Nepali living standards survey: Good progress made in social sectors
Nepal has made significant progress in social sectors, mainly education and health, in the last seven years. Also, the income gap between the poor and the rich is shrinking, according to findings of the Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS) III whose preliminary report was unveiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Monday.
The NLSS said common Nepalis’ access to basic facilities has improved in the years. As per the survey, 94.7 percent of the household has access to primary schools within 30 minutes, while 73.8 percent households can reach health centres within half an hour.
It says access to other services from banking, market centre, paved road to safe drinking water also improved considerably.
The improvement in the social sector, as shown by the survey, is the outcome of huge investment made by the government over the period.
The social sector also benefited from donors’ high priority in the post-conflict period, with their funding in the sector doubling to 68 percent in FY 2008-09 compared to FY 2001-02, according to the third progress report on Millennium Development Goals.
“The progress achieved in the social sector is due to the investment made by the government in health and education,” said Rameshwor Khanal, former finance secretary. “Remittance also has an important contribution, as a significant portion of the remittance is used in health and education.”
Posted on: 2011-08-09 08:12
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