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Nepal and Bangladesh: flood risks, access and funding partners

Nepal, Bangladeshflood emergency response and disaster preparedness60 evidence cards26 sources consulted42 figures traced to their cardsmade in 1 min 27 s+ Keep watching this

Prioritise a fresh operational check in Nepal: GDACS recorded a Red flood alert on 26 August 2026 and a further flood alert on 11 October; Bangladesh’s combined climatic-shocks and political/economic crisis was rated High and increasing in September 2026. E56E40 October 2026 access assessments identify physical constraints in both countries, with additional obstruction of aid and interference in humanitarian work in Bangladesh’s multiple-crisis and Rohingya settings. E41 For Riverbend, the useful funding niche is locally controlled readiness and last-mile delivery, but co-funding discussions should distinguish flood preparedness from the much larger refugee-response and government-financing portfolios shown in the data. E26

Crisis severity (all crisis types, incl. conflict) and natural-hazard alerts

Retrieved 14 Oct 2026 · ACAPS crisis severity: September 2026 · ACAPS access: Oct 2026 · GDACS alerts: 14 Oct 2025 – 14 Oct 2026

Nepal: ACAPS severity 4.5 of 10, Floods in Nepal (medium, ACAPS)Bangladesh: ACAPS severity 6.6 of 10, Climatic shocks and political/economic crisis in Bangladesh (high, ACAPS)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Green, 2026-10-11)Flood: Flood in India, Nepal (Green, 2026-09-24)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Green, 2026-09-12)Earthquake: Earthquake in Nepal (Green, 2026-09-08)Earthquake: Earthquake in Nepal (Green, 2026-08-26)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Green, 2026-08-12)Earthquake: Earthquake in Nepal (Green, 2026-07-19)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Green, 2026-07-08)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Green, 2026-06-14)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Green, 2026-05-16)Wildfire: Forest fires in Nepal (Green, 2026-04-16)Wildfire: Forest fires in Nepal (Green, 2026-04-12)Wildfire: Forest fires in Nepal (Green, 2026-04-10)Wildfire: Forest fires in India, Nepal (Green, 2026-04-10)Earthquake: Earthquake in Nepal (Green, 2025-10-14)Flood: Flood in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-09-10)Flood: Flood in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-07-09)Flood: Flood in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-05-13)Flood: Flood in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-04-28)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh, India (Green, 2026-04-15)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh, India (Green, 2026-04-12)Wildfire: Forest fires in India, Bangladesh (Green, 2026-04-10)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-04-11)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-04-10)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh, India (Green, 2026-04-10)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh, India (Green, 2026-04-10)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh, Myanmar (Green, 2026-03-23)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-28)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-27)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-31)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-27)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-24)Wildfire: Forest fires in Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-26)Wildfire: Forest fires in Myanmar, Bangladesh (Green, 2026-03-24)Earthquake: Earthquake in Bangladesh (Orange, 2026-02-27)Earthquake: Earthquake in Bangladesh (Orange, 2025-11-21)Flood: Flood in Nepal (Red, 2026-08-26)

Dots: 37 GDACS alert records plotted in this frame (tap or hover for details); a geographic subset of the evidence card, not an exhaustive disaster count. See the card for the recorded event-start window. Their colour is GDACS's estimate of the need for international humanitarian assistance, not of local severity E56. Outlines: Natural Earth.

Crises tracked by ACAPS E40 E41 · severity 1 to 10, higher is more severe; access constraints 0 to 5, 5 is extreme

Rainfall against the usual, by region

Period · Three months to 30 Sep 2026

Older than usual. Newest available: 30 Sep 2026, about 2 months old. CHIRPS rainfall (WFP) usually covers the last few weeks; the publisher has released nothing newer yet.

