Stakeholders
stress
mobilising
sufficient
development
finance to meet
SDGs :
Government,
private sector,
and UN stress
collaboration
and increased
investment to
close financing
gap and
accelerate
economic
transformation
(kp 22/08/2024)
District
hospitals
struggle with
budget cuts for
family planning
programmes :
Experts warn
funding
shortfall could
trigger a rise
in unwanted
pregnancies,
unsafe
abortions, and
maternal and
child deaths,
by Arjun Poudel
(kp 23/07/2024)
Nepal
aims to reduce neonatal deaths
to 13, but experts sceptical
about the goal’s success :
Deaths haven’t declined since
2016, and Nepal’s target for
SDGs is to reduce these to 12
per 1,000 live births by 2030,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/06/2024)
More
equal than others : Nepal is lagging
behind on meeting 2030 targets on
eliminating hunger and reducing
inequality (nt 01/03/2024)
What
should Nepal prioritize during the
upcoming investment summit? Will the
upcoming Investment Summit also be
centered on how foreign investments can
help achieve the SDGs? What should Nepal
do?, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
20/02/2024)
Nepal
to present NVR report on SDGS to UN body by July
(kh 16/01/2024), Nepal
to review SDGs (rep 17/01/2024)
Nepal
leapfrogs in Global Hunger Index to 69th
position but challenges persist (rep
24/11/2023)
Nepal
makes strides in Global Hunger Index while India
grapples with greater hunger challenges (rep
13/10/2023), Global
index shows ‘moderate level of hunger’ in Nepal.
Ranks 69th : Experts say people have started
spending less on food as their incomes have
stagnated, by Krishana Prasain (kp
17/10/2023)
Failing
SDGs: A reflection of policy failure, by
Sachi Satapathy (ht 09/10/2023)
Nepal’s
SDG progress at risk: Stakeholders warn of 60%
target shortfall by 2030 (kh 29/09/2023)
Ensure
reproductive right : The government’s apathy to
providing quality health services puts the
achievements thus far at risk (kp
27/09/2023)
Good
governance for SDGs : Developed countries must
rise to meet their long-term commitments for
overseas development assistance, by Bishal
Thapa (kp 22/09/2023)
Population
and sustainable development : In a space of 30
years, there has been remarkable progress in the
health and population sector, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ae 21/09/2023)
SDGs
are in dire need of a rescue plan: PM Dahal (kh
19/09/2023)
Ownership
Of Sustainable Development, An Singh
Bhandari (rn 18/09/2023)
Alarming
stats: 34% of women in Nepal in anemia crisis,
posing challenges to MDGs (rep 14/09/2023)
Special
newborn care unit to be set up in all district
hospitals across the country : Study shows
neonatal death rate, which is 21 in every 1,000
live births, has not declined in the last five
years. Nepal has committed to reduce it to 12 by
2030 to meet the SDGs (kp 29/08/2023)
Nepal
is likely to fall behind achieving the targets
set in the SDGs in stipulated time (rep
17/08/2023)
UN
and Nepal call for renewed action for
Sustainable Development Goals :_ The workshop
aims to review the status of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) progress in Nepal and
identify priority areas for SDGs acceleration
and outline a roadmap for strategic actions
(kp 17/08/2023)
NPC
Vice-chair Shrestha highlights key priorities of
SDG implementation (kh 18/07/2023)
Nepali’s
overall health index improves: Report (kh
24/06/2023) [see summary
report and key
indicators]
Massive
health budget cuts loom, all programmes to be
affected : This could jeopardise progress
achieved from years of investment, warn experts,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 11/04/2023)
SDG
central steering committee meeting
underway (rep 07/04/2023)
Renewable
Energy and Future of Sustainable
Development, by Basu Gautam (rep
29/03/2023)
State
of hunger in Nepal, in the world : Though Nepal
stands at a moderate level of hunger, countries
in South Asia in general face the highest level
of hunger and the global hunger situation
remains grim, says the 2022 Global Hunger Index
(nlt 29/01/2023), Nepal
