Nepal Digital Transformation (WB-P511767)

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
B
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
Feb 9, 2026
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
Nepal
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Communications
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
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.
Loan 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)
$ 90.00 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.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 13, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Oct 25, 2025

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Project Description
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According to bank's website, the approved project aims to invest in digital public infrastructure (DPI) in Nepal to enable the digitalization of public services through shared digital platforms across prioritized sectors. To build trust and strengthen digital development and services in the country, the project will help bring government services directly to the people including marginalized and hard-to reach populations. This will enable individuals and businesses to transact via the Nagarik app, an integrated online- and mobile portal. To enable such seamless, online service delivery, the project will also invest in the necessary underlying Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) including national identity and national data exchange. The project will also support the government to develop appropriate data hosting infrastructure and data classification policy to ensure insulation from any natural or manmade disasters. The project will support the GoN to design a new national identity (NID) system and also establish an integrated social protection system (ISPS), based on NID, to reduce inefficiency and duplications and promote transparency and inclusion of vulnerable groups in the country. The design and implementation of digital platforms under this component will draw on good practice examples and lessons learned from countries like Moldova, Jordan, Singapore, South Korea, and Ukraine, with a robust track record of leveraging DPI for public service digitalization.The project will also support the GoN to create a legal and regulatory enabling environment to effectively develop their digital economy and create a trusted environment. This will include the drafting and amendment of a data protection law, cyber security law, electronic transactions law and national ID law. In addition, the project will support the GoN to develop data governance frameworks to effectively leverage data hosting and cloud computing. This will include data classification frameworks as well as data hosting guidance on use of hybrid or public cloud, outside of Nepal. Given Nepal's fragilities it will be important to develop a cloud-first policy to enhance resilience and supporting business continuity. The project will also support digitalization of high impact services identified by the Government. This will include business process reengineering for the select services and full digitalization of select services including land administration.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Environmental and Social Risk: M

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 90.00 million

Commitment Amount: US$ 50.00 million 


Contact Information
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Task Team Leader: Ida S Mboob 

Title: Senior Digital Specialist 

Email: imboob@worldbank.org 

TTL Contact: Kimberly D. Johns 

Title: Senior Digital Specialist 

Email: kjohns1@worldbank.org 

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