Koshi (formerly 1) (NP01): 88% of average, 893 mm against 1018 mm over three monthsMadhesh (formerly 2) (NP02): 95% of average, 924 mm against 971 mm over three monthsBagmati (formerly 3) (NP03): 100% of average, 1008 mm against 1005 mm over three monthsGandaki (formerly 4) (NP04): 92% of average, 838 mm against 913 mm over three monthsLumbini (formerly 5) (NP05): 97% of average, 971 mm against 1003 mm over three monthsKarnali (formerly 6) (NP06): 110% of average, 658 mm against 596 mm over three monthsSudur Paschim (formerly 7) (NP07): 127% of average, 1031 mm against 810 mm over three monthsBarishal (BD10): 92% of average, 1196 mm against 1297 mm over three monthsChattogram (formerly Chittagong) (BD20): 96% of average, 1429 mm against 1483 mm over three monthsDhaka (BD30): 94% of average, 928 mm against 992 mm over three monthsKhulna (BD40): 98% of average, 939 mm against 954 mm over three monthsMymensingh (BD45): 80% of average, 1031 mm against 1297 mm over three monthsRajshahi (BD50): 87% of average, 748 mm against 860 mm over three monthsRangpur (BD55): 69% of average, 858 mm against 1237 mm over three monthsSylhet (BD60): 81% of average, 1409 mm against 1735 mm over three monthsNepalBangladesh
  • Under 60%0regions
  • 60–85%3regions
  • 85–115%11regions
  • 115–140%1region
  • Over 140%0regions
Rainfall over the three months to 30 Sep 2026 as a share of the 1989–2018 average for the same months, from WFP's regional figures E48. Brown is drier than usual, blue wetter. Tap or hover a region for its figures. Only regions whose name and boundary were confirmed against WFP's data are drawn. Boundaries: OCHA common operational boundaries (COD-AB), current and earlier editions (CC BY-IGO; 15 of 16 regions drawn).

Food prices against a year earlier, by market

Period · Nepal Aug 2026 · Bangladesh Jul 2026 (newest available, older than usual); each against the same month a year earlier

