Approach Paper - Nepal Country Program Evaluation World Bank Group Support to Nepal, Fiscal Years 2014–23

Nepal can be geographically divided into the mountain region, which includes some of the largest peaks of the Himalayas; the hill region, where the capital is located and which is the traditional locus of political and economic power; and the southern Tarai plains, which is Nepal’s major cereal-producing region and home to approximately half the population, including some historically excluded ide. [...] In the postearthquake period, and reflected in the Performance and Learning Review and World Bank Group (2022), the emphasis on the theme of resilience and responsiveness to shocks has also been greater. [...] The evaluation will include an overall assessment of the adaptive relevance and coherence of the program over the evaluation period and a deeper dive into the Bank Group’s effectiveness and contributions to outcomes in three important thematic areas: disaster and climate resilience, federalism, and private sector development and job creation. [...] The themes cover large parts of the Bank Group’s portfolio and 5 of the 11 outcome areas prioritized in the FY14–18 CPS and the FY19–23 CPF. [...] Specifically, the evaluation will focus on the following: • The relevance and coherence of the Bank Group’s program, including how the Bank Group adapted the program over time, its choice of focus areas and lending instruments, and its partnerships.