/2011)

‘Strategic intervention necessary to achieve millennium goals’ (nn 24/08/2011), MDGs And Nepal’s
Progress
(rn 25/08/2011), Resource gap major hurdle in meeting MDGs, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/08/2011), Nepal short of Rs 21b to develop roads to meet MDG (kp 26/08/2011)

Inculcate Ethics And Values, by G. K. Pakavath (rn 22/08/2011)

NLSS III: Lopsided Progress?, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 19/08/2011)

“Rural Pockets Need Development Focus”, interview with Shri Krishna Upadhyay (sp 19/08/2011)

Lumbini plan: House panel seeks govt stance on deal (kp 17/08/2011), Lumbini as geopolitical ping pong: A mystery project to transform Buddha's birthplace becomes even more mysterious, by Anurag Acharya (nt 19/08/2011)

Ten questions on APECF's plans, by Kul Chandra Gautam (rep 16/08/2011)

'Absence of local bodies challenging development', interview with Shoko Noda (rep 16/08/2011)

Trickledown effect: Recent out-migration and remittance have contributed in poverty reduction what 50 years of development planning could not achieve, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 14/08/2011)

Positive Progress, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 13/08/2011)

Federal Dimension Of Planning, Discuss Now, by Rekha Shrestha Sharma (rn 11/08/2011)

Has Poverty Really Come Down?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 11/08/2011)

Nepali living standards survey: Good progress made in social sectors, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/08/2011), Common Nepalis’ access to basic facilities rising, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/08/2011)

Set Up A National Development Trust, by P. Thapa (rn 05/08/2011)

Astonishing decline in absolute poverty to 13 pc, by Prem Khanal (rep 04/08/2011), Heaven-sent news (rep 06/08/2011)

Bihar's development lessons for Nepal (rep 03/08/2011)

Engineering mess in Nepal, by Mukund Mishra (rep 02/08/2011)

Development agencies asked to complete tender by mid-Nov (rep 29/07/2011)

“A Small Initiative also Contributes in Poverty Reduction”, by Pitambar Prasad Acharya (sp 22/07/2011)

"Indifferent, politicised leadership makes development difficult", interview with Sarah Sanyahumbi, DFID (nt 15/07/2011)

Govt to assign specific teams to steer dev projects, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 14/07/2011)

Rethinking Poverty Reduction Approach, by Rekha Shrestha Sharma (rn 11/07/2011)

Social front impressive, economy jittery, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 08/07/2011), Economic Survey shows big progress in telecom (rep 08/07/2011)

Poverty, Social Security In Government’s Policy, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 08/07/2011)

Nation among nations: Only the truly exceptional find shortcuts to stability and progress, by Deepak Thapa (kp 07/07/2011)

Gross domestic wellbeing: Forget GDP, the Better Life Index gives an alternative model of development, by Simone Galimberti (kp 07/07/2011)

World Development Report 2011: Haunting Conflict (sp 01/07/2011), Developing Nepal: Challenges & Prospects, by Troy Edige (sp 01/07/2011)

Oppn parties oppose new development plans (ht 11/06/2011)

Marginalisation must go: The government and people must work together to address hardships of the poor, by Simone Galimberti (kp 09/06/2011)

MoF flooded with budget requests for politically motivated projects (rep 26/05/2011)

Dev plans in clutches of ‘elites’: Stakeholders kept out of loop in the absence of elected reps; Dalits, indigenous, women and people from disadvantaged and backward groups have failed to benefit (ht 22/05/2011)

Nepal can expedite social change: through innovative thinking, by Simone Galimberti (kp 12/05/2011)

The development debate: Nepal faces the daunting task of balancing its own cultural wisdom with that of Western capitalism, by Sumit Sharma Sameer (kp 11/05/2011)

Who Gained And Who Lost?, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 28/04/2011)

Subsidy absorbing development projects, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 19/04/2011)

Nepal close to fulfilling MDGs targets: WB, IMF (rep 17/04/2011), MDG targets (rep 18/04/2011), Brakes on school enrolment (kp 18/04/2011), Nepal on track to achieving MDGs: report (kp 19/04/2011)

Human capital, by Mohan Das Manandhar (rep 11/04/2011)

Sustainable economic development: A 5 pillar economic model, by Anil Shah (ht 04/04/2011)

