Nepal: Emergency Peace Support Project

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2008 – The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

 

IDA Grant:  US$50 million

 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Emergency Peace Support Project will help support the government fulfill the commitments made under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the subsequent 23-Point Agreement.  The project will finance payments and reintegration of Nepalis affected by the conflict, including widows and orphans and disabled people.

 

For more information, please call Benjamin Crow at (202) 458-4735 or email Bcrow@worldbank.org

 

For project information, please visit http://www.worldbank.org.np/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=223555&menuPK=286969&Projectid=P110762