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News Release | 22 July 2021
ADB Approves $165 Million Loan for COVID-19 Vaccines in Nepal
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $165 million for the Government of Nepal to purchase safe and effective vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Article | 16 July 2021
Q&A: Kenichi Yokoyama on climate resilient and sustainable infrastructure in South Asia
Kenichi Yokoyama, Director General of ADB's South Asia Department, explains ADB’s responses to regional challenges, gives concrete examples of what ADB has already done, and what it intends to do in the years ahead.
News from Country Offices | 6 July 2021
ADB Appoints New Country Director for Nepal
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Arnaud Cauchois as new Country Director for Nepal.

Asian Development Blog | 24 May 2021
Why school closure is a last resort
School reopening should be done on a risk-based approach – with situations closely monitored, particularly for the effect of COVID-19 variants – and school closure be used as a last resort.

Data: Nepal ADB and Nepal: Fact Sheet

Economic Forecast

GDP forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

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

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

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 | 8 September 2020
Farmers in Nepal reap the benefits of rehabilitated farmers-managed irrigation systems
Rehabilitation of farmers-managed irrigation systems have provided efficient and reliable irrigation services raising agricultural productivity and food security.
Project Result / Case Study | 24 April 2020
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 | 24 July 2019
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.