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The World Bank Group in Nepal, 2014–23

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-18T15:06:21Z
dc.date.available2025-02-18T15:06:21Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-18
dc.description.abstractThis Country Program Evaluation (CPE) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and adaptability of the World Bank Group’s support to Nepal from FY 2014 through FY23. The evaluation period spans the FY14–18 Country Partnership Strategy and the FY19–24 Country Partnership Framework (CPF). The CPE’s scope includes the financing, knowledge, and convening support from the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency to the government of Nepal. The CPE looks closely at three areas of the Bank Group’s support—namely, its support for Nepal’s transition to federalism, private sector development (PSD) and job creation, and climate and disaster resilience. The CPE provides lessons to help the Bank Group rethink its development approach as it designs a new CPF for Nepal. This evaluation finds that the Bank Group was successful in supporting Nepal, including in mounting rapid and large-scale responses to devastating earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not always effectively consider the country’s capacity and political economy challenges. The World Bank’s earthquake and COVID-19 responses showed the World Bank at its best, with the World Bank building on these successes during the evaluation period by further strengthening Nepal’s resilience to major disasters and shocks. However, both country strategies covered by this evaluation acknowledged implementation challenges. At times, the significant financing support of the Bank Group program surpassed the government’s absorptive capacity and did not sufficiently consider lessons from past projects. At other times, program support insufficiently considered political barriers to advancing the program. This reduced the outcomes from the Bank Group’s support, including for more complex policy and institutional support.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099432502042510039/SECBOS1690458a0b51bb901df5d5c46e4b1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/IEG196288
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42828
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY PROGRAM EVALUATION (CPE)
dc.subjectCOUNTRY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK (CPF)
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCLIMATE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE
dc.titleThe World Bank Group in Nepal, 2014–23en
dc.typeIEG Evaluation
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleThe World Bank Group in Nepal, 2014–23
okr.date.disclosure2025-02-18
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:49:17.272133Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-09T02:37:24.719661Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-02-04T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeIEG Evaluation
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099432502042510039/SECBOS1690458a0b51bb901df5d5c46e4b1
okr.guid099432502042510039
okr.identifier.docmidSECBOS-690458aa-f15f-47b5-bb90-df5d5c46e4b1
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/IEG196288
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34452842
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34452842
okr.identifier.report196288
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099432502042510039/pdf/SECBOS1690458a0b51bb901df5d5c46e4b1.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryNepal
okr.topicGovernance::International Governmental Organizations
okr.topicEnvironment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Disasters
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Finance and Development
okr.topicGovernance::Governance and the Financial Sector
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development
okr.unitIEG Eco Mgt & Country Prog (IEGEC)
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