nepal: 3 “ i s ” for growth investment, infrastructure and inclusion articulating a vision for...
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NEPAL: 3 “Is” for GrowthInvestment, Infrastructure and Inclusion
Articulating a vision for Nepal’s development and implementing it
Nepal’s main development challenge is to boost growth
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Average growth remained broadly flat since 1995 with structural transformation in reverse. It will take higher and better growth to achieve Nepal’s ambitious goals
To reach middle income status by 2020, Nepal would need to grow at least 7 percent per year.
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Redefining the growth model will be key
Potential for a virtuous circle
Reduced risk of conflict & strong investment climate
INCLUSION
INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT
Investment for Structural transformation Technology upgrading Knowledge spillovers Infrastructure development
Infrastructure for Electricity: to power households and firms and
generate FOREX revenues Transport Connectivity: to unlock Nepal internally
and externally and expand the reach of markets and services
Inclusion to Make poverty history Allow individuals and households to realize their
full productive potential (mobility /protection) Achieve a more harmonious and stable society
To rekindle faster and sustained growth and make poverty history will require focus on 3 “Is”
• Unlock Nepal’s hydro-potential
• Expand connectivity within Nepal and with its neighbors
• Improve the investment climate• Streamline public financial
management• Strengthen the financial sector
• Boost agricultural productivity and diversity• Expand the opportunity set of all Nepali
• Enhance the poverty impact of social protection programs• Prepare for decentralization
Building blocks
Investment
Infrastructure
Inclusion
Policy Agenda: Investment
The first I: increasing private and public investment
1) Create a conducive investment climate
2) Streamline PFM to boost K spending
3) Increase financial sector stability & efficiency
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Improving the environment is key for private investment• Improve A2F
• Alleviate regulatory burden for domestic and foreign investors
• Reduce non-wage labor costs and improve monitoring
• Incentivize production for exports (subsidies and trade finance)
• Attract FDI
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Conditional/ Restrictive Licenses 40,615 932,675 23 1 to 180
Pre Operational Approval 22,523 599,855 27 1 to 390
All Enterprise licenses 167,033 2,490,478 15 1 to 390
Better PFM is needed to leverage fiscal space for impact
Boost budget execution• Reform the budget process in depth (with focus on “how”)• Front load capital project preparation • Enforce ceilings and limit virements• Strengthen local contracting, implementation, supervision
Strengthen accountability• Scale up TSA system into
Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
• Strengthen audit institutions and practices
• Enhance accountability of local governments
Develop a vision for PFM reform• Using insights from PEFA• Including competency audit
and capacity building
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Expand the efficiency and reach of the financial sector:• Restructure state control banks that distort the market
• Rebalance policy priorities from development toward stability in the context of a holistic A2F strategy
• Incentivize (rather than mandate) credit expansion through better credit information and collateral registries • Enforce enhanced transparency in disclosure of effective costs of financial services
A strong and stable financial sector is a necessary foundation
Capacity for financial supervision and crisis management :• Legislation: NRBA Amendments; DCGT;
BAFIA Amendments• Capacity building: strengthen FSMD to
function in the context of a financial crisis
Implement AML and CTF regulations• Build capacity of DMLI and Special Courts
The second I: boost infrastructure
Focus investment on…
INFRASTRUCTURE
The BIG two
Electricity Transport
Policy Agenda: Infrastructure
Investment needs per year by sector 2011-2020(Source: World Bank 2014)
Sector Average share of GDP, in %
Electricity 3.3 - 4.5
Transport 2.3 - 3.5
Water & sanitation 1.1 - 1.6
Irrigation 1.0 - 1.5
Telecom 0.3 - 0.4
Solid Waste 0.2 - 0.3
Total 8.2 - 11.8
Unlocking Nepal’s hydro potential can change the game
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Per capita Electricity Consumption in kWh
Develop Right of Way (ROW) policies for transmission:• ROW policies for NEA in line with legislation• Corporate Social Responsibility policy
Restore NEA’s financial health• Tariff reform• Corporate development plan (technical and
financial)• Loss reduction master plan and settlement of dues,
restructuring government loans, capitalization etc.
