Output-Based Aid in Nepal : Expanding Telecommunications Service to Rural Areas

Intven, Hank ; Sepú ; lveda, Edgardo ; Howard, Curt

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: BIDDING;    CALLS;    DEMOCRACY;    DRAFTS;    ELECTIONS;   

RP-ID  :  32059

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A landlocked country in South Asia,Nepal has a population of around 24 million, with about 88percent living in rural areas, and a GDP per capita of about$240. The government, headed by a prime minister, functionsas a multiparty parliamentary democracy within the frameworkof a constitutional monarchy. In October 2002, however, thenew king dismissed the prime minister and his cabinet. Theking and his appointed cabinet are now governing the countryuntil elections are held. A Maoist insurgency, launched in1996, threatens security in much of the country, a situationexacerbated by frequent general strikes.