makes progresses in hunger reduction : The
country has climbed to the 81st rank in the 2022
hunger index (ht 29/01/2023)
Nepal
fails yet again to achieve total literacy target
: The Pushpa Kamal Dahal government has renewed
the pledge to attain total literacy—by the
fiscal year 2023-2024, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/01/2023)
Nepal
has made progress in multiple indicators,
interview with Ayshanie Medagangoda-Labé, UNDP
Resident Representative for Nepal (ae 19/12/2022)
Thousands
of 12-23 month olds deprived of vaccines :
Experts term the situation ‘alarming’ as it
could imperil years of achievements Nepal has
made in child health, by Arjun Poudel (kp
12/12/2022)
No
improvement in neonatal mortality rate in the
past six years : Nepal Demographic and Health
Survey shows mixed results, but experts say
meeting Sustainable Development Goals still a
challenge, by Arjun Poudel (kp 10/12/2022)
Screening
of newborn birth defects to be carried out at 27
hospitals : The Health Ministry says 21 babies
born in every 1,000 die within one month of
birth in Nepal. The country has to reduce
neonatal deaths to 12 by 2030 to meet its SDG
target, by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/11/2022)
Multidimensional
poverty slumped in Nepal before Covid-19, global
report says : Earlier, a national report had
warned that the Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt
the past gains, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/10/2022), Nepal
makes big stride in poverty reduction: UNDP
(rn 18/10/2022)
Nepal
in second position among South Asian nations in
Global Hunger Index 2022 (kh 17/10/2022), Nepal
on the verge of serious hunger problems :
Nutrition scientists say immediate measures of
intervention are needed to avoid further
deterioration of the situation, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 20/10/2022)
Dhulikhel
Municipality submits SDGs report to UN (kh
04/10/2022)
Is
FDI really the panacea we seek?, by
Prakritee Yonzon (rep 15/09/2022)
Net
zero carbon Nepal by 2045 is easier said than
done, Prime Minister Deuba says : According to
the pre-pandemic estimates, the prime minister
said, Nepal would require around $19 billion in
financing to achieve the sustainable development
goals set by the United Nations (kp
15/09/2022)
Only
17 percent of Nepalis covered by social
protection benefit, ILO says : In Asia-Pacific,
only 44.1 percent people on average have access
to at least one social protection benefit,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 01/09/2022)
Social
Protection Against Poverty, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 19/08/2022)
Water
Management For Sustainable Development, by
Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 11/08/2022)
Nepal
struggles with a high adolescent fertility rate
(kh 25/06/2022)
Nepal
unlikely to achieve Sustainable Development
Goals by 2030 : Stakeholders identify lack of
proper plan of action and localized indicators
along with insufficient budget allocation as
major stumbling blocks to achieving the goals,
by Shrutika Raut and Sakshi Srivastav (nlt
21/06/2022), Eye
Care Suffers Workforce Crunch, by Bijay
Khatri (rn 23/06/2022)
Two
years on, Nepal yet to implement Nairobi ICPD25
commitments (nlt 06/05/2022)
Leaving
no one behind : The central promise of the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals is to ‘leave no
one behind’. But with just eight years left to
achieve the target and local participation still
minimal, is the UN pledge achievable?, by
Biswash Chepang (rec 03/06/2022)
'Climate
change, inflation pose threat to achieving
Sustainable Development Goals' (ht
24/05/2022)
Strengthen
Healthcare Financing, by Gauri Pradhan (rn
05/05/2022)
Funds
shortage hits plan to expand nutrition
rehabilitation centres across the country :
Nepal’s Sustainable Development Goals target on
nutrition is unlikely to be met, health
officials say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
12/04/2022)
Nearly
half of all pregnancies are unintended, says new
