Aid In Nepal Research Articles

Contribution of Foreign Aid to the Economic Growth of Nepal

Foreign aid is an important factor for the rapid economic development, growth, and fulfillment of resource gaps in developing countries like Nepal. This paper analyzes the contribution of foreign aid and other foreign inflows of capital like foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittances to the GDP of Nepal. This paper examines the role of foreign aid on the economic growth of Nepal by using secondary time series data from 1996/97 to 2019/20. This paper also used the data series of the same period for trend analysis of foreign aid in Nepal. The secondary data obtained from the World Bank-World Development Indicator has been analyzed using ordinary least squares regression. This paper uses GDP as a dependent variable, foreign aid as a major independent variable, and FDI and remittances as supporting independent variables. The empirical results of this paper prove that there is a positive and significant relationship between GDP and foreign aid inflow to Nepal. The empirical results also prove that there is a positive and significant relationship between GDP and remittances. Similarly, there is also a positive and significant relationship between GDP and FDI.

Analysis of Trends and Management Pattern of Educational Aid in Nepal

This research article, “Analysis of Trends and Management Pattern of Educational Aid in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis” aims to analyze the trends and management pattern of education aid in Nepal. Aid is the essential means to remove the bottleneck of development in Nepal. Since 1952 AD international donors have been supporting education sector reforms in Nepal with individual basis. Aid program Education for All (EFA), (2004-2009 AD) was established with donors and Nepal Government Joint Financing Agreement (JFA) for the school education reform. Then after, EFA (2001-2015) established education aid for the reform of primary education in Nepal. This research used the secondary data from the different sources of information and used the descriptive research design for data analysis. The researchers concluded that the educational aid trend is in increasing way in each year, only effective management will fulfill the target and increase the effectiveness of the educational aid in the context of Nepal.

Industrial Sector output and Its Relationship with Government Expenditure, Credit, and Foreign Aid in Nepal

The study's goal is to look into the state, long-run relationship, and casual link of government spending, commercial bank lending, and foreign aid to Nepal's industrial sector output. The research design for this study is descriptive and analytical. The secondary data are processed using Excel and EViews10 software from 1989/90 to 2018/19. The Johnsen Co-integration test and Granger Causality test describe and analyze the relation and causal impact of variables. The credit of commercial banks highly influences industrial output. The industrial sector output, government expenditure, loans, and foreign aid were Co-integrated or had long-run association ship. This paper contributes to the policy debate on whether government expenditure and foreign support to the industrial sector are justified or not. The author is unaware of another study, finding, and location related to industrial output and its affecting factors like government expenditure, loans, and foreign aid.

Mapping the Nepali NGO Sector: Understanding the evolutionary patterns

The number of Nepali NGOs is on the rise. However, except the total number of NGOs, the information about the spatial distribution of these NGOs is rarely available. This descriptive paper utilizes the data from the Social Welfare Council and Aid Management Platform of the Ministry of Finance to explore the spatial distribution of NGOs and foreign aid in Nepal. It uses descriptive statistics and visual graphs and charts to demonstrate the distribution. The study finds that NGOs and foreign aid are agglomerated in province number three of Nepal. The paper suggests that the uneven distribution of NGOs and aid leads to uneven realization of development outcomes in Nepal. Registration, renewal, and procedures are extremely lengthy and tedious in Nepal.

Legal Aid: Existing Law, Policies and Practices in Nepal

Legal aid is a system of providing free or inexpensive advice, assistance, or representation for those who cannot afford to pay for the services of professional lawyers mainly because of a difficult financial situation. The provisions of legal aid to the poor are based on humanitarian considerations and the main aim of these provisions is to help the poverty-stricken people who are socially and economically backward. It can be said that the spiritual essence of the scheme consists in investing law with a human heart to ensure immanence of social justice in the juridical order on the substantive and the procedural planes of law. In this article the author clearly presents the notion of legal aid, its relevance, institutions rendering legal aid services in Nepal and examines the Nepalese scenario, legal provisions, policies, practices as well as the problems of legal aid in Nepal.

Trans-Himalayan power corridors: Infrastructural politics and China's Belt and Road Initiative in Nepal

This article examines the shifting dimensions of Chinese infrastructural aid in Nepal, focusing on the politics of anticipation and enunciation that shape Nepali perceptions of Chinese-facilitated development and negotiations concerning Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Drawing from ethnographic research focused on sites of ongoing and planned infrastructure development in Nepal's two northern districts of Rasuwa and Gorkha, we analyze the uncertain remaking of these areas into trans-Himalayan power corridors. Our examination reveals the gamut of transitions, opportunities, reorientations, and expectations that the BRI and other forms of Chinese investment evoke in Nepal, showing how politics articulate infrastructures, and vice versa. After reviewing the historical context of Nepal-China relations, our empirical analysis begins in late 2014 when China became the single largest source of foreign direct investment in Nepal, continues through several rounds of negotiations about the BRI and other forms of Chinese infrastructural investment and aid, and concludes with a review of significant Nepal-China agreements at the Second Belt and Road Forum, held in Beijing in April 2019. Tacking between remote construction sites, scenes of diplomatic debate, borderland villages, investment summits, and speculative media coverage, we demonstrate how the Belt and Road Initiative is differently enacted and co-constructed by a variety of Nepali and Chinese actors who interpret, reimagine, and rhetorically appropriate the BRI within their own narrations of future possibility.

