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Nepal: Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Modification of a Performance Criterion-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nepal

March 18, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept "Nepal: Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Modification of a Performance Criterion-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nepal", IMF Staff Country Reports 2025, 066 (2025), accessed April 23, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229004336.002

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Summary

Political uncertainty remains high with another change of government in July 2024—the fifth since the beginning of the Fund-supported program. Substantial flooding and landslides in September 2024 further weighed on sluggish domestic demand, though conversely helping strengthen the external position and easing inflation pressures. Non-performing loans have risen, bank profitability has weakened, and the financial health of savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) has deteriorated. Growth is expected to pick up to 4.2 percent in FY2024/25, supported by further expansion in hydropower generation and a higher execution rate of public capital expenditure, including on post-flood reconstruction. Average inflation is expected to remain close to the authorities’ target of about 5 percent.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Credit, Crime, Expenditure, Financial statements, Money, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Credit, ECF arrangement, Financial statements, Global, Implementation of the prior action, Issuance of the Request for Proposals, Nepali authorities, Staff appraisal

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