Nepal and ADB

In the Spotlight

26 May 2020 | Video

ADB Supports Nepal in its Fight Against COVID-19

ADB COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program is providing a $250 million concessional loan to the Government of Nepal to help mitigate and manage the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 May 2020 | Publication

Country Integrated Diagnostic on Environment and Natural Resources for Nepal

This study aims to mainstream environmental protection, climate change mitigation, and disaster risk management in the Asian Development Bank’s country partnership strategy for Nepal in 2020–2024.

18 May 2020 | Publication

Asian Development Bank and Nepal: Fact Sheet

ADB will support Nepal in developing hydropower and renewable energy; improving transportation, logistics, and trade facilitation; reducing production and trade costs for businesses; and attracting private investment.

08 May 2020 | Publication

The Socioeconomic Spillovers of Sanitation: Sewage Treatment Plants in Navi Mumbai, India

Over time, a city’s sanitation facilities can offer many economic and social benefits in addition to the direct benefits to public health.

Data: Nepal ADB and Nepal: Fact Sheet

Economic Forecast

GDP growth is expected to moderate from 7.1% in FY2019 to 5.3% in FY2020 for several reasons, notably the global outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The nationwide lock-down imposed from 24 March to 7 April and its subsequent effects mainly on industry and services and potential fall in remittances will undermine growth prospects. Lower agricultural output, in particular of rice, which supplies nearly 7% of GDP will also dampen growth prospects.

Poverty in Nepal

Development indicators for Nepal, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Results of ADB-Supported Operations, 2010-2018

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

Projects Cofinanced, 2014-2018

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects. Additional funds are provided in the form of official loans and grants, technical assistance, other concessional financing, and commercial cofinancing such as B loans, risk transfer arrangements, parallel loans and equity, guarantee cofinancing, and cofinancing for transactions under ADB’s Trade Finance Program.

Nepal: Cofinancing

Project Performance, 2000-2018

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ADB Projects in Nepal

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Project Results

Project Result / Case Study
Five years after the Nepal earthquake – building back better schools for a safer future
Khadka and her family, like millions of others, were affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal in 2015. ADB's Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project in Nepal financed the rebuilding of quality schools to withstand future disasters.
Project Result / Case Study
Reliable Electricity Supply Gives New Lease on Life to Nepal’s Villages
ADB projects in Nepal are strengthening the nation's electricity transmission system while improving people's lives at the grassroots level.
Project Result / Case Study
Pilot Application of IWA Water Balance Methodology
This pilot and demonstration activity will introduce the methodology in five countries representing the five regions of ADB’s operations and promote a standardized approach to measuring nonrevenue water, increasing capacity and adoption into respective operations.