Amtali (Barguna, Barishal): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Amtoli (Brahmanbaria, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Begumganj (Noakhali, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 182 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Chandina (Cumilla, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 193 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Raipur (Lakshmipur, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 208 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Bajitpur (Kishoreganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Dhanbari (Tangail, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 199 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Mirpur 1 no. (Dhaka, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Saturia (Manikganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 181 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Singair (Manikganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 188 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Kaliganj - Jhenaidah (Jhenaidah, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Mohanganj (Netrakona, Mymensingh): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Mechua (Mymensingh, Mymensingh): Oil (soybean, fortified) 188 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Trisal (Mymensingh, Mymensingh): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Baneshor (Rajshahi, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Godagari Sadar (Rajshahi, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Sapahar (Naogaon, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 185 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Shibgonj Sadar (Naogaon, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 184 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Gobindaganj (Gaibandha, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Mithapukur (Rangpur, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Nageshwari (Kurigram, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 198 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Parbatipur (Dinajpur, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 194 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Dumuria (Khulna, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Chuadanga Sadar (Chuadanga, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Satkhira Sadar (Satkhira, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 184 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Madaripur Sadar (Madaripur, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Munshiganj Sadar (Munshiganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 193 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Netrakona Sadar (Netrakona, Mymensingh): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Chittagong Sadar (Chattogram, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Laxmipur Sadar (Lakshmipur, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 208 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Noakhali Sadar (Noakhali, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 180 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Dinajpur Sadar (Dinajpur, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 193 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Habigonj Sadar (Habiganj, Sylhet): Oil (soybean, fortified) 172 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Sunamgonj Sadar (Sunamganj, Sylhet): Oil (soybean, fortified) 150 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Khulna Sadar (Khulna, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Kawran Bazar Dhaka (Dhaka, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026; no price for Jul 2025Jumla Khalanga (Jumla, Karnali): Rice (medium grain) 110 NPR in Aug 2026, +0% from 110 NPR in Aug 2025Gamgadhi (Mugu, Karnali): Rice (medium grain) 115 NPR in Aug 2026, +1% from 114 NPR in Aug 2025Musikot (Rukum West, Karnali): Rice (medium grain) 106 NPR in Aug 2026, +1% from 105 NPR in Aug 2025Nepalgunj (Banke, Lumbini): Rice (medium grain) 82 NPR in Aug 2026, -1% from 83 NPR in Aug 2025Sylhet Sadar (Sylhet, Sylhet): Oil (soybean, fortified) 185 BDT in Jul 2026, +1% from 182 BDT in Jul 2025Naogaon Sadar (Naogaon, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 188 BDT in Jul 2026, +2% from 186 BDT in Jul 2025Barisal Sadar (Barishal, Barishal): Oil (soybean, fortified) 180 BDT in Jul 2026, -2% from 183 BDT in Jul 2025Bhairahawa (Rupandehi, Lumbini): Rice (medium grain) 82 NPR in Aug 2026, +2% from 80 NPR in Aug 2025Tangail sadar Market (Tangail, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 192 BDT in Jul 2026, +3% from 188 BDT in Jul 2025Rangamati Sadar (Rangamati, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026, +3% from 181 BDT in Jul 2025Chainpur (Bajhang, Sudur Paschim): Rice (medium grain) 98 NPR in Aug 2026, +3% from 95 NPR in Aug 2025Martadi (Bajura, Sudur Paschim): Rice (medium grain) 98 NPR in Aug 2026, +4% from 94 NPR in Aug 2025Pokhara (Kaski, Gandaki): Rice (medium grain) 115 NPR in Aug 2026, +5% from 110 NPR in Aug 2025Kathmandu (Kathmandu, Bagmati): Rice (medium grain) 110 NPR in Aug 2026, +5% from 105 NPR in Aug 2025Birendranagar (Surkhet, Karnali): Rice (medium grain) 105 NPR in Aug 2026, +5% from 100 NPR in Aug 2025Biratnagar (Morang, Koshi): Rice (medium grain) 95 NPR in Aug 2026, +6% from 90 NPR in Aug 2025Liwang (Rolpa, Lumbini): Rice (medium grain) 85 NPR in Aug 2026, +6% from 80 NPR in Aug 2025Mangalsen (Achham, Sudur Paschim): Rice (medium grain) 96 NPR in Aug 2026, +7% from 90 NPR in Aug 2025Panchagarh Sadar (Panchagarh, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 182 BDT in Jul 2026, +7% from 170 BDT in Jul 2025Simikot (Humla, Karnali): Rice (medium grain) 145 NPR in Aug 2026, +7% from 135 NPR in Aug 2025Shariatpur Sadar (Shariatpur, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +8% from 177 BDT in Jul 2025Meherpur Sadar (Meherpur, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 193 BDT in Jul 2026, +8% from 179 BDT in Jul 2025Dunai (Dolpa, Karnali): Rice (medium grain) 130 NPR in Aug 2026, +8% from 120 NPR in Aug 2025Bagerhat Sadar (Bagerhat, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 188 BDT in Jul 2026, +9% from 173 BDT in Jul 2025Narayanghat (Chitawan, Bagmati): Rice (medium grain) 115 NPR in Aug 2026, +10% from 105 NPR in Aug 2025Faridpur Sadar (Faridpur, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026, +10% from 170 BDT in Jul 2025Hetauda (Makwanpur, Bagmati): Rice (medium grain) 110 NPR in Aug 2026, +10% from 100 NPR in Aug 2025Baglung (Baglung, Gandaki): Rice (medium grain) 110 NPR in Aug 2026, +10% from 100 NPR in Aug 2025Sherpur Sadar (Sherpur, Mymensingh): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026, +10% from 169 BDT in Jul 2025Manikganj Sadar (Manikganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026, +11% from 168 BDT in Jul 2025Dhankuta (Dhankuta, Koshi): Rice (medium grain) 100 NPR in Aug 2026, +11% from 90 NPR in Aug 2025Dhangadhi (Kailali, Sudur Paschim): Rice (medium grain) 94 NPR in Aug 2026, +12% from 84 NPR in Aug 2025Narail Sadar (Narail, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 192 BDT in Jul 2026, +12% from 170 BDT in Jul 2025Kishoregonj Sadar (Kishoreganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Gaibandha Sadar (Gaibandha, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 168 BDT in Jul 2025Jamalpur Sadar (Jamalpur, Mymensingh): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Rajshahi Sadar (Rajshahi, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 186 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Jessore Sadar (Jashore, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 184 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 163 BDT in Jul 2025Nawabgonj Sadar (Naogaon, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 182 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 161 BDT in Jul 2025Gopalgonj Sadar (Gopalganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 192 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 170 BDT in Jul 2025Narsingdi Sadar (Narsingdi, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +13% from 167 BDT in Jul 2025Pabna Sadar (Pabna, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 188 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Cox`s Bazar Sadar (Cox's Bazar, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Rajbari Sadar (Rajbari, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 184 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 161 BDT in Jul 2025Barguna Sadar (Barguna, Barishal): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 165 BDT in Jul 2025Jhalokati Sadar (Jhalokati, Barishal): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Pirojpur Sadar (Pirojpur, Barishal): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 163 BDT in Jul 2025Bhola Sadar (Bhola, Barishal): Oil (soybean, fortified) 187 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 163 BDT in Jul 2025Jaipurhat Sadar (Joypurhat, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026, +14% from 167 BDT in Jul 2025Magura Sadar (Magura, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 188 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Natore Sadar (Natore, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Jhenaidah Sadar (Jhenaidah, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 165 BDT in Jul 2025Feni Sadar (Feni, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 165 BDT in Jul 2025Gazipur Sadar (Gazipur, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Brahmonbaria Sadar (Brahmanbaria, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Chandpur Sadar (Chandpur, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 182 BDT in Jul 2026, +15% from 158 BDT in Jul 2025Kushtia Sadar (Kushtia, Khulna): Oil (soybean, fortified) 190 BDT in Jul 2026, +16% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Bandarban Sadar (Bandarban, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026, +16% from 165 BDT in Jul 2025Dhaka Sadar (Dhaka, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 192 BDT in Jul 2026, +16% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Rangpur Municipality Market (Rangpur, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 193 BDT in Jul 2026, +16% from 166 BDT in Jul 2025Comilla Sadar (Cumilla, Chattogram): Oil (soybean, fortified) 191 BDT in Jul 2026, +16% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Thakurgaon Sadar (Thakurgaon, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 192 BDT in Jul 2026, +17% from 164 BDT in Jul 2025Lalmonirhat Sadar (Lalmonirhat, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026, +17% from 161 BDT in Jul 2025Bogra Sadar (Bogura, Rajshahi): Oil (soybean, fortified) 189 BDT in Jul 2026, +17% from 162 BDT in Jul 2025Narayanganj Sadar (Narayanganj, Dhaka): Oil (soybean, fortified) 205 BDT in Jul 2026, +22% from 168 BDT in Jul 2025Kurigram Sadar (Kurigram, Rangpur): Oil (soybean, fortified) 200 BDT in Jul 2026, +23% from 163 BDT in Jul 2025Phidim (Panchthar, Koshi): Rice (medium grain) 105 NPR in Aug 2026, +24% from 85 NPR in Aug 2025Birgunj (Parsa, Madhesh): Rice (medium grain) 100 NPR in Aug 2026, +25% from 80 NPR in Aug 2025Janakpurdham (Dhanusa, Madhesh): Rice (medium grain) 100 NPR in Aug 2026, +33% from 75 NPR in Aug 2025Rajbiraj (Saptari, Madhesh): Rice (medium grain) 100 NPR in Aug 2026, +33% from 75 NPR in Aug 2025
  • Fell over 50%0markets
  • Fell 25–50%0markets
  • Fell 5–25%0markets
  • Within 5%14markets
  • Rose 5–25%53markets
  • Rose 25–50%3markets
  • Rose over 50%0markets
  • No year-earlier price36markets
Each dot is a market WFP monitors: the change in one staple's retail price from the same month a year earlier, in that market E47. Mapped: Rice (medium grain) (KG), Aug 2026 against Aug 2025 (Nepal); Oil (soybean, fortified) (L), Jul 2026 against Jul 2025 (Bangladesh). Nominal prices in local currency, so a rise includes general inflation and currency depreciation, not only scarcity; colours compare markets within a country, not prices across countries. Tap or hover a market for its prices. Outlines: Natural Earth.

