Palladium International Nepal

To increase security and access to justice by providing skills, facilities, equipment and systems for better crime prevention and response. This will benefit at least 1.5 million people in Nepal and, in particular, will change the ways that police and other agencies engage with poor and traditionally marginalised people . Greater security and access to justice are foundations for progress on all of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals), giving people confidence that they will be better protected from crime and abuses of power. DFID will provide support over five years until 2018.

EPI’s objectives are to support the Government of Nepal develop better policies to attract investment, to create quality jobs and to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth. To achieve this, EPI uses a politically smart and adaptive approach. It builds partnerships with and provides flexible, tailored support to government agencies, civil society and the private sector. EPI is currently working with these partners to address the constraints to investing and doing business in Nepal, to improve opportunities for manufacturing, and to improve the effectiveness and inclusiveness of sub-national planning and budgeting processes.