 The World Bank has strengthened emphasis on working with government, communities, and other partners to ensure that support benefits Nepal's overall development. The following are some examples where assistance has resulted in a positive impact on the ground.
Water Supply & Sanitation | Example 2 | Example 3 Water Supply and Sanitation - Delivery of clean water and sanitation facilities is lacking in many of Nepal's poorest villages. A World Bank-financed Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project is enabling communities to take charge of obtaining and maintaining these services to improve their quality of life. With the assistance of NGOs, communities design and implement their own schemes for delivery of these services in their area. When the project was launched in 1996, the majority of people in the project area used hand pumps or fetched water from far-off locations. Now nearly all communities in the project area have access to piped water. The time needed to fetch water has been reduced by around three and a half hours daily per household. Women in over half of the households in the project area have, with assistance from a Women's Technical Support Services component of the project, used the time and energy they have saved from fetching water to start small businesses such as livestock and vegetable farming. Nearly 90 percent of them were able to increase their incomes. In addition, the incidence of water-borne diseases in the project area is much lower than the national average. (#$esc.hashs 1/3 pf the national average?) The project supported households in obtaining sanitation facilities and taught hygienic practices to villagers. This has helped reduce the incidence of diarrhea, worms, and typhoid. Given the project's success, a follow-on operation is currently under preparation. Example 2
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