Federalism and Public Expenditure for Human Development in Nepal
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Nepal has made significant progress
across many human capital dimensions in the past twenty
years, though shocks remain a threat to achievements. The
current Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has adversely
affected the economy and the delivery of essential services,
which can have significant long-term impact on human
capital. This public expenditure review is structured as
follows. After the introduction, Chapter 1 presents briefly
the few stylized facts about progress in human capital
indicators, key persisting challenges, and important
disparities along geographic and socio-economic lines.
Chapter 2 then reviews briefly national level spending in
social sectors, as well as broad issues in service delivery.
Turning to federalism, Chapter 3 presents the allocation of
functions across levels and highlights the issues. Chapter 4
then discusses the allocation of resources across three
levels and identifies potential limitations. Chapter 5
focuses on actual service delivery at the local level,
identifying challenges in implementation. Chapter 6
concludes this report by proposing ten recommendations which
will be critical for Nepal to address the structural issues
in human development, which have recently been highlighted
by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Addressing these
chronic issues will be essential to put Nepal on a path
towards green, resilient, and inclusive development (GRID).
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HUMAN CAPITAL, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY, HEALTH SPENDING, DECENTRALIZATION, FEDERALISM, EDUCATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION