Reports and Analysis

The 2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report presents new evidence on the role of volunteerism in strengthening community resilience. The report explores how governments and development actors can best engage with volunteerism to nurture its most beneficial characteristics, while mitigating against potential harms to the most vulnerable. In doing so, the report provides an important contribution to the evidence base on inclusive, citizen-led approaches to resilience-building.

The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) provides a countryspecific medium-term strategic vision for the World Health Organization’s cooperation with Member States, and outlines the collaborative agenda between the government and the Organization.

Following a joint International IDEA, IFES and UNDP needs assessment mission in 2007, the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN) embarked on what was to become an ambitious, 10-year implementation of the BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) professional development course. Nepal and the ECN are unique in the world in that they have had the longest, continuous relationship with BRIDGE and have used it in an effort to build capacity of ECN staff and positive working relationships with numerous electoral stakeholders in Nepal.

The book focuses on the so-called shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring. In parts of East Asia in particular, such tutoring has long existed on a large scale. Pupils commonly receive fee-free education in public schools and then at the end of day and/or during week-ends and vacations receive supplementary tutoring in the same subjects on a fee-paying basis. The book begins by surveying the scale, nature and implications of the shadow education system in a range of settings. It then identifies possible government responses to the phenomenon.

Nepal is among the most disaster prone countries in the world. It had devastating earthquakes in 1934 and 1 988. The 19 34 earthquake measured 8.4 on the Richter scale is estimated to have killed over 16,000 people in Nepal and India. It caused extensive damages in Nepal: Over 8,500 lives were lost; over 80,000 houses were completely damaged, and over 126,0000 houses were severely damaaged.2 The more recent earthquake of magnitude 6..6 in Udayapur district in 19888 had killed 7721 people and destroyed 664,467 houses.

The Ministry of Local Development, with support from UNDP, conducted an assessment of existing capacities of fire preparedness in Nepal while also identifying gaps and proposing a way forward to strengthen fire preparedness capacities. For detailed information, please read the full report.

Nepal has made a strong commitment to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and aspires to graduate from Least Developed Country status and emerge as a middle income country. To achieve these ambitious goals, the Government of Nepal will need new strategies to improve the Government’s efficiency and effectiveness, increase the levels of finance, and strengthen the enabling environment for private sector investment and growth.

2017 was a landmark year for Nepal as it conducted the first elections since the adoption of its new constitution andthe first at local level in more than 17 years.The elections were a tremendous success, both in terms of quality and mobilization, demonstrating the strong attachment of the Nepali people to democracy.It was especially rewarding for UNDP to see hundreds of women and youth beneficiaries of our socio-economic empowerment projects chosen to represent their communities in executive or legislative functions.

With the landmark elections of 2017 that elected nearly 40,000 officials to local, provincial and federal parliaments, Nepal has begun implementing its new constitution in earnest. Fortuitously, this new political and economic era in Nepal also coincides with the ambition of the global community to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report, published by the National Planning Commission (NPC) with UNDP support, takes stock of Nepal’s development status and projects a roadmap to 2030.

Three years have passed since the earthquakes of April and May 2015 rattled Nepal to its very core. The country is well into the recovery and reconstruction phase today; while significant progress has been made in expediting private house reconstruction, a great deal remains to be done: hundreds of thousands are still living in makeshift shelters, battling food and water shortages, and struggling to earn a decent living.