The workshop aimed at working out policy tweaking to make economic growth more pro-poor and inclusive has also suggested the government to analyze and identify key drivers of pro-poor growth in Nepal.[break]
“The meeting also decided to recommend the government to develop agriculture, but at the same time drew its attention to support the rural poor to take up non-farm jobs,” reads a statement, issued at the end of the meeting Friday.
The meeting was attended by senior officials from the Prime Minister´s Office, Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Finance, NPC and Poverty Alleviation Fund Nepal and representatives of German Development Cooperation (GIZ), the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Program, among others.
During their deliberations, top government officials expressed serious concern over growing inequality in Nepal and suggested the government to accord targeted poverty-reduction and inclusive growth policies highest priority and make it the national agenda.
NPC Secretary Yuba Raj Bhusal stressed the need for the formulating fast-track programs to attain quick results and reduce the rich-poor gap. He laid emphasis on more investment on human capital and broad-based economic policies for creating jobs.
Dr Horst Matthaeus from GIZ said Nepal has not been systematically using political economic analysis in formulating public policies, and suggested the government to use this tool for devising pro-poor growth policies.
The meeting also suggested the government to hold public hearings in all the regions on policies before promulgating them. It also urged the development partners to help develop capacity of the government and non-state actors to plan, implement and monitor pro-poor growth.
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