Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal

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Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Poverty - Target likely to be achieved Hunger - Target unlikely to be achieved Achieve Universal Primary Education Possible to achieve if changes are made
Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Targets possible to achieve if changes are made Reduce Child Mortality Targets likely to be achieved
Improve Maternal Health Improve Maternal Health Targets possible to achieve if changes are made Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases HIV and AIDS - Target Possible to achieve if changes are made Tuberculosis - Target likely to be achieved
Ensure Environmental Sustainability Environment - Target Possible to achieve if changes are made Water and Sanitation - Target Likely to be achieved Global Partnership for Development Poverty - Target likely to be achieved

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Goal 7 / Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Environment - Target Possible to achieve if changes are made

After a slump in the 1990s and early 2000s, forest cover has been made relatively stable in the past years, reaching 29 percent today. Also protected areas have increased slightly through the increase in community protected areas, which benefit the environment and protect the livelihoods of communities. However, factors like internal migration, uncontrolled encroachment of forest for habitation and agriculture, and high dependency on forest resources for livelihood, threatens to slow down further development and destroy acquired improvements. Government institutions' capacity to manage forests on a sustainable basis should be enhanced and the Government should develop a system to track the forest cover as well as its quality.

Water and Sanitation - Target Likely to be achieved

The share of people living without water and sanitation has more than halved since the nineties. Already during the 2000s, access to clean water has risen by sixteen percentage points from 73 to 89 percent. However, rural sanitation coverage remains a main concern in this sector.

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[03-05-2010] - Press Release

UNDP Regional Director wraps-up visit to Nepal against backdrop of political uncertainty and ongoing development challenges

During the meeting with the Rt. Honourable Prime Minister Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal, UNDP�s support to the peace process and Nepal�s progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals were discussed. Mr. Chhibber emphasized the importance of moving forward with the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and indicated UNDP�s ongoing support to the constitution-drafting process. He stressed the importance of the final document enjoying broad legitimacy, by ensuring a high level of consultation with all key stakeholders and the importance of political stability for economic development.

[07-05-2010] - News

Sale of rice husk stoves on the rise

Rice husk stoves have been gaining popularity in the Terai region. Metal Nepal, a Bhairahawa based enterprise with its 60 employers produces 300 stoves in one day under the enterprising leadership of Shekhar Rayamajhi. One rice husk stove is being sold for Rs. 625 thanks to mass scale production. Earlier it used to be sold for Rs. 900. Rayamajhi has sold more than100,000 rice husk stoves in the Terai region in the past one year.

[07-05-2010] - News

Regional conference on the impact of the Global Financial Crisis

The UNDP Regional Centre for Asia Pacific in collaboration with UNDP Nepal and the National Planning Commission hosted a South Asia conference on the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis and their linkages with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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