UNFPA report : "In 2017, it was estimated that
half of the 1.2 million pregnancies in Nepal
were unintended and nearly 359,000 ended in
abortion.” (nlt 30/03/2022)
Resilient
recovery and realization of sustainable
development will be distant dream without
women's participation: Minister Regmi (rep
17/03/2022)
#BreaktheBias:
Sustainable development is not possible without
gender equality : The people in power have a
very crucial role to play in creating an
enabling environment for gender equality and
social inclusion, by Rupa Pandey (nlt
08/03/2022)
Director,
ActionAid Nepal : ‘SDG is not just a simple goal
or a project. It’s a huge commitment of the
nation which ultimately makes the development
sustained where everyone can enjoy their rights
with full dignity.’ (interview) (nlt
03/03/2022)
Strategic
planning in place to achieve SDGs: NHRC Member
Dr Dhungel (kh 22/02/2022)
Nepal
progresses significantly in nutrition of mothers
and children at risk: UNICEF. There are many
reasons behind this improvement but one of the
major reasons is the involvement of more than
50,000 female community health volunteers
(nlt 22/01/2022), Pandemic
can derail progress made in child nutrition,
UNICEF warns : Says Nepal achieved marked
progress in reducing child stunting during
2002-2016 (kp 23/01/2022)
SDG
training for local governments concludes (ht
17/01/2022)
World
Bank report underlines reforms to support fiscal
federalism, green growth in Nepal : The report
also stresses the importance of strengthening
investment processes and fiscal policies for
green growth (kp 07/12/2021), WB's
Public Expenditure Review report launched
(ht 07/12/2021), World
Bank’s report underlines reforms to support
fiscal federalism, green growth in Nepal : While
federalism is helping bring policymaking closer
to the people, it has also increased fiscal
spending and exacerbated by the Covid-19
pandemic led to a sharp rise in fiscal deficits
and public debt, report finds (nlt
07/12/2021) [see WB
report]
UN
special envoy in Kathmandu to study food crisis
(kh 02/12/2021)
Government
indecision delays scrapping of anti-poverty body
: Staffers of Poverty Alleviation Fund remain
unpaid for four months, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 18/11/2021)
Progress
toward SDGs disappointing (rep 24/09/2021),
Leaders
blamed for slow progress to achieve SDG 16
(ht 25/09/2021)
Nepal
needs annual budget of Rs 2 trillion 25 billion
under SDGs (kh 23/09/2021)
Energy
for all : To avoid the worst impacts of climate
change, it is crucial to enhance energy
efficiency and to invest in renewable energy
(ht 22/09/2021)
SDG-7
roadmap of Nepal unveiled (ht 21/09/2021)
Nepal
faces shortfall of investment worth Rs 558
billion annually to meet targets of the SDGs
(rep 08/09/2021)
Reducing
Multidimensional Poverty, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 31/08/2021)
Government
urged to give high priority to SDGs (kh
29/08/2021)
Leadership
urged to change modality to achieve SDGs (ht
25/08/2021)
Identifying
the vulnerable: Key to reducing poverty, by
Simone Galimberti (ht 25/08/2021)
Nepal’s
poverty was reduced to 17.4 percent before
pandemic hit the country: NPC (rep
18/08/2021), Pandemic
may leave Nepal’s poor more deprived, report
says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/08/2021), 17.4%
people under poverty line in Nepal: Govt data :
Highest in Karnali (39.5%); lowest in Bagmati
(7%) (kh 19/08/2021) [see Multidomensional
Poverty Index by NPC et al. (report as PDF)],
3.1
Million Nepalis Exit From Poverty In Five Years,
by Modnath Dhakal (rn 19/08/2021)
Mission
396: To achieve SDG 3 on good health, by
Simone Galimberti (ht 09/08/2021)
Education
for Sustainable Development: The right bet for
Nepal, by Simone Galimberti (ht 25/05/2021)
Nepal
Does Better In Global Hunger Index, by
Mukunda Kattel (rn 21/04/2021)
Investing
in youth : Big employment generating programs
must be carefully evaluated while small
innovative pilots should be supported, by
Simone Galimberti (rep 28/03/2021) [PM Oli is not interested in
such really important things!]
