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Cover and source: United Nations Development Programme
This report attempts to capture the status of the human security situation in its seven dimensions, in the two municipalities of Western Nepal – Barekot Rurual Municipality and Nalgad Municpality.
Cover and source: World Bank
This briefing note presents summary findings from the crisis preparedness gap analysis (CPGA) in Nepal. The CPGA provides a shock-agnostic assessment of Nepal’s capacity to deal with crisis events.
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This report developed under the CARE for South Asia project assesses the need for water harvesting in Nepal adopting an analytical framework and aims to be a resource material for the development practitioners and planners.
https://www.adpc.net/igo/category/ID1905/doc/2024-fJAm15-ADPC-Water_Sector_Policies_Nepal_WBCAR_Water_1.pdf
The report presents a comprehensive review of the policies, strategies, plans, and legislations related to the water resources sector in Nepal carried and their gaps and needs.
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To estimate the economic risks caused by future debris flows, a machine learning-based method was proposed to generate an economic risk map by multiplying a debris-flow hazard map and an economic vulnerability map.
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This paper proposes a microsimulation approach to estimate the overall cost and distributional impact of disasters rapidly.
Cover and source: United Nations Development Programme
This brief offers insights into the Inter-Province Resource Pooling mechanism in western Nepal to leverage existing resources in an efficient and predictive manner and improve coordination among stakeholders in the event of a mega-disaster.
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This technical report assesses the string of events that triggered Nepal’s Melamchi River floods in 2021 and highlights threats to the catchment area that provides vital drinking water to Kathmandu’s fast-growing population.

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