Additional Financing for Nepal Health Sector Management Reform Program for Results (WB-P176694)

Regions
  • South Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Nepal
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jul 8, 2021
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Ministry of Finance, Nepal
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 50.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 761.06 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Other Related Projects
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Nov 2, 2021

Disclosed by Bank May 25, 2021

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The objective of the proposed investment is to improve efficiency in the Federal-level public resource management systems of the health sector in Nepal. The Program for Results (PforR) financing through this project will support a subset of the Nepal Health Sector Strategy (NHSS 2015-2021) which outlines the Government of Nepal’s (GoN) program towards achieving its goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank Team Leaders

1. Sangeeta Carol Pinto, Senior Operations Officer
Telephone No : 5770+6136 / Email : spinto@worldbank.org
 
2. Manav Bhattarai, Senior Health Specialist 
Telephone No : 5722+6128 / Email : mbhattarai@worldbank.org
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Borrower/Client/Recipient

The Secretary, Ministry of Finance

Telephone No : 977-1-4211161 Email : moev@mof.gov.np

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Implementing Agencies

The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Population

Telephone No : 977-14262590 Email : info@mohp.gov.np

 

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