Upgrading for Sustainable Development Goal through 16th Plan of Nepal: A Study of Its Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Nepal has implemented the millennium development goals since 2000 to 2015. During the period, poverty decreased from 42% to 23.8%, while the net enrollment rate at the primary level was 96.6%, the literacy rate of the 24-year-old age group reached 88.5%, and the retention rate at the primary level reached 85.6%.  The infant mortality rate was 108 per thousand and the child mortality rate per thousand live births was 162 in 1990. These numbers were decrease to 33 and 3 respectively in 2014. Measles vaccination had reached 92 percent. The list of least developed countries of Nepal will upgrade to developing countries before in 2030. The identification and use of potential resources have together opportunities and challenges for Nepal. The goal of sustainable development can achieve by making the best use opportunities facing the challenges that have come before it. An Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals was 2016 to 2030, including Nepal and 193 countries in the world. It was include ending all forms of poverty, education, health, housing, clean fuel, and the environment for all. Equal participation at all levels in development is essential to achieving human rights, gender equality, and empowerment for all women and children. The sustainable ecological system has adopted policy to protect, enhance, and use natural resources. It is decide to build an egalitarian society in the preamble of the Constitution of Nepal 2015. A policy was adapting to bases of national needs and priorities on foreign aid for the implementation process and global partnerships for sustainable development.