At a glance

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15.3mpeople in Phase 3+ (IPC), Bangladesh, May–Aug 2026

Source: IPC / Cadre Harmonisé ↗ · E46Retrieved 2026-10-14

6.6/10Crisis severity, Bangladesh · September 2026

Source: ACAPS INFORM Severity ↗ · E40Retrieved 2026-10-14

2/5Access constraints, Bangladesh · Oct 2026

Source: ACAPS Humanitarian Access ↗ · E41Retrieved 2026-10-14

429.5mUSD of private finance mobilised, 2024

Source: OECD mobilised private finance ↗ · E37Retrieved 2026-10-14

3.6%GDP growth projected, Nepal 2026 · October 2026

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook ↗ · E50Retrieved 2026-10-14

Official funding in the brief's sectors broadly flat: 2019–2024All official donors in scope, current USD millions, gross disbursements; observations 2019–2024; OECD data by recipient end in 2024, 2025 due in December 2026
2019: 811.9 (USD millions)81220192020: 703.9 (USD millions)20202021: 744.8 (USD millions)20212022: 720.2 (USD millions)20222023: 697.5 (USD millions)20232024: 800.3 (USD millions)8002024

USD millions

Source: OECD Creditor Reporting System ↗ · E25Retrieved 2026-10-14Dataset scope: OECD Creditor Reporting System, gross disbursements, current USD millions; recipients BGD, NPL (combined); DAC sectors 720, 740

United States provided 29% of official funding, 2019–2024Share of scoped gross disbursements over 2019–2024 combined, not a latest-year share
United States29%
World Bank (IDA)29%
United Kingdom10%
EU Institutions7%
Australia6%

Source: OECD Creditor Reporting System ↗ · E25Retrieved 2026-10-14Dataset scope: OECD Creditor Reporting System, gross disbursements, current USD millions; recipients BGD, NPL (combined); DAC sectors 720, 740

