Nepal : Meeting MDGs amidst an Environment of Political and Economic Instability

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Nepal Meeting MDGs amidst an Environment of
Political and Economic Instability

• Posh Raj Pandey
• Member
• National Planning Commission
• Government of Nepal

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Contents of the Presentation

• Achieving MDGs a powerful instrument to redress
  grievances
• Efforts towards attaining MDGs
• Progress in achieving MDGs
• Challenges to meet MDGs
• The way forward

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Unfreedom feeds political instability and
conflicts

• Nepal living history of feudal conspiracies and
  deceits
• Which nourished
• Political haggling and instability
• In conjunction with
• Weak governance and institutions
• Exclusion of certain regions and ethnic groups
  and castes in the political process and from the
  benefits of development
• Inability to provide a policy environment to
  generate and sustain growth

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Unfreedom feeds political instability and
conflicts (contd..)

• fed
• Insurgency with demand of
• Socio economic reforms based on equality and
  distributive justice
• Transformation of Nepalese state and politics
  

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MDGs matters to address grievances and inequality
in capabilities and opportunities

• People and their lives at the centre stage of
  development agenda
• Political commitment at the global level
• Provides framework for accountability
• Provides framework for global partnership
• But, it is not the whole story..

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Efforts towards attaining MDGs Localization of
MDGs

• Addressed MDG thrusts into periodic plan
• Incorporated MDG issues into sectoral policies
  and plans of action
• Targeted programmes
• Localization at district level

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Progress in Achieving MDGs
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Challenges to Meet MDGs

• Political Instability and conflict
• Damage of development infrastructure
• Low private investment
• Slow down in development expenditure
• Disruption of production and trade transaction
• Obstruction in the work of I/NGOs, community
  organization and other development partners
• Weakening grass root service delivery

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Challenges to Meet MDGs (contd)

• Structural Problems
• Inadequate infrastructure
• Traditional production system and low
  productivity
• Socio-cultural impediments inequality based on
  regions, castes, ethnicity, gender
• Resource gap
• Weak governance and institutions ineffective
  service delivery

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The Way forward Reform Agenda

• Deepening Democracy
• Broad based recovery leading to transformation
  political, social and economic
• Commitment on inputs up-scaling resources with
  governance and institutional reforms
• Creating infrastructure-physical, social and
  human
• Bringing community back
• Mobilizing private sector and civil society
• Reform policies that hold back the livelihood of
  the poor

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THANK YOU forYour Kind Attention