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Political instability and security issues have a significant impact on project implementation and the ability to meet timeframes. These and other external factors need to be considered during the design stage especially to map out more realistic and achievable timeframes. Risk mitigation measures should be agreed upon with participating countries during project appraisal.

Project Number: 52070-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Regional Energy Cooperation
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Federal transition is a work in progress. As of 2023, Nepal continues to build and evolve its institutional structures as it operationalizes federal structures. Hence, the design and Implementation of a program supporting large sector programs such as the School Sector Development Plan (SSDP) Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) need to be flexible while maintaining a balance between ambitious and incremental results.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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It is imperative for the federal government to recognize the diversity in local government needs and provide minimum enabling conditional grants that improve education outcomes. The school education-related federal grants that went to local governments after 2018 were largely conditional and required flexibility to align with local governments’ education needs.

Project Number: 49424-001
Project Name: Supporting School Sector Development Plan
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The innovative septage management option piloted by the project appears to be widely implementable in Nepal. A grant from the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund supported the piloting under this project of a non-sewered sanitation option that included the construction of fecal sludge treatment plants in two towns. Successful implementation of the pilot, coupled with sector wide advocacy and information dissemination, has led to wider interest in fecal sludge management (FSM) across Nepal.

Project Number: 35173-013
Project Name: Third Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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The country’s restructuring affected GESI institutional structure adopted through GESI operational guidelines and requires revision of GESI operational guideline to align with federal structure. Although MOUD has instituted GESI operationally, other structures do not exist after restructuring of MOUD and its department to align with the country’s new federal structure.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Supporting policies need to have clear guidelines on tax incentives.

Project Number: 38423-022
Project Name: Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project
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Introducing public-private partnerships in power distribution requires considerable experience from international experts particularly in creating a conducive legal framework.

Project Number: 40553-013
Project Name: Energy Access and Efficiency Improvement Project
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Advocacy and capacity building are needed to encourage the government in attracting the private sector.

Project Number: 40553-013
Project Name: Energy Access and Efficiency Improvement Project
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Strengthening public financial management )PFM) in a country that is undertaking peace building and state restructuring is challenging; therefore, working toward a long-term horizon, in a flexible way, and with attention to sequencing and overall coherence, is essential.

Project Number: 36172-063
Project Name: Strengthening Public Management Program
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