Towards
a new social contract: To build better
communities, by Simone Galimberti (ht
23/03/2021)
Dip
in per capita income challenge to Nepal’s
graduation to developing country status, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/03/2021)
Nepal’s
progress in industries, infrastructure and
start-ups during 2016-2019 unsatisfactory: SDG
progress report (rep 08/02/2021)
Eradicating
Poverty, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 12/01/2021)
Incomplete
integrated model settlement handed over to
impoverished families : The model settlement in
Gramthan Rural Municipality, an open
defecation-free local unit in Morang
district, does not have any toilets, by Deo
Narayan Sah (kp 08/11/2020)
Pandemic's
Effect On Poverty Eradication, by Aashish
Mishra (rn 17/10/2020)
Uncovering
poverty amidst the pandemic : Better data
required, by Faris Hadad-Zervos (ht
16/10/2020)
Impacts
Of COVID-19 On Poverty Alleviation, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 13/10/2020)
Covid-19
leaves devastating impacts on education, jobs
and mental well-being of youths: ILO study says
that the Covid-19 has disrupted the education of
more than 70 per cent of youth, leaving a
disproportionate effect on young people, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/08/2020)
Covid-19
taking away Nepal’s achievement in maternal
health: Report says 13,189 women delivered
babies at hospital prior to the lockdown while
the number decreased to 7,165 after the outbreak
(kp 13/08/2020), Institutional
childbirth reduced by more than half during
lockdown in Nepal: Study (rep 13/08/2020)
[see article
by Ashish KC et al. in Lancet]
Nepal
among countries to significantly reduce their
multidimensional poverty level: Oxford study (rep
21/07/2020) [see UNDP
report]
Why
Nepal needs to localize SDGs, by Simone
Galimberti (rep 19/07/2020)
Capital
budget spending at two-decade low of 40 per cent
(ht), Nepal
presents its second voluntary national review
report on sustainable development (rep
14/07/2020) [see statement]
Financing
sustainability through international funds:
Nepal needs to explore ways to obtain funds from
abroad to close the investment gap, by
Anirvan Ghosh Dastodar (kp 03/03/2020)
Mission
river conservation: Without a paradigm shift in
river conservation, the sustainable development
of a nation that is striving to achieve a
mid-income status by 2030 might become a far cry,
by Rajesh Sada (rep 02/02/2020)
Achieving
zero hunger in Nepal: Actions such as
revitalising local food systems and transforming
nutrition behaviour must be interconnected,
by Bandana Shakya (kp 15/01/2020)
Experts
stress the need to fill infrastructure
investment gap: Government inefficiency and low
productivity blamed for the failure to increase
capital expenditure, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
10/01/2020)
Combating
hunger: This is no time for complacency for
Nepal when we are heading toward 2030, the year
to bring hunger to zero level as per the UN
Sustainable Development Goal, by Hari Bansh
Jha (rep 11/12/2019)
Poverty
reduction is possible: There are ways to reduce
poverty. All that Nepal needs is the political
will and commitment to change the lives of the
poor, by Balkrishna Subedi (rep 23/11/2019)
Prosperity
sharing is necessary to attain equitable growth:
Growth-oriented policies, combined with
redistributive public measures, can ensure Nepal
achieving wealth, by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp
21/11/2019)
Linking
CSR with SDGs: Reorient purpose of business,
by Ruchi Singh (ht 12/11/2019)
Localizing
SDGs: If more distressed countries can work on
localizing the SDGs, so can Nepal, by Simone
Galimberti (rep 26/10/2019)
Accelerate
efforts to meet 2030 goals: UNFPA chief (ht
22/10/2019)
Urgency
To Localise SDGs, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
27/07/2019)
Global
Action Plan: Roadmap to achieve health goals,
by Sharad Onta (ht 22/07/2019)
Nepal
calls for renewed commitment to global
partnership to achieve SDGs (rep 17/07/2019)
‘Nepal’s
progress on ICPD agenda remarkable’ (ht
03/07/2019)
Nepal
made good strides in reducing maternal mortality
rate over two decades—and then hit a plateau:
Experts say addressing barriers to health
services is the key to achieving the 2030
target of bringing the rate down to 70 per
100,000 live births, by Arjun Poudel (kp
