Nepal: Strengthening Public Financial Management and Devolved Service Delivery Program (Subprogram 1)
The program adopts a programmatic approach to properly sequence reforms and ensure the needed flexibility while implementing multi-year, multi-component policy reforms at national and subnational government (SNG) levels. It covers two reform areas: (i) expenditure management at the federal level and (ii) resource planning and management in SNGs._Subprogram 1 prioritizes medium-term reforms to create institutional and policy frameworks and operational strategies. Subprogram 2 prioritizes follow-on reforms to implement the frameworks and strategies to promote a sustained and resilient economic recovery over the medium term.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Sapkota, Chandan
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Nepal -
Sector
- Public sector management
| Project Name | Strengthening Public Financial Management and Devolved Service Delivery Program (Subprogram 1) | ||||||||
| Project Number | 55002-001 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Nepal |
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| Project Status | Proposed | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Public expenditure and fiscal management - Reforms of state owned enterprises |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||
| Description | The program adopts a programmatic approach to properly sequence reforms and ensure the needed flexibility while implementing multi-year, multi-component policy reforms at national and subnational government (SNG) levels. It covers two reform areas: (i) expenditure management at the federal level and (ii) resource planning and management in SNGs._Subprogram 1 prioritizes medium-term reforms to create institutional and policy frameworks and operational strategies. Subprogram 2 prioritizes follow-on reforms to implement the frameworks and strategies to promote a sustained and resilient economic recovery over the medium term. | ||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The program's impact will be in line with the country's overall development objective: good governance, balanced development, and prosperity enhanced. The program will have the following outcome: fiscal management and devolved services delivery improved. | ||||||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide, Nepal | ||||||||
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| Environment | C |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
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| Procurement | Not applicable as project is PBL |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Sapkota, Chandan |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Finance |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 12 Aug 2022 |
| Fact Finding | 21 Sep 2022 to 30 Sep 2022 |
| MRM | 23 Jan 2023 |
| Approval | - |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 15 Aug 2022 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Strengthening Public Financial Management and Devolved Service Delivery Program (Subprogram 1): Concept Paper | Concept Papers | Aug 2022 |
| Strengthening Public Financial Management and Devolved Service Delivery Program (Subprogram 1): Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Aug 2022 |
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