Provide Guarantees for private sector• Power Development Agreement (PDA) template for
reasonable coverage of country risks• Partial Risk Guarantees from multilateral banks
Expanding connectivity can boost growth and inclusion
Option 1: Prithivi Highway
≈ 152 km / 4 hours detour
≈ US$ 30 in extra fuel for heavy truck
Birganj – Nepal’s busiest border crossing with India
Option 2: Tribhuvan Highway
Mountainous and not passable for freight vehicles
Landslides often render impassable in rainy season
Proposed “Fast Track”
Improve Efficiency of Spending on Transport
• Maintenance of assets >> new constructions with monitoring mechanisms for maintenance grants
• Capacity of implementing agencies and no ‘mandate overlaps’
• Pinnacle institution to manage urban transport in Kathmandu
• Criteria for investment selection and insulation from politics
• PPPs as a vehicle for enhancing efficiency rather than funding
Focus on Transformational and Forward Looking
Interventions
• “Fast track” project through• stabilizing the project environment
for implementation• technical fundamentals to avoid
delays and cost overruns • updated cost and traffic
projections for funding strategy
• Quality of public transport
• Pedestrian infrastructure in Kathmandu valley
The third I: calibrating growth for inclusiveness
A Strategy “tailored” to Nepal
Agriculture
Equal Opportunities Effective protectionDecentralization
More (productive) Jobs
Legitimacy & Political Stability
Leverage resilience stemming from
community governance
Public Service Delivery
INFRASTRUCTURE
Policy Agenda: Inclusion
Boosting agriculture productivity and diversity would expand output with maximum impact on poverty
Diversify crop production• Identify and support non-traditional high value
production targeted to the export market
Boost Productivity• Identify and acquire improved agriculture
technologies from abroad• Irrigation infrastructure development and
management• Review fertilizer subsidies
Promote Agribusiness• Encourage private sector participation in seed
production• Refocus government’s role on regulation and
facilitation
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Expanding the opportunities set of Nepalis would allow all to realize their full potential
Promote access to jobs - skills development• Develop a skills development program with a focus on the informal sector and migrants
Address inequalities in access to health and education • Develop a strategy for expanding the coverage of poverty-targeted scholarships• Consolidate existing programs for access to basic health and make them poverty-targeted
Improve quality, including through leveraging the private sector• Ensure that NASA is institutionalized and learning outcomes are monitored systematically• Improve the accountability of decentralized health and education delivery systems• Establish a contracting/purchasing capacity at MoH• Pilot performance-based management and results-based financing of health facilities
Smarter social protection can free household savings for investment and help those left behind
Introduce safety net coverage for specific risks/vulnerabilities • Conduct vulnerabilities/risks assessment and adequacy of existing programs to address them
Limit proliferation of SP programs• Finalize preparation of the SP policy framework • Restrain the creation of new SP schemes
Strengthen the core administrative systems• Roll-out the management information system in
MOFALD to other districts/programs• Scale-up cashless payment methods• Strengthen grievance redress mechanisms for SP
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Poverty Rate
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In absence of social insurance programs 26.6% 0.329
In absence of social assistance (cash transfer + scholarships) programs
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In absence of cash transfer programs 25.6% 0.330
In absence of scholarship programs 25.3% 0.329
A plan is needed for federalism to realize the promise of more and better services
Sequenced phase-in of reforms• Establish the provincial and local units within which the governments will be formed • Develop a timeline and criteria for the transfer of responsibilities and powers• Provide local governments with substantial discretion to determine tax rates and bases• Enforce limitations on subnational government (hiring, spending) for an interim timeframe to
allow them to build their management capacity
Institutional Structure• Create a high level entity with substantial power and political support to facilitate reforms• Create a strong finance commission capable of conducting financial analysis and manage intergovernmental transfers
Prepare transfer of functions and administrative control• Carry-out detailed functional unbundling and mapping across
levels of government• Compile data on immediate financing costs
Prepare transfer of functions and administrative control• Establish a Public Service Management Board to develop common standards
• Unlock Nepal’s hydro-potential
• Expand connectivity within Nepal and with its neighbors
1. Prepare a corporate development plan for NEA2. Provide government guarantees3. Formulate a transmission ROW policy
4. Prioritize maintenance of transport assets over new constructions 5. Codify criteria for transport investment selection 6. Get the fast-track project back “on track”
• Strengthen the financial sector
• Improve the investment climate
• Streamline public financial management
1. Accelerate the enactment of the NRB Amendments Bill and new DCGT Bill2. Build FSMD capacity 3. Develop an overall strategy toward access to finance
4. Streamline licensing 5. Review the Bonus Act 6. Revamp the export subsidy 7. Revamp the budget calendar8. Front load project approval 9. Develop national norms and rates for project costing
• Boost agricultural productivity and diversity• Expand the opportunity set of all Nepali• Streamline social protection programs• Prepare for decentralization
1. Acquire improved agricultural technologies from abroad 2. Encourage private sector participation in input production3. Develop value chains in niche high value crops for export
4. Expand the coverage of scholarships and make them poverty targeted 5. Institutionalize NASA and monitor learning outcomes6. Establish a contracting / purchasing capacity at MoHP
7. Consolidate social protection programs
8. Create a Finance Commission with strong powers and analytical capacity
Policy Priorities
Investment
Infrastructure
Inclusion
INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
INCLUSION
Strong link to Investment & Inclusiveness. Quality infrastructure is central to individual welfare, job creation & poverty reduction through better health, education & public service provision.
Improve Investment Climate• Alleviate Regulatory Burden• Offer Foreign Investors Easier Access to Nepal• Reduce Non-wage Costs of Labor• Incentivize Production for ExportsStreamline PFM• PFM Reform for Better Accountability & Oversight• Strengthen Budget ExecutionStrengthen Financial Sector• Legislation for Financial Sector Crisis Management & Effective Safety Net• Expand the Reach of Financial Sector
Unlock Nepal’s Hydro Power Potential• Restore NEA’s Financial Health• Provide Guarantees for Private Sector• Develop ROW Policies for TransmissionExpand Connectivity• Focus on Transformational – Forward Looking
Interventions• Improve Efficiency of Spending on Transport to
Maximize Every Rupee SpentBoost Agriculture Productivity & Diversity• Improve Governance• Promote Agriculture Diversification & AgribusinessExpanding Opportunities in Health & Education• Better Targeting to Reach the Un- and Underserved • Improve Quality• Provide Skills Development for Job Access• Refocus Public Sector Role in Health Service & Leverage the Private Sector
Better Strategic Use of Existing ResourcesStreamline Social Protection System• Improve the fiscal affordability and efficiency of SP expenditures• Consolidate existing social protection programs• Pro-poor Targeting & Improve Benefit LevelsPreparing for Decentralization• Create Institutional Structure to Steer the Process and Balance Competing
Institutional Interests• Administrative & Financial Functions Transfer Preparedness• Careful Federalization of Public Service• Sequence Phase-in of Reforms
Conclusion: The 3 Is for Growth
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China’s success: an investment story
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• Does the proposed framework make sense? Did we miss anything?
• How do you think Nepal can achieve growth at 7%?• What would it take to develop Nepal’s hydro-potential?
• What are the areas of consensus and difference
across party lines on the issues we covered? • What are specific areas in which the WB could add
value through analytical and/or advocacy work?• How can we engage with you going forward?