Reports

This study documents the impact of COVID-19 on Nepali CSOs. Executive Summary Impact on CSOs Eighty-seven percent of CSOs reported a reduction in their ability to deliver programs and services. As the situation of pandemics improved, organizations also reported a slight improvement in their ability to provide services. While there was a slight improvement in …

This study presents the state of data on access to digital devices and internet connectivity among Thai students at school and home and assesses school readiness for eLearning. It analyzed available secondary data from the National Statistics Office (NSO), Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES), National Broadcasting and …

In an initial effort to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the CSO’s ability to meet their community’s needs, we launched a nationwide study on April 14, 2020. Nepal is well known for its vibrancy of civic space; a little over 54,000 NGOs are registered with Social Welfare Council (SWC), while the NGO Federation of Nepal stipulates the number of active NGOs to be around 7,000. Also, the number of profit not distributing companies stands at 1,782. Similarly, numerous community-based organizations that are not officially registered operate at the communities. We invited a total of 488 randomly sampled CSOs to participate in the study. A total of 235 organizations from 64 districts covering all seven provinces participated in the survey between April 14 to May 1. The respondents comprised of NGOs (91%), federations and associations (7%), and profit not distributing companies (2%). Participating organizations also covered a broad range of functional areas, from human rights to research and reconstruction.