Reported end date passed· Energy

USAID’s Nepal Hydropower Development Project

Objectives for Nepal: Project Objectives include: Provide advisory support to facilitate the development and financial closure of contracts for large hydroelectricity projects; Provide a full-time legal advisor to the IBN and available to the MOE and the NEA; Provide financial advisors to the IBN who are also available to work with the MOE and the NEA on key transactions; Provide support to the IBN and the MOE to ensure effective public outreach and communications to garner support for hydropower projects; Provide targeted short-term assistance directed to help resolve specific constraints affecting the ability of priority projects to reach financial closure; Provide advisory support to the MOE and the NEA with designing and implementing targeted electricity sector reforms; Support the Government of Nepal in implementing policy and institutional reforms that address the many challenges in the sector, including poor quality of electricity service and high losses; Contribute to the successful restructuring of the NEA

Source-reported status: completed. Timeline labels use reported dates and do not verify current activity.