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National Planning Commission Secretariat Social Development Division Reports & Documents 1. Nepal Multiple Indicator Surveillance (NMIS)http://www.npc.gov.np: NMIS was introduced in late 1994 to provide a baseline of indicators for monitoring progress of the goals of Nepal's National Programme of Action for Children and Development in the 1990s (NPA) as well as institutionalize the process as a recurrent, community-centered and action-based tool for planning, monitoring and evaluating social development programmes. Six cycles of surveys have been conducted under the coordination of National Planning Commission with financial support from UNICEF Nepal Country Office. The first four cycles were carried out by New Era and the last two cycles by Central Bureau of Statistics. These have been a mix of quantitative and qualitative in order. Cycle 1 Health and Nutrition: January - March 1995 A total of 144 (18772 households) clusters were randomly selected in the 15 eco-development regions. Major Findings
Cycle 2 Primary Education: April - June 1995 Major Findings
Cycle 3 Diarrhea, Water and Sanitation: February - April 1996 Major Findings
Cycle 4 Early Child Feeding, Nutrition and Development: August - November 1996 Major Findings
Cycle 5 Pregnancy and Delivery Practices: March-May 1997 Major Findings
Cycle 6 Service Delivery in Health and Agriculture: November-January 1998 Major Findings
2. Between Census Household Information, Monitoring and Evaluation System (BCHIMES) NMIS was later renamed as BCHIMES - a national survey carried out by the CBS during the year 2000. The findings were used for Nepal's national end decade report on progress made during the 1990s in the world summit for children goals. The number of clusters selected for the survey was 208(181 rural and 27 urban) covering a total of 69 districts and 10,269 households. The survey report presents data at national level, for rural and urban areas, three ecological belts and 13 sub-regions. Out of total household heads, only 9.1% of the household heads were female. Slightly more than half (52.4%) of the household heads were literate, the rate for female heads (19.2%). The literacy rate of the population aged 6 years and above was 57.6% (70% for male and 44.9% for female). The proportion of households in the country, who have access to safe drinking water, was 79.9% (92.3% urban and 78.1% rural). In Nepal, the proportion of households with any type of toilets was 33.2% but the proportion with safe toilets was only 29.4%. Of the total currently married women of reproductive age, who had delivered children in last five years or are currently pregnant, 39.8% of them had at least one ANC check-up during their last pregnancy. About 13% of deliveries took place under the guidance of medically trained persons. Among women aged 15-49 years, 30% had heard of STD, 39% had heard of AIDS. Among children who suffered from diarrhea, 39% were taken to the health care provider. Children aged 6-59 months (89.7%) were fed vitamin A capsules. The percentage of children fully vaccinated was found to be 54.5%. 3. Report on the situation of Women, Children and Households This survey is improved as recommended by the evaluation committee on Nepal Multiple Indicator Surveillance (NMIS), which completed in sixth cycle during 1995-1998. It is expected to be of great value for planners, policymakers, researchers and implementation agencies for the evaluation and monitoring of plans and programme. Topics covered in this survey were education, household facilities, vital registration, water sanitation, iodized salt, immunization, vitamin A, antenatal care, postnatal care, family planning, breast feeding, information and communication services and HIV/AIDS. 4. A Situation Analysis of disability in Nepal The study found that based on the definition adopted for this study, the prevalence of disability was estimated to be 1.63 percent in the total population, with estimates of 1.65 percent in rural areas and 1.43 percent in urban areas, and most of the disabled people were found to have multiple disabilities, which accounted for 31.0 percent of the total disabled person in the country. 5. Basic Social Services Study: Analysis of Social Sector Development 1997-2000 (http://www.npc.gov.np/report/basicSocialService/ ) This study is latest addition to the series of studies conducted at regular interval to access the status of implementation of the 20/20 initiative, which calls for the allocation of 20% of the budget of the developing countries and 20% of the total foreign aid, to the basic social services. This study has focused more on sub-sector analysis and has also touched upon the decentralization of basic social services delivery. The finding of the study is that the expenditure on basic social services, though improving, is much below the internationally suggested norm of 20/20 implying shortfalls in investment by the government as well as the donors in Nepal. The study shows the expenditure on the social sector as a whole ( education, health, water supply + sanitation) accounted for 23% of the total government expenditure and the ratio has remained constant throughout the review period and the ratio of spending on BSS to the government spending stood at 14.9 and ratio of the foreign aid contribution stood at 14. 2 ( 1999/00) 6. National Report on Follow-up to the World Summit for Children This report summarizes the findings of the end decade view, an assessment of the commitments made at the beginning of the decade. During the decade, HMG has undertaken many initiatives aimed to improve the status of children and women and to realize their rights. The report highlights the gains made in some areas during the decade like high coverage rates of and reduction in polio cases, vitamin A distribution program and being close to achieving universal coverage in water supply. The review has involved consultation with government line ministries, development agencies both bilateral and multilateral, civil society partners including both national and international, non-governmental organizations, as well as children of Nepal. This study was carried out in December 2000. National Planning Commission Secretariat Economic Management Division Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone:977-1-4228845 Fax: 977-1-4226500 E-mail: mmd@npcnepal.gov.np Back to NPCS |
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