Decision to halt dev spending draws flak (rep 02/04/2011)

The millennial path: Ensuring environmental sustainability requires rethinking the very paradigm of development, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 22/03/2011)

Development & migration (rep 20/03/2011)

MDGs, EFA & Nepal's prospects, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (rep 19/03/2011)

Nepal: The Face Of Poverty, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 17/03/2011)

NPC VC, 6 members resign (kp 15/03/2011)

Adhikari pledges specil attention to poor (kp 14/02/2011)

No invisible hands here: An alternative perspective on economic development, by Kalpana Khanal and Prakash Kumar Shrestha (kp 23/01/2011)

NPC approval delay may hit projects (kp 18/01/2011)

Priority plans in for an overhaul: Govt determines fresh norms to accord priority to projects (ht 14/01/2011)

Moving forward with the past: Development can also be about embracing the past, by Rajeev Goyal and Priyanka Bista (nt 14/01/2011)

Community capacity-building, by Durga D. Poudel (tg 12/01/2011)

A modest proposal: With India growing by 9 percent and China by 10, we have good reasons to remain hopeful, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 01/01/2011)

The developmentalisation of Nepal, by Hemant R. Ojha (Himal Southasian, January 2011)

Diminishing development spending, dwindling revenue: Many projects failed to make a call for tenders before the budget was announced this year (kp 31/12/2010)

Skewed resource distribution: Unbalanced development is the outcome, by Rabindra Bahadur Singh (ht 30/12/2010)

Crisis walloping development: Donors (kp 21/12/2010)

SWC vs. MOWCS: Small Tussle, Big Trouble, by Keshab Poudel (sp 17/12/2010)

Fate of leadership and development: Output of sub-standard education, by L.B. Thapa (ht 17/12/2010)

Slum millionaires: Women from the slums demonstrate how single drops can make up an ocean, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 26/11/2010)

MDG in education: High dropout rate a snag (kp 25/11/2010)

Teach a man to fish: People in need who are not aware of their rights can be easily misled, by Saloman Rajbanshi (kp 25/11/2010)

Asymmetrical development: NPC must be more than a ceremonial institution for more robust progress in HDI, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (kp 18/11/2010), Nepal’s HDI Gains (sp 19/11/2010)

Nepal: Development Discourse, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg 17/11/1010)

Invest More On The Poor, by Arun Pandey (ht 11/11/2010)

Banking on micro-finance: Strategy for MDGs, by Puspa Raj Sharma (ht 10/11/2010)

Nepal's success in MDGs (ht 04/11/2010), Nepal way ahead in HDI, by Mukul Humagain (kp 05/11/2010), Nepal did well in 40 years (ht 05/11/2010), Chutes and ladders: More focus should be placed on other development indicators (kp 09/11/2010)

UNDP report ranks Nepal third in non-Income HDI; says poor nations making 'faster development gains' (nn 04/11/2010)

MDGs Still A Big Challenge, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 30/10/2010)

Lopsided Progress: Although Nepal has made certain progress in terms of MDGs, challenges, particularly in the area of eradicating inequality and social exclusion, remain (sp 29/10/2010)

European impressions: Nepal can learn from Europe in setting priorities that result in an improved quality of life for its citizens, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp 29/10/2010)

5-year plan to restrict open defecation (ht 29/10/2010)

Govt gearing to meet water MDG (kp 20/10/2010)

Govt bid to meet MDGs on sanitation, water: Aims at 53 pc sanitation coverage by 2015 (ht 15/10/2010), Towards total sanitation: People-oriented mission, by Ganga Datta Nepal (ht 15/10/2010)

Derailing Development, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 02/10/2010)

Millennium Development Goals: A critical review, by Bhavani Dhungana (ht 30/09/2010), MDGs: Drive Against Poverty, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 06/10/2010), Unequal Progress: Nepal has made enormous progress towards achieving MDGs but several challenges remain (sp 08/10/2010)

‘A govt is a must to take service delivery to poor seriously’, interview with Sarah Sanyabhumi (ht 29/09/2010)

Development Derailed: In the absence of budget, the development expenditures have all but come to standstill – threatening to precipitate a wide scale crisis (sp 24/09/2010)

Human Capital Flight And Its Impact, by Pradyumna Prasad Upadhay (rn 17/09/2010)