Direct investment led the USD 429.5m mobilised in 2024Private finance mobilised by official development finance, 2024, USD millions
Direct investment313.6
Syndicated loans89.4
Simple co-financing26.4
Fund shares0.1

Source: OECD, mobilised private finance for development ↗ · E37Retrieved 2026-10-14Dataset scope: OECD, mobilised private finance for development; recipients Nepal, Bangladesh (combined); current USD millions

Bangladesh: 15% of people analysed in Phase 3 or worse (May–Aug 2026)IPC acute food insecurity, share of the population analysed in Phase 3+ (Crisis or worse); latest analysis per country, projections in the card
Bangladesh, May–Aug 202615%

FEWS NET estimates for Sep 2026, a different method not on the same scale: Nepal 1.0–1.5 million people in Phase 3+.

Source: IPC / Cadre Harmonisé via HDX HAPI, FEWS NET ↗ · E46Retrieved 2026-10-14Dataset scope: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global country data, including Cadre Harmonisé results for West Africa and the Sahel, national figures via the HDX Humanitarian API; latest current analysis per country and its projections

Weakest score: control of corruption in Bangladesh (28/100)Worldwide Governance Indicators, 0 to 100, higher is better; observations 2025; ticks: Score 2019

Control of corruption

Nepal32
Bangladesh28

Regulatory quality

Nepal44
Bangladesh39

Rule of law

Nepal54
Bangladesh44

Political stability

Nepal58
Bangladesh49

Source: World Bank WGI ↗ · E57Retrieved 2026-10-14Dataset scope: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (absolute scores 0-100, higher is better; perception-based composites with wide margins of error) and World Development Indicators for FDI

How exposed the money is

Computed by the app from the evidence cards it links to, with fixed rules, so two briefs on the same scope say the same thing.

Donor concentration and cuts E60

Computed by the app: OECD CRS gross disbursements in this scope, 2024 (card E25), all official donors USD 800.3m; donors' total net ODA from OECD DAC1 (card E38).

United States
33%-56% total aid
International Development Association [IDA]
28%multilateral: not assessed
EU Institutions
8%+48% total aid
United Kingdom
7%+1% total aid
Australia
6%-11% total aid
Japan
4%-11% total aid
Central Emergency Response Fund [CERF]
3%multilateral: not assessed
Canada
1%+20% total aid

donor's total aid fell more than 10% in the latest provisional year

  • 33% Largest donor's share
  • 70% Three largest donors' share
  • 43% Share from donors whose total aid fell more than 10% (2024→2025) (USD 346.9 m)
  • 20% Rough estimate for 2025, not a forecast: less in this scope if those cuts fell evenly (USD 157.3 m)

Exposed: a donor whose total aid fell more than 10% in the OECD's provisional latest year. Rough estimate method: each donor's 2024 aid in this scope, reduced by the same percentage as its total aid fell from 2024 to 2025 in the OECD's provisional figures, summed over donors that fell more than 10%; donors that did not cut count as unchanged. It assumes each donor cut this country as much as its overall aid; in practice donors protect some countries and cut others harder. The OECD's country figures for 2025 will replace it, usually about a year after the year ends. Only the donors listed on the OECD card are assessed; multilateral donors are not in the OECD's donor totals.

Where to refresh flood readiness first

Nepal warrants an immediate district-level check rather than reliance on national averages. Preliminary CHIRPS estimates for September 2026 put rainfall at 215% of the long-term monthly average in Sudur Paschim and 179% in Karnali; the corresponding three-month figures were 127% and 110%. E48 These regional averages identify places to investigate, not river-level forecasts. E48 ACAPS rated Nepal’s flood crisis Medium severity, at 4.5, in September 2026, with no established trend. E40

Bangladesh presents a different signal: its latest GDACS flood alert was Green on 10 September 2026, indicating limited expected international humanitarian impact, while ACAPS rated the broader climatic-shocks and political/economic crisis 6.6, High and increasing over the preceding three months. E40 The latter is not a flood-only assessment. E56E40 Rainfall across the named Bangladesh regions was below the three-month average through 30 September; that does not establish low flood exposure. E48

Both countries were classified High risk in INFORM Mid 2026, which measures the risk of a crisis overwhelming national capacity—not a forecast of flooding. Bangladesh’s hazard-and-exposure dimension was 8.3; Nepal’s was 6.2, alongside a lack-of-coping-capacity score of 5.8. E39 This suggests pairing hazard monitoring with tests of whether warnings actually trigger evacuation, accessible shelter and relief mobilisation.

