Nepal: A Review of Jobs Portfolio

Vismay Parikh and Anupama Shakya

No 32160293, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: The report presents an analysis of the jobs portfolio for Nepal covering WB operations as well as Development Partners' (DP) activities, with the objective of understanding the approach towards jobs specific targets and identify gaps to influence future investments. This portfolio review looks at individual project interventions and the balance of the portfolio as a whole, to see how they align with national priorities and incorporate jobs-relevant outcomes. The analysis looks at the type of interventions (macro and regulatory, sectoral and labor policies) and their specific jobs outcomes including creation, quality and inclusion.

Keywords: fiscal policy trade; food and nutrition; labor force working; impact on labor force participation; trade and investment policy; Job Creation; access to finance; danish international development; international cooperation agency; world bank lending operation; Food and Nutrition Security; access to employment opportunity; private sector development programs; improving access to finance; better access to market; transport and energy; job impact; natural resource development; labor market outcome; human capital development; quality of job; access to job; number of jobs; intermediate outcome; informal sector employment; low income workers; delivery of good; creating job opportunity; domestic private sector; value of investment; social security reform; Private Sector Growth; public employment service; Promoting Private Sector; labor policy; Labor Policies; lack of opportunity; generation of income; private sector engagement; power and water; rates of return; demand for labor; private sector training; privileges and immunity; private sector competitiveness; Self Employment; share of labor; change in demand; foreign investment law; households with migrants; universal social protection; investments in infrastructure; labor market reform; business development service; barrier to entry; financial sector development; labor market regulation; access for woman; human capital outcomes; international aid agencies; amount of investment; point of departure; access to land; concentration of supply; number of beneficiaries; access to skill; investments in agriculture; Finance for Development; vulnerable population group; senior operations; share of earning; private sector job; jobs and growth; national planning commission; participation of woman; expansion of access; Job Quality; value chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63
Date: 2020-06-01
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