Promotion of new forms of financing for transfer, development, and application of environmentally sound technologies

Type Working Paper
Title Promotion of new forms of financing for transfer, development, and application of environmentally sound technologies
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2000
URL http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.534.8180&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Abstract
Nepal is endowed with a wide geo-ecological diversities and its topography
ranges between 305 metres and 8848 metres high stretching from plain
Terais Valleys, hills and mountains. This wide-ranging topographical variation
has blessed us with unique climate and biological diversities, which can
provide us a platitude of agro-diversity and forest resources.
HMG Nepal has given priority to develop agriculture and forestry sector not
merely as a source of enhancing livelihood of the rural people but also to
reduce poverty in the stipulated time frame. The ninth plan has emphasized
this aspect and the utilization of agro-forestry resources will be expedited to
develop agro and forest based industries which can provide employment to
large segment of the population. The sustainable development of road
infrastructure also requires a balanced approach for eco-fragile chure ranges
where devastation by landslide can become a big menace unless integrated
road construction with bio-engineering along the corridors of road are
undertaken.
Nepal is a small country with an areas of 147,181 sq.km. The population is
22.9 millions. The GNP per capita is $210. The agricultural GDP is 40 per
cent as compared to 60 per cent GDP in non-agriculture sector (Table 1). The
last ten years has witnessed a decline in agricultural GDP, with 47.68 per
cent in 1990-1999 and 40.12 per cent in 1999-2000. The manufacturing
sector has made modest increment in terms of GDP from 6.80 per cent in
1990 to 9.47 per cent in 1999-2000 (Table 2). Though the increment is small,
the manufacturing sector has grown to provide employment to the people,
and eventually become an important sector of the economy.

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