30/06/2019), New
mothers deprived of state-announced incentive:
Lives of many women and their newborns at risk:
Health workers, by Chhapal Lama (kp
30/06/2019)
Fighting
malnutrition, one bead at a time: The social
enterprise SOCHAI was announced the winner of
Lead 2030 Challenge for Sustainable Development
Goal’s Zero Hunger categorye, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 24/06/2019)
Health
for all: Meeting the challenge, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ht 20/06/2019)
Nepal
must invest Rs 5.5 bn a day to meet Sustainable
Development Goals (ht 14/06/2019)
Nepal
will struggle to achieve Sustainable Development
Goals and universal health coverage without
ensuring quality health care, experts say: Poor
care not only jeopardises the health of
individuals; it erodes trust and puts the entire
health system at risk, the report says, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 09/06/2019)
Sustainable
Development And Media, by Prakash Ghimire
(rn 18/05/2019)
Health
Policy For Better Service, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (rn 28/01/2019)
Who
is in charge? Nation-building has never been our
national policy, by Andrea Upadhya (kp
01/01/2019)
Change
of course: Development must address the pledge
to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, by
Madhukar Upadhya (kp 20/12/2018)
Local
units pledge to Achieve SDGs (kp 19/12/2018)
Cooperatives’
role key to achieving SDGs: Stakeholders (ht
14/12/2018)
Channelising
international finance A transparent
multi-stakeholder approach is the way forward,
by Madhukar SJB Rana and Atul K Thakur (kp
13/11/2018)
Castles
in the air: Will Nepal be able to eradicate
poverty by 2030 as it has promised?, by Tara
Kanel (kp 30/10/2018)
Innovations
in social protection: Nepal can devise its own
pilot programmes to respond to local situations
and needs, by Alok Rajouria (kp 25/10/2018)
Govt
must provide 55pc fund to achieve SDGs (ht
25/10/2018)
Global
partnership
and Nepal: Nexus between development cooperation
and sustainable development challenges cannot be
ignored anymore, by Tilakman Singh Bhandari
(kp 23/10/2018)
Youth
leaders seek roles in achieving SDGs (rep
13/10/2018)
'Fulfilling
SDG pledge on people with disabilities still a
big challenge' (rep 25/09/2018)
Cooperatives’
contribution in achieving SDGs underlined
(rep 08/07/2018)
Sustainable
or smart cities: Change the discourse, by
Dipendra Gautam (ht 02/07/2018)
Building
resilience:
Finding innovative ways of promoting and
protecting sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystem was an important concern for many
development partners, by Somsak Pipoppinyo
(rep 25/06/2018)
Banking
the unbanked: Ensuring financial inclusion,
by Sadichchha Shrestha, Nayan Krishna Joshi and
Prabin Dongol (ht 31/05/2018)
Towards
a brighter future: A stable government and new
players in energy generation could help Nepal
meet its SDG target, by Himalayan Bir
Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018)
US
envoy
prods youth to build a better world: US
Ambassador to Nepal Alaina Teplitz exhorts youth
to mull equitable access to security, figthing
extremisim, peace and education (kp
08/05/2018)
Path
to a sustainable future: Sustainable rain-water
harvesting and waste-water management can
alleviate drinking water scarcity, by
Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp 01/05/2018)
National
consultation workshop on development goals
concludes (kp 27/04/2018)
Govt
looks
to FDI to cover budget deficit: The govt does
not have the funds necessary to implement
the federal system and achieve development goals
(kp 21/04/2018), ‘External
finance crucial to achieve SDGs’ (ht
21/04/2018)
Rs
1,770 billion needs to be spent every year to
achieve SDGs (ht 01/04/2018)
Let’s
have inclusive prosperity: Economic growth only
will not reduce the poverty and inequality
prevailing in Nepal, by Tara Kanel (kp
11/03/2018)
Nepal
needs
Rs1,770b annually to meet SDGs: SDGs are a set
of 17 goals and 169 targets covering a broad
range of sustainable development issues (kp
19/02/2018)
Meaningful
measures:
Despite having legal measures that address
issues in disability, multidimensional
implementation has been lacking, by Obindra
B. Chand (kp 18/02/2018)
Policy
against poverty: Subsidising essential goods and
services frees people to concentrate on their