Access: budget for physical isolation, verify administrative barriers

ACAPS’s October 2026 edition rated Nepal’s flood access constraints Low, at 1 out of 5, but its security-and-physical-constraints pillar was 3. E41 Terrain, climate and infrastructure were the strongest constraints. Bangladesh’s climatic-shocks crisis also scored 1 overall, while its multiple-crisis and Rohingya settings scored 2, Moderate, with obstructed access to services and aid and interference in humanitarian work among the strongest constraints. E41

For local-partner grants, this argues for explicit budgets for alternative transport, communications, pre-positioning and temporary loss of road access. In Bangladesh, add a location-specific check of permissions and restrictions rather than assuming that flood-response access and refugee-response access are interchangeable.

Security planning also merits a local check. ACLED reported 1,365 political-violence events in Bangladesh during October 2025–September 2026, compared with 1,028 in the preceding twelve months; Nepal’s corresponding counts were 130 and 164. E42 These national reported counts do not establish safety on particular delivery routes. E42

Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit

For emergency response and preparedness across Nepal and Bangladesh combined, the largest official funders over 2019–2024 were the United States and IDA, each accounting for 29% of reported gross disbursements, followed by the United Kingdom, EU Institutions and Australia. E25 These are combined-period, all-official-provider shares, not country-specific or flood-only shares. E25

Funding continuity needs verification. US total aid fell 56% in provisional 2025 figures, although US funding in these two countries and sectors had risen from USD 173.3m in 2019 to USD 266.5m in 2024. E25E38 The country-sector data cannot yet establish how the overall cut affected these programmes. E25

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For longer-term alignment, the World Bank lists Bangladesh Strategic Flood Resilience Program Phase 1, P517814, in the pipeline with USD 400.0m and planned approval on 29 March 2027. E45 This is a changeable plan, not disbursed funding or an open co-funding opportunity. E45

Local funding routes: promising contacts, not verified capacity

Bangladesh’s AP-RHPF approved USD 168.41m in 2026 to date, including USD 4.79m—or 2.8%—in direct pooled-fund allocations to national NGOs. E34 That share excludes sub-grants and cannot describe the full localisation picture. E34 Islamic Relief and CARE Bangladesh received allocations covering shelter and WASH; Friendship received USD 1.89m for health. E35 These records identify organisations to contact, not evidence of flood-response capacity or quality. E35

Nepal received a USD 2.50m CERF flood allocation, approved on 24 September 2026, naming the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund as the largest recipient agencies. E36 CERF funds UN agencies and IOM only; Riverbend should investigate implementing-partner arrangements rather than treat it as a direct funding route. E36

Potential local contacts also appear outside the narrow humanitarian-sector records: KIRDARC in Nepal and ESDO in Bangladesh were named as implementers of Strømme Foundation livelihoods-and-resilience programmes with payments recorded in 2024–2025 and disaster-risk-reduction elements in their designs. Their relevance to Riverbend’s locations and operational needs requires confirmation. E17E20

Among philanthropic peers, Gates Foundation reported Supporting Humanitarian Initiatives for Transformation in Asia in Bangladesh through Oxfam-America in IATI, updated on 12 October 2026. E44 Its flood and locally led components should be checked before approaching it as a co-funding match. E44

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As of 14 October 2026:

  • Nepal: Flood and landslide danger remains acute in steep, high-mountain catchments. The Associated Press reported on 12 October that a landslide-triggered Budhi Gandaki flash flood had left at least five people missing; early warning enabled many residents to reach safety, but damaged roads and bridges left villages reliant on helicopter deliveries. This follows the catastrophic August Rasuwa–Bhotekoshi disaster.
  • Bangladesh: The UN Resident Coordinator’s Office reported in July that monsoon rain, upstream runoff and landslides affected over 1.11 million people in 10 districts; displacement, damaged roads and bridges, and disrupted water and sanitation constrained access. Preparedness priorities include forecast-based early action: the UN reported that, in 2026, partners had earmarked over $20 million for 26 anticipatory-action frameworks covering floods, cyclones and other hazards.
  • Preparedness and response: In September, ICIMOD reported that regional governments and partners had set 10 priorities after Nepal’s August disaster, including stronger detection, monitoring, early warning, emergency response and recovery for cascading mountain hazards. In Nepal, the UN reported on 4 September that a government-led, four-month $49.6 million response plan targeted life-saving relief for more than 84,000 people; priorities included addressing operational gaps and preventing disease as winter approached.
  • Funding and local partners: Bangladesh’s Rohingya response faces contraction: Oxfam reported in August that the 2026 Joint Response Plan sought $710.5 million—26% less than the prior year—and that donors had funded 46% of the 2025 appeal. The EU announced €200,000 in August for people affected by monsoon rains in five southeastern districts. On localisation, The New Humanitarian reported in June that no Bangladesh local organisation received direct funding from a recent US-backed UN pooled-fund allocation, while describing a Canada- and Australia-supported BRAC-backed model that helps local NGOs meet grant requirements.

