36 INDEX
National Planning Commission (NPC), 10–11 Nepal: budgetary planning and implementation process, 10–11; Constituent Assembly, 10, 11; Constitution of, 10; economic growth in, 6t; Ministry of Finance, 10–11; parliament, 10, 11
Nepal Living Standards Survey 1 (NLSS 1), 20, 22, 25
Nepal Living Standards Survey 2 (NLSS 2), 20, 22, 25
Ninth Five-Year Plan, xiii, 3, 4t, 5, 9 NLSS. See Nepal Living Standards Survey NPC. See National Planning Commission
Panel data estimation, 20, 25–26, 27t, 28t, 29, 30–31
Population: distribution of, 7t, 14f; by district, 12, 14f; rural-urban migration, 1, 9
Poverty gap, 5, 6t Poverty rates, 5, 6t, 7t, 9 Poverty reduction: agricultural growth and, 1; impact of rural investments on, 26, 27t, 28t, 30; in Nepal, 1, 5, 6t, 7t, 9; objectives, xiii
Public expenditures: budgetary process, 10–11; fi nancing sources of, 13, 15t, 16; geographic distribution of, 12–13, 14f, 16–17, 16f, 17f; per capita, 12–13, 14f, 15t; policy priorities and, 12–13, 13t, 16–19; by sector, 13, 15t, 16; security-related, 11, 12
Public investment impacts: on consumption, 25–26, 27t, 28t, 29, 30; data sources for, 1–2, 20–21; estimation methodologies for, 2, 20; hedonic estimation of, 20, 21–24, 23t,
30; interpretations of results, 31; overview of, xiii; panel data estimation of, 20, 25–26, 27t, 28t, 29, 30–31; on poverty, 26, 27t, 30 Public investments: allocation of, 1; in rural areas, 20, 26, 27t, 28t, 30. See also Extension services; Irrigation; Roads
Regions: agricultural development policy in, 3–4; hill and mountain, 4, 12, 16, 17; Terai, 4, 12, 16
Remittances, 9, 26 Road investments: amounts of, 12, 15t, 16; geographic distribution of, 17, 18f; impact of, xiii, 21, 24, 30, 31; land values and, 21, 22–23; plans for, 5
Roads: construction types of, 18, 19t; length increases of, 18, 19t. See also Travel times
Rural areas: consumption growth in, 25–26, 27t, 28t, 29, 30; economic disruptions in, 1, 2; migration from, 1, 9; poverty reduction in, 5, 26, 27t, 28t, 30; public investments in, 20, 25–26, 27t, 28t, 29, 30. See also Agricultural development
Security-related expenditures, 11, 12
Terai Region, 4, 12, 16 Travel times, 17, 18t, 22, 24, 26. See also Roads
Urban areas: income sources in, 9; migration to, 1, 9; poverty reduction in, 5; roads in, 18
World Bank, 11
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