Cost-effectiveness of models of care quality for children affected by HIV and AIDS in Nepal

Background: With an estimated sixty four thousand people living with HIV in Nepal, there are tremendous implications for children, whose lives are greatly affected when a parent is infected. The objective of this study is to identify and assess cost effectiveness for existing models of care for children affected with HIV/AIDS Methods: The study performed cost effective analysis for types of care and support for children affected by HIV and AIDS in Nepal from a societal perspective. Types of care and support to Children affected by HIV/AIDS were assessed, Comparator minimum was estimated based on government minimum standards guideline; comparative analysis for cost effectiveness was done in terms of care quality, and overall modes of care delivery. Results: This study identified only three types of care model (comprehensive institutional model of care, home based care and support, community based care with income generation) prevalent in Nepal. Out of this three types of models of care: Community based care with income generation was assessed as the most cost effective care model in Nepal. Conclusion: Community based care with income generation imparted children with better socialization and professional skills. However, continuum of care was often missed by one model, therefore other existing models of child care were also essential to provide care and provision of safety nets for children who fail to reach the care homes should also be considered by the government. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7425 Health Prospect 2012;11:19-25

Foreign Aid in Nepal

Foreign aid is essential for least developed countries like Nepal because these countries have the shortage of fund to meet their domestic investment for accelerating economic development and also to finance the import of essential capital goods required for the development. Nepal receives foreign aid from bilateral and multilateral sources. Following a descriptive approaches this paper analyses the trend of foreign did flow in Nepal from aggregative perspective. Economic Journal of Development Issues Vol. 23&24 No. 1-2, (2017) Combined Issue, Page : 71-76

Foreign Aid in Nepal: Importance, Trends and Government Initiatives

Economic growth and development are in the forefront of international relations and policy making. Developed countries such as the United States and international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund provide assistance that attempts to help the economic growth of developing countries. Foreign aid has been recognized as the most crucial factor in enhancing economic development in many countries. Foreign aid is crucial factor to achieve higher and sustainable economic growth and development of Nepal. However, aid must be linked with sustainable growth and poverty reduction. The objectives of the paper are to study the importance, trends and government initiatives of foreign aids in Nepal.

Health programmes logistics and international aid in Nepal: an overview of processes improvements

Objectives The objective of this review was to describe the development of health logistics in Nepal, processes that led to this development and the contribution made by international aid. Methods We performed a literature search using search engines Google Scholar, Web of Science and PubMed using the keywords ‘Health logistics AND Nepal’ and collected 54 articles most of which could be described as ‘grey literature’. We also communicated with key informants and collected 30 articles on the health logistics system and development in Nepal and involvement/contribution of various stakeholders. Some 26 articles suggested by the key informants were already included in the review. Thus, we compiled a total of 58 articles, categorised them and selected 10 articles related to Nepal. This was then analysed to depict health programmes logistics and international aid in Nepal. Key findings Health logistics development in Nepal has been possible through sustained policy focus, cooperation and support from the international aid agencies and better implementation. It has been the backbone of the successfully implemented public health programmes. However, the challenge is to withstand the growing demand to deliver product and services. Conclusions International aid agencies have been supportive and instrumental in setting up the health logistics management system in Nepal, but the onus now is on the Nepalese government to create a sustainable and decentralised logistics management system that relies on the technical capabilities and network of its own people, institutions and organisations.

Politics and Perceptions of Indian Aid to Nepal

India has significantly invested in Nepal’s development through economic assistance since 1952. Despite deploying aid to win the hearts and minds of the people of Nepal, India has not entirely succeeded in doing so. Paradoxically, an analysis of Indian aid and gaps in the planning, processes, modalities and perceptions of India’s motivation shows that it has possibly contributed to the fuelling of anti-India sentiments among the Nepalese population. Although Indian aid has not been refused, it has been resisted, and sceptical nationalist sentiments dominate perceptions of Indian aid in Nepal. Why is India not perceived as a major donor despite providing significant aid? Why do vested political and economic interests mar the public perception of Indian aid to Nepal? This article is an attempt to reconstruct the history of India’s developmental aid to Nepal, outline the trends, shifting priorities and modalities as well offering a critical analysis of the perceptions of Indian aid. The article is limited to development aid and excludes military aid and investments.

P4.064 Status of STIs Among MSMs and Transgenders in the Eastern Region of Nepal

BackgroundSexually transmitted infections are the major problems among most high risk population of HIV and AIDS in Nepal. Studies were showed Men having sex with men and transgender has higher...

Causes of HIV and AIDS Stigmatization in Nepal: a Proposed Model to Reduce Stigma

Stigma related to HIV and AIDS in Nepal is an issue that requires better understanding. Some prevention efforts, because of lack of cultural understanding, have paradoxically amplified the problem they were intended to reduce. In this paper I set out to identify the causes of stigma related to HIV and AIDS in Nepal and propose a prevention model that makes use of culture to reduce this more effectively.

Presentation of AIDS in Nepal

This article presents symptomatic HIV infection/AIDS and mortality due to AIDS in Nepal. The frequently affected age group is 20-29 years and the number of males predominates over females. The pattern of presentation of AIDS in the Nepali context is also discussed. Tuberculosis of lungs is the important opportunistic infection in HIV positive persons, contributing to 67.8% of the total AIDS cases. Non-specific symptoms like weight loss (98.4%), fever (95.4%) and diarrhoea (78.7%) contribute to majority of the presentations. Symptoms like vaginal discharge in women (52.2%), persistent lymphadenopathy (24.6%) and oral thrush (28.4%) are also important contributors. The mean age at death is 28.8 years.