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  1. Bangladesh: Situation Report #1 - Flash Flood and Landslides (13 July 2026) | জাতিসংঘ বাংলাদেশ · official
  2. Nepal rescuers search for missing after flash flood hits villages | AP News · established outlet
  3. Rohingya crisis enters tenth year as funding cuts put lifesaving services at risk: Oxfam | Oxfam International · established outlet
  4. Kathmandu 10 Action Points: HKH countries chart a path to better preparedness after catastrophic Rasuwa-Gyirong flood  - ICIMOD · unverified site, treat with caution

Humanitarian access constraints: ACAPS, Oct 2026 E41

CountryCrisisAccess constraints (0-5)LevelPeople's access to aidAid actors' access to peopleSecurity and physical constraintsStrongest constraints
NepalFloods in Nepal1Low013physical constraints (terrain, climate, infrastructure)
BangladeshMultiple crises in Bangladesh2Moderate223obstructed access to services and aid; interference in humanitarian work; physical constraints (terrain, climate, infrastructure)
BangladeshDisplacement of Rohingyas to Bangladesh2Moderate223obstructed access to services and aid; interference in humanitarian work
BangladeshClimatic shocks and political/economic crisis in Bangladesh1Low013physical constraints (terrain, climate, infrastructure)

ACAPS Humanitarian Access dataset, Oct 2026 edition (API); retrieved 2026-10-14. Scores 0 (no constraints) to 5 (extreme), from three pillars and nine indicators; countries without a tracked crisis are not listed. Nepal: the most constrained crisis is Floods in Nepal (1 of 5, Low). Bangladesh: the most constrained crisis is Multiple crises in Bangladesh (2 of 5, Moderate).

Who else funds this: all official donors (OECD CRS) E25

Rank of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 combined, all official donors in scopeDonorTrend2019 (USD m)2020 (USD m)2021 (USD m)2022 (USD m)2023 (USD m)2024 (USD m)Share of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 combined, all official donors in scope
1United StatesTrend 2019–2024: 173 to 266 (6 years reported)173.3145.9258.6228.2227.2266.529%
2International Development Association [IDA]Trend 2019–2024: 213 to 225 (6 years reported)212.6207.8189.2248.8203.9224.929%
3United KingdomTrend 2019–2024: 167 to 55.3 (6 years reported)167.4119.450.930.236.655.310%
4EU InstitutionsTrend 2019–2024: 34.0 to 66.8 (6 years reported)34.049.554.555.740.166.87%
5AustraliaTrend 2019–2024: 30.1 to 47.1 (6 years reported)30.150.255.241.553.147.16%
6JapanTrend 2019–2024: 38.2 to 29.5 (6 years reported)38.219.832.826.433.329.54%
7Central Emergency Response Fund [CERF]Trend 2019–2024: 15.3 to 21.0 (6 years reported)15.315.117.217.218.021.02%
8CanadaTrend 2019–2024: 24.5 to 6.0 (6 years reported)24.518.418.48.28.46.02%
9NorwayTrend 2019–2024: 9.8 to 4.9 (6 years reported)9.811.014.08.711.94.91%
10GermanyTrend 2019–2024: 21.9 to 3.8 (6 years reported)21.918.05.12.73.83.81%
All official donorsTrend 2019–2024: 812 to 800 (6 years reported)811.9703.9744.8720.2697.5800.3100%

OECD Creditor Reporting System, gross disbursements, current USD millions; recipients BGD, NPL (combined); DAC sectors 720, 740; retrieved 2026-10-14. 48 individual donors report in scope. Latest OECD year lags national data. All official donors: Trend: USD 811.9m in 2019 → USD 800.3m in 2024 (-1%); peak USD 811.9m in 2019. United States: Trend: USD 173.3m in 2019 → USD 266.5m in 2024 (+54%); peak USD 266.5m in 2024. International Development Association [IDA]: Trend: USD 212.6m in 2019 → USD 224.9m in 2024 (+6%); peak USD 248.8m in 2022. United Kingdom: Trend: USD 167.4m in 2019 → USD 55.3m in 2024 (-67%); peak USD 167.4m in 2019. Rank and share use the combined displayed years and all official donors, including multilateral institutions; not a single-year or bilateral-only comparison.