Urban Poverty, by Sanjaya Acharya (rep 14/09/2010)

MDGs to keep, miles to go before we sleep, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/09/2010), Half and half: MDGs are on track; universal literacy is still some way off (kp 08/09/2010), Many faces of poverty: MPI will help policymakers garner in-depth information on poverty they currently lack, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 09/09/2010), Nepal wide off the mark in meeting education MDG, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/09/2010), Nepal lagging far behind on MDG front (ht 14/09/2010), MDGs: Progress & missing links, by Dilli Raj Khanal (rep 15/09/2010), Of jobs and toilets: New Nepal needs to create jobs and toilets to meet MDG goals, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 17/09/2010), High Hope: In spite of the growing political instability and chaos, Nepal is close to achieving several of the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015 (sp 24/09/2010)

PAF, WEF join hands to alleviate poverty (ht 31/08/2010)

South Asia houses half of world’s poor: Report; Around 65pc Nepalis under poverty line (ht 25/08/2010), MPI has undermined Nepal's efforts to reduce poverty: NPC (nn 25/08/2010), Poverty Figures And Their Policy Implications, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 27/08/2010)

Nepal leads the sector (kp 21/08/2010)

“Lack of political trust will hinder development”, interview with Pirkko-Liisa Kyöstilä (sp 20/08/2010)

Alternative poverty measurement: Is it simply a methodological issue?, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 20/08/2010)

Rs 230 m squatter settlement fund frozen (ht 12/08/2010)

Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): A way forward, by Uma Shankar Prasad (ht 12/08/2010)

Do no harm (ht 10/08/2010)

Boosting FDI inflows: Enabling environment must, by Bhubanesh Pant (ht 09/08/2010)

Ministry working on fresh directive for development work (ht 08/08/2010)

Multidimensional poverty index: Nepal’s rank slips to 82nd: Report (ht 03/08/2010)

ADB chief asks Nepal to use potential, by Mukul Humagain (kp 29/07/2010), ADB chief asks to improve road links (ht 29/07/2010)

Declining aid productivity, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (rep 28/07/2010)

Sustainable development: Environment has vital stake, by Bidur Prasad Upadhyay (ht 26/07/2010)

Ecosystem Nepal: INSEAD students confirm it is possible to do business beyond politics, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 23/07/2010)

Food deficit will continue to hamper poverty reduction: NPC (nn 23/07/2010)

Causes of Poverty in Nepal, by Uma Shankar Prasad (tg 21/07/2010)

Misuse of resources: A development dilemma, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 19/07/2010)

Mirror, mirror: The new UN poverty index gives our policymakers some food for thought (kp 15/07/2010), NPC refutes Oxford report (kp 17/07/2010), NPC says absolute poverty at 25.4 pc; ‘Oxford study too objective’ (ht 17/07/2010)

The Asta-Ja Policy Framework for Sustainable Development, by Durga D. Poudel (tg 14/07/2010)

Call to invest in skill development (kp 02/07/2010)

Indigenous Products In Peril (rn 26/06/2010)

Budgets too slow keep bridges too far, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 24/06/2010)

MDG trail right on track (kp 23/06/2010), Nepal sailing well en route to achieving MDGs: Report (ht 23/06/2010)

Living with Haakimdom: Perhaps our leaders will be more concerned if they had to walk a mile in the common man’s shoes, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 23/06/20ß10)

Size of three-year interim plan will be Rs 335 billion, reveals Dr Pokharel (nn 20/06/2010)

Development budget remains unspent (kp 17/06/2010)

Govt for wrapping up projects (kp 14/06/2010)

Capital market: The wheels of change, by Shanker Man Singh (ht 11/06/2010)

Govt draws up land use policy, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/06/2010)

Interim plan likely to go for environment-friendly projects (ht 08/06/2010)

Another interim plan: We want to see tangible development in the field, not glossy progress reports, by Maina Dhital (kp 25/05/2010), Devil in detail: Yet another periodic plan, yet more promises (kp 27/05/2010), Interim Plan posts ‘dubious’ achievement (ht 28/05/2010)

Poverty level down 6pc (kp 24/05/2010)

Nepal lags behind in teledensity target under MDGs (ht 24/05/2010)