careers, by Sunil Limbu (kp 13/02/2018)
Building
a
local food regime: With a federal structure,
there is a high chance that meaningful
interventions could come from the bottom-up,
by Man Bahadur BK (kp 13/02/2018)
Toward
zero hunger: Achieving zero hunger by 2030 is
possible only with collaborative efforts from
development partners, private sector, civil
society and other stakeholders, by Dhananjay
Shah (rep 08/02/2018)
Poverty
estimates: Robust methodology needed, by
Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 24/01/2018)
Youths
are key to achieving SDGs in Nepal (ht
16/01/2018)
The
Age of MPI and SDGs, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
06/01/2018)
29
out of 100 people poor: Govt uses
Multidimensional Poverty Index to measure
national poverty for the first time, by
Rupak D. Sharma (kp 21/12/2017), Poverty
under multi-dimensional index halved in 8 yrs,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 21/12/2017), Targeting
the poor: Reasons for poverty differ across
provinces and require distinct intervention
efforts (kp 22/12/2017)
‘SDGs
crucial for rights of disabled’ (kp
19/12/2017)
Strategic
cooperation agreement inked to advance SDGs
(ht 09/12/2017)
Universal
access to electricity: Nepal on track to
achieving target by 2030 (kp 25/11/2017)
Measures
necessary
to achieve SDGs stressed: Private sector
representatives pointed to lack of clear
federal policies, adequate infrastructure,
policy consistency and efficient manpower
as the main hurdles to attracting private
business enterprises (kp 22/11/2017)
Next
on the agenda: Vision 1.0 was about rights,
Vision 2.0 is about an inclusive and prosperous
society, by Bhoj Raj Paudel (kp 30/10/2017)
Against
poverty:
Successive governments have been less and less
accountable and more and more extractive,
hampering poverty reduction, by Siromani
Dhungana (rep 17/10/2017), Close
to 400k people ‘below poverty line’ (kp
18/10/2017), 71pc
of
Bajura households below poverty line: Survey;
Out of the 21,711 households in the
district, 13,619 have been classified as ‘poor’
and 6,393 ‘extreme poor’ within that group
(kp 18/10/2017), Multidimensional
poverty
index in Dec: The MPI captures severe
deprivations that each person faces with respect
to education, health and living standards
(kp 18/10/2017), Far
from over: Combating poverty with greater
determination should be a national priority
(kp 20/10/2017)
Diaspora
to play vital role to achieve 2030 goals (ht
15/10/2017)
Nepal
tops South Asia in reducing hunger (kp
14/10/2017)
Youth
participation key to attaining SDGs: Experts
(kp 08/10/2017)
Yeti
imprints SDG logo on its aircraft (kp
26/09/2017), With
Yeti Airlines, global goals fly high (ht
26/09/2017)
Making
strides:
Perhaps the SDG aim to end poverty by 2030 is
unattainable, but great strides can still be
made toward poverty reduction, by Pratistha
Koirala (kp 24/09/2017)
Nepal
And Development Perspective, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 21/09/2017)
Democracy
& Sustainable Development Goals, by Madhavji
Shrestha (rn 16/09/2017)
Forests
fuelling progress: Community forestry could
significantly contribute to the achievement of
SDGs, by Aditya Acharya (kp 12/09/2017)
That’s
not enough: Nepal needs to overhaul its
development approach if it really wants to end
poverty by 2030, by Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp
25/08/2017)
SDG
17
: Partnerships to transform Nepal; Only by
working together can we achieve a sustainable
future with peace and prosperity for all, by
Megh Ale (kp 22/08/2017)
SDG
16
: If you want peace, work for justice: Without
peace, stability, human rights and effective
governance based on the rule of law, we cannot
hope for sustainable development, by Surya
Dhungel (kp 15/08/2017)
Promoting
green finance: Sustainable development, by
Bhubanesh Pant (ht 15/08/2017)
SDG
15
: Conserving terrestrial ecosystems; Our
presence affects the ecosystems we are a part
of; we can either make choices that promote
biodiversity or devalue it, by Kishore Thapa
(kp 08/08/2017)
NPC
calls on local bodies to own SDGs (kp
02/08/2017)
SDG
14 : No water, no life; We are affected by the
health of our oceans, seas and rivers even if we
live in a landlocked country, by Samriddhi
Rai (kp 01/08/2017)
Invest
in youths to reap benefit from demographic
