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Nepal Digital Transformation Project-FMRF
The Nepal Digital Transformation Project (Project) aims to improve delivery and increase the use of inclusive and high-impact services for citizens and businesses by strengthening digital public infrastructure (DPI) and modernizing priority government services. The Project will enhance trust, resilience, and interoperability of Nepal's digital ecosystem through investments in secure data infrastructure, core DPI, and the digitalization of high-impact services. The Project, led by the World Bank under the Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF), will be cofinanced by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) [as trail lender] and will be the first FMRF project in Nepal. The total Project is estimated to cost $90 million, of which a loan of $50 million will be financed by the World Bank and a loan of $40 million will be financed from ADB's concessional ordinary capital resources. The World Bank's extensive experience in Nepal's digital sector makes this collaboration with World Bank as lead and ADB as trail lender particularly valuable for the digital development in the country, as it would enhance coordination and strengthen policy dialogue among the many stakeholders involved. This Project is aligned with the Reforms to Accelerate Investment and Scale Employment (RAISE) Program, an FMRF project in which ADB is the lead lender, which is in advanced preparation for Board consideration in 2026. The RAISE Program includes targeted support for strengthening the country's cybersecurity and data protection legislative and regulatory frameworks and capabilities that directly complement and reinforce this Project's objectives.
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About this project
The Nepal Digital Transformation Project (Project) aims to improve delivery and increase the use of inclusive and high-impact services for citizens and businesses by strengthening digital public infrastructure (DPI) and modernizing priority government services. The Project will enhance trust, resilience, and interoperability of Nepal's digital ecosystem through investments in secure data infrastructure, core DPI, and the digitalization of high-impact services. The Project, led by the World Bank under the Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF), will be cofinanced by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) [as trail lender] and will be the first FMRF project in Nepal. The total Project is estimated to cost $90 million, of which a loan of $50 million will be financed by the World Bank and a loan of $40 million will be financed from ADB's concessional ordinary capital resources. The World Bank's extensive experience in Nepal's digital sector makes this collaboration with World Bank as lead and ADB as trail lender particularly valuable for the digital development in the country, as it would enhance coordination and strengthen policy dialogue among the many stakeholders involved. This Project is aligned with the Reforms to Accelerate Investment and Scale Employment (RAISE) Program, an FMRF project in which ADB is the lead lender, which is in advanced preparation for Board consideration in 2026. The RAISE Program includes targeted support for strengthening the country's cybersecurity and data protection legislative and regulatory frameworks and capabilities that directly complement and reinforce this Project's objectives.
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