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Nepal Agriculture Public Expenditure Review: Successes and Challenges in
Aligning Impact and Spending
Krishna Prasad Pant, Nepal GovernmentMona Sur, The World Bank
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Agriculture in Nepal• Employ 2/3 of labor force• Involves 3.36 million households• Average land holding 0.79 ha• Contributes 32% of GDP
% Contribution to the AGDP
1. Crops 66.16
2. Livestock 25.68
3. Forestry 8.07
4. Fisheries (inland) 0.09
GDP growth and agriculture
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Agriculture IndustryGDP (at producer's price)
Budget Process
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
National Planning Commission
Ministry of Finance
Dept. Agri
Dept. Livestock
Dept. Food Tech
Dept. Coop
Program Directors
Program Directors
Program Directors
Program Directors
Regional level Offices (Agri., Livestock, Food Tech, Coop)
District Agencies
Allocation of the budget higher than ceiling depends on
• Strength of the proposed program• Political favor of the Ministers• Favor given by the Ministry of Agriculture
while negotiation• Strength and lobby of the Departments• Strength, lobby and personal influence of
the Program Director• Intention and ability of the program director
to consume the fund
Recurrent expenditure in agriculture (nominal)
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1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
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Capital expenditure in agriculture (nominal)
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Government expenditures (nominal)
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Agriculture
Expenditure in agriculture as percent of total expenditure
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4.0
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10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
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1991
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1992
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Synthesis• Nobody denies the role of agriculture in Nepalese
economy• Public expenditure in agriculture is insufficient• Allocation of expenditure to different sub-sectors not
based on analysis, but on hunch and power play• Recurrent public expenditure in agriculture is increasing
faster than the capital expenditure• Expenditure in agriculture is not increasing as it increased
in other sectors• ODA is not in favor of agriculture• DFID-ARD Analysis of Public Expenditures in
Agriculture derives some hard facts.
Nepal - Public Expenditures by Sector, 1999-2003
Public expenditures on Ag/Ag GDP= 4%
0.7%1.9%
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Impact of Agricultural Public Expenditures on Household Welfare & Agricultural Production
NE: No Effect; NA: Not Applicable; IV: Instrumental variable; SE: Simultaneous equations
Outcome Variable Data Methodology Irrigation Agriculture Roads
Maize value District level IV NE 14.85% 4.39%
Rice value District level IV NE 13.84% 6.34%
Wheat value District level IV NE NE 5.17%
Vegetables value District level IV NE NE NE
Plot values Cross-sectional household data Jacoby 16.62% - 36.86% NA 26.41% - 60.78%
Consumption per capita Panel data IV 3.92% 0.92% 6.43%Agricultural Income per capita Panel data IV NE NE NEConsumption per capita
Cross-sectional household data SE 9.61% 1.36 - 2.98% 30.25%