dividend: UN, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp
31/07/2017) [see UNFPA-Nepal
report], Demographic
dividend: Today’s youngsters can turn into
assets, or liabilities depending on country’s
policies (kp 01/08/2017)
SDG
13 : The cost of inaction; Nepal’s priority at this
stage should be adaptation measures to deal with
climate change impacts, by Dinesh Raj Bhuju (kp
25/07/2017)
Nepal
Presented Voluntary National Review (sp
18/07/2017), Sustainable
Development: Nepal presents nat’l review on 2030
Agenda (kp 19/07/2017) [see report], Nepal
presents national review report on 2030 Agenda on SDG
(ht 19/07/2017)
SDG
12
: At every level we are responsible; Goals related to
poverty alleviation, health and food security are
closely connected to consumer rights, by Jyoti
Baniya (kp 18/07/2017)
UNDP,
CF
partner to advance SDGs in Nepal (ht 15/07/2017)
SDG
11
: Cities for all; We should harness the
transformational power of urbanisation for sustainable
development, by Lajana Manandhar (kp 11/07/2017)
Nepal
ranks
3rd in South Asian Sustainable Development Goals index
(kp 08/07/2017)
SDG
10
: Double marginalisation; Mainstreaming Dalit women
requires us to localise the SDGs and adapt them to
reflect Nepal’s societal structures, by Durga Sob
(kp 04/07/2017)
SDG
9
: Innovation for development; Besides building basic
infrastructure, Nepal should invest in nurturing the
talents of its people, by Mahabir Pun (kp
27/06/2017)
The
NAP for the Future, by Batu Uprety (sp 23/06/2017)
SDG
8
: The new workforce; Transforming the economy in a way
that increases the number of quality jobs is essential
for sustainable development, by Bhawani Rana (kp
20/06/2017)
SDG
7
: Time to branch out; Nepal must aspire for energy
sovereignty and depart from the current commercial
energy situation, by Indira Shakya (kp 13/06/2017)
SDG
6
: The stuff of life; It is critical to address water
pollution issues to achieve national health goals,
by Sitaram Kattel and Kunjana Ghimire (kp 06/06/2017)
SDG
5
: Fast and faster; Sports can be a great medium to
achieve gender equality, by Mira Rai (kp
30/05/2017)
Financing
gap
a threat to SDGs: Industry Minister: He emphasised the
need to redouble efforts to put development
commitments into action (kp 25/05/2017)
SDG
4
: Quality education for all: It is high time we
ensured that every child from every community goes to
school, by Prabal Gurung (kp 23/05/2017)
UN
and
Yeti Airlines sign pact to promote SDGs (kp
19/05/2017), Yeti
Airlines,
United Nations in partnership for advancing SDGs
(ht 19/05/2017)
SDG
3
: Good health and well-being; Ensure healthy lives,
promote well-being: We all have a right to good health
care, but we must alsorecognise our individual
responsibility to protect our health , by Manisha
Koirala (kp 16/05/2017)
SDG
2
: zero hunger; Together,
we
can end hunger: Sufficient food is a necessity
for the welfare of society and for the progress
of the nation, by Basanta Chaudhary (kp
09/05/2017)
Green
GDP:
Sustainable development, by Surya Bhakta
Pokharel and Bishnu Prasad Bhandari (ht
05/05/2017)
SDG
1
: Approaches to poverty reduction: There are no
firm guidelines on what exactly must be done to
lift people above the poverty line and keep them
there, by Sukhdev Shah (kp 02/05/2017)
Annual
drive
for education begins today; This year’s focus
will be on Goal 4 of Sustainable Development
Goals which states ‘Ensure Inclusive and Quality
Education for all and Promote lifelong learning’
(kp 26/04/2017)
Climate
cocktail:
Could China be thinking of dovetailing OBOR with
the UN’s SDGs in Nepal?, by Navin Singh
Khadka (kp 31/03/2017)
Nepal
could
miss 2030 Agenda target on trade (ht
30/03/2017)
2
comittees, 9 groups formed to implement SDGs:
One of the primary objectives of SDGs is to end
poverty and hunger from the world (kp
24/03/2017), Panels,
working
groups formed to implement SDGs (rep
25/03/2017)
SDGs
and
Nepal: Formalities or beyond?, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht 26/12/2016)
Crucial
role
of pvt sector highlighted (ht 14/12/2016)
‘Fighting
corruption
critical to meeting SDGs’ (kp 10/12/2016)
NPC
to
finalise 3-year plan within December: The
three-year plan has envisaged attaining economic
growth of 6.5 percent in the current fiscal
year; 7.2 percent in fiscal year 2017-18; and
7.9 percent in 2018-19 (kp 27/11/2016)
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