Energy finance in Nepal
Nepal has 2 active World Bank energy projects, with $108 million committed, the 63rd largest of 102 countries. 97.9% of its people had electricity in 2024.
- Committed
- $108m
- Projects
- 2
- Per person
- $3.6
- Electricity access
- 97.9%
- Without electricity
- 0.6 million
Active projects
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The program's development objectives are to (i) strengthen the regulatory and institutional framework to build back better and greener and (ii) enhance systems and regulations to protect the most vulnerable and support sustainable business growth.
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The PDO is to increase energy generation capacity from the renewable energy systems in selected areas by mobilizing private developers.
Source: World Bank Group, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Who else finances energy in Asia and the Pacific
- World Bank (IBRD and IDA)Loans, credits and grants to governments for generation, transmission, distribution and access. Co-leads Mission 300 with the African Development Bank, which aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.
- IFCEquity and loans for private power producers, utilities and off-grid companies; the World Bank Group’s private-sector arm.
- MIGAPolitical-risk insurance and credit enhancement that make cross-border energy investments bankable.
- SEFAGrants and concessional finance for project preparation, mini-grids, clean cooking and green baseload, managed by the African Development Bank.
- OPEC FundPublic- and private-sector loans and grants in developing countries, with energy among its core sectors.
- IsDBSharia-compliant finance for power, renewables and energy access in its member countries.
- GCFGrants, concessional loans, equity and guarantees for low-emission and climate-resilient projects, through accredited entities.
- CIFConcessional finance, delivered through the multilateral banks, for clean technology, renewables in low-income countries and coal transition.
- EIBThe EU’s lending arm: loans for renewables, grids and efficiency inside and outside Europe.
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