"There is also a strong support for Nepal", interview with Minar Pimple (sp 21/05/2010)

Govt eyes 5.5pc growth (kp 20/05/2010), Interim Plan registers mixed results (ht 20/05/2010), WB projects 3.5pc growth (ht 20/05/2010), Various projects to see completion in ’10-’13 (kp 23/05/2010), TYIP aims at upgrading Nepal’s status to DC (ht 24/05/2010), Meet on three-year plan concludes (ht 25/05/2010)

Improving health status must for realising MDGs: Minister Chaudhary (nn 19/05/2010)

Cabinet reconstitutes NDC (rn 18/05/2010) [Once again, no women and predominantly Bahuns! This not the way towards an inclusive state!!]

‘Nepal closer to meeting MDGs thanks to FCHVs’ (nn 18/05/2010)

Govt investment pie slice to swell in new plan, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/05/2010)

Things have changed: Governance and development is no more just the responsibility of the government, by Sangram S. Lama (kp 13/05/2010)

Planning Commission proposes to spend Rs 118 bln for three yrs (nn 12/05/2010)

NDC meet to be held on May 23-24 (nn 10/05/2010)

Social security for all: The agenda of a welfare state cannot be accomplished unless the tax base is expanded, by C.D. Bhatta (kp 06/05/2010)

Govt spends less on development activities (ht 29/04/2010)

Jobs top NPC priority in next 3-yr-plan, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 23/04/2010)

PM Nepal confers with MDG regional director Minar Pimple (nn 23/04/2010)

Development funds not used, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 16/04/2010)

Sector-wide Approach: Fundamental Principles, Practices, by Indra Karki (rn 14/04/2010)

Top priority dev projects moving at sluggish pace (kp 02/04/2010)

Foreign direct investmen: Role in national development, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht 19/03/2010)

What Then Are The Keys To Poverty Elimination?, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 12/03/2010)

Millennium Development Goals: On Track?, by Abijit Sharma (sp 05/03/2010)

Misconceived mission: With Aishwarya at the top, the social services council became a stepping board for various aspirants, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 26/02/2010)

'MDGs will prove elusive for Nepal' (nn 24/02/2010) [see Social Watch Report 2009], Nepal will miss 2015 MDGs, says report, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/02/2010), Sans optimism (ht 25/02/2010), Pokharel vs Pyakuryal: The Contested Poverty Figures – I, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 26/02/2010) [see slso part 2 (04/03/2010)]

Nepal can get rich: But first we need to go from parrot learning to creative learning, by Bhoj Raj Adhikari (kp 21/02/2010)

Poverty level drops to 25pc (kp 15/02/2010), On the ball: Nepal has done well to stay on track on many MDGs; it can do more (kp 16/02/2010)

The information gap: There should be a free flow of information of what goes on between the government, donors and NGOs, by Sushma Joshi (kp 14/02/2010)

NPC holds meeting on MDG progress (nn 14/02/2010)

Nepal doing well on infant death MDG (ht 26/01/2010), Nepal makes gains in saving newborn lives, on track to meet MDG for child survival (nn 26/01/2010)

Saving for a rainy day: The proposed contributory pension scheme will ensure social security for everybody, by Durgesh Kumar Pradhan (kp 24/01/2010), Social security cover for 2 million (kp 26/01/2010)

Low-cost homes plan shows tardy progress (kp 21/01/2010)

Govt mulling 3-year plan, focus on state-restructuring, Agriculture, rural development on cards (rn 13/01/2010), 'Prepare 3-year plan as per fed system' (kp 13/01/2010)

Nepal far worse than others on quality of life, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 12/01/2010)

Mouths to feed, by Maina Dhital (kp 10/01/2010)

Equity and Human Development: Review of Nepal’s Basic Public Policies in Education and Health, by Mohan Das Manandhar and Rojan Bajrachrya (sp 08/01/2010)

Ministry of Land Reform and Management (MoLRM)

National Planning Commission (NPC)

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

Department of Survey (DoS)

Department of Land Reform and Management (DLRM)

Worldbank: Nepal

Nepal: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report, by International Monetary Fund (29/09/2005)

Nepal Development Forum 2009

Development Nepal, a web bulletin on developmental issues of Nepal

Publications and Reports, by UNDP

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Developoment (ICIMOD)

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