Tag: World Bank
Hydropower Outage Leaves Thousands Without Power
After the restoration of multiparty democracy in 1990, Nepal has been taking steps toward hydropower generation. The 1990s saw efforts aimed at developing the...
Nepal Aims for $1 Billion Investment from World Bank and Global...
1,061 MW project will be the bank’s first investment in the country’s hydropower since it pulled out of Arun III in 1995.
Nepal seeks an...
Inauguration of the Hetauda-Bharatpur-Bardaghat Transmission Line and New Bharatpur 220 KV...
Kathmandu, 22 August 2023. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has inaugurated the new Bharatpur 220-132 kilovolt (KV) substation. In addition, Prime Minister Prachanda...
Donor agencies consulted to manage investment for Upper Arun Hydropower Project
KATHMANDU, June 9: The Ministry of Finance on Thursday consulted donor agencies' representatives for arranging the investment amount for the Upper Arun Hydropower Project...
World Bank Approves $100 million Credit to Reform Nepal’s Electricity Sector...
World Bank Approves $100 million Credit to Reform Nepal’s Electricity Sector and Boost Recovery from COVID-19 Crisis
June 2, 2020
Washington: The World Bank Board of...
Promoting Resilient Infrastructure in Nepal
9th Sep, 2019
Kathmandu: A team of experts from the Government of Nepal, development partners and Japan’s energy sector will be meeting in Kathmandu to...
Government, World Bank ink pact to scale up renewable energy options
22 April, 2019
Kathmandu: The government and the World Bank have signed an agreement today to scale up renewable energy options in selected regions of...
WB report identifies 5 key risks for Nepal’s economic outlook
KATHMANDU, April 9: The World Bank has pointed out five major risks to the economic outlook of Nepal including reform implementation constraints and vulnerability...
