Nepal

The project addresses the problem of inadequate electricity supply and aims to improve the social and economic livelihood of the rural population.

The Rural Energy Development Programme (REDP) is a joint initiative of the Government of Nepal (GoN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank (WB), operational in more than 300 remote rural communities in 25 hilly districts of Nepal.

This evaluation takes stock of Nepal's efforts to develop and implement a holistic approach to sustainable development through the mainstreaming of environmental management in development planning and poverty reduction and through the adoption of policies and regulatory frameworks promoting equit

Nepal signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on 12 June 1992; it was ratified on 2 May 1994 and entered into force on 31 July 1994.

Hydroelectric power provides most of the electricity in Nepal. The Government's energy policy has focused on developing the country's large, economically exploitable hydropower potential as a renewable source of energy for domestic use and for exports.

Small Hydro development has been recognized at an early stage to be of considerable importance to the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan, since no other natural resource is known in these countries of comparable abundance.

The mini-hydropower project was intended to provide hydropower generation to several district headquarters and major market and tourist center in the hill areas of Nepal.