Current activities reported to IATI: who is active now, and through whom E44

CountryPublisherActivityImplementing organisationsStartPlanned endLast updatedIATI identifier
BangladeshMinistry of Foreign Affairs, DenmarkUNHCR Humanitarian Partnership Framework Agreement 2022-2026Not stated2022-01-012026-12-312026-10-13XM-DAC-3-1-286888-35592
BangladeshGates FoundationSupporting Humanitarian Initiatives for Transformation in AsiaOxfam-America Inc2025-07-082027-06-302026-10-12DAC-1601-INV-080999
BangladeshForeign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)Rohingya Refugee Crisis - emergency response - Development and Peace - Caritas Canada 2024Not stated2025-01-082026-12-312026-10-12CA-3-P015008001
BangladeshForeign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)UNHCR - Global - 2025Not stated2025-02-202026-12-312026-10-12CA-3-P015654001
Bangladesh, NepalSwedenAction Against Hunger: Humanitärt stöd 2021-2025Not stated2021-01-012026-12-312026-10-09SE-0-SE-6-14398
NepalSwedenOxfam GB - HUM 2021-2025Not stated2021-04-012026-12-312026-10-09SE-0-SE-6-14405
BangladeshHaut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)UNHCR operation in BangladeshUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)2025-01-012026-12-312026-10-08XM-DAC-41121-2025-ASO-BGD
NepalHaut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)UNHCR operation in NepalUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)2025-01-012027-12-312026-10-08XM-DAC-41121-2025-ASO-NPL
NepalWorld Food Programme02 Emergency preparedness and responseNot stated2024-01-012028-12-312026-10-06XM-DAC-41140-NP03.01.011.EPA1
NepalWorld Food Programme01 Food assistance to affected peopleNot stated2024-01-012028-12-312026-10-06XM-DAC-41140-NP03.01.011.URT1
Bangladesh, NepalThe Netherlands Red Cross2022 onwards Asia Pacific EmergenciesNot stated2022-07-062027-07-052026-10-05NL-KVK-40409352-PRJ13-179
BangladeshThe Netherlands Red Cross2026 Topup Bangladesh Population Movement (Cox's Bazar)International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies2017-01-132027-12-312026-10-05NL-KVK-40409352-PRJ13-179-0029

IATI Datastore, activities in implementation (status 2) in Nepal, Bangladesh, DAC sectors 720, 740; most recently updated first, at most two per publisher; activities whose planned end has passed or that have no end date and started over five years ago are left out; retrieved 2026-10-14. Published by each organisation to the IATI Standard, usually more current than the OECD but uneven: coverage depends on who publishes, and the same work can be reported by both funder and implementer. Leads to check, not a complete list; amounts are not shown or totalled here and must not be added to OECD or OCHA figures.

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  • Where to refresh flood readiness first Source addedPreliminary CHIRPS estimates for September 2026 put rainfall at 215% of the long-term monthly average in Sudur Paschim and 179% in Karnali; the corresponding three-month figures were 127% and 110%.Open E48
  • Where to refresh flood readiness first Source addedBangladesh presents a different signal: its latest GDACS flood alert was Green on 10 September 2026, indicating limited expected international humanitarian impact, while ACAPS rated the broader climatic-shocks and political/economic crisis 6.6, High and increasing over the preceding three months.Open E40
  • Access: budget for physical isolation, verify administrative barriers Source addedACAPS’s October 2026 edition rated Nepal’s flood access constraints Low, at 1 out of 5, but its security-and-physical-constraints pillar was 3.Open E41
  • Access: budget for physical isolation, verify administrative barriers Source addedACLED reported 1,365 political-violence events in Bangladesh during October 2025–September 2026, compared with 1,028 in the preceding twelve months; Nepal’s corresponding counts were 130 and 164.Open E42
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedFor emergency response and preparedness across Nepal and Bangladesh combined, the largest official funders over 2019–2024 were the United States and IDA, each accounting for 29% of reported gross disbursements, followed by the United Kingdom, EU Institutions and Australia.Open E25
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedUS total aid fell 56% in provisional 2025 figures, although US funding in these two countries and sectors had risen from USD 173.3m in 2019 to USD 266.5m in 2024.Open E38
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedNepal: US-funded Tayar Nepal recorded USD 1.8m in 2023–2024 for institutional preparedness, municipal risk planning and a rapid-response mechanism.Open E27
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedNepal: WFP reported an emergency-preparedness-and-response activity in implementation in IATI, updated on 6 October 2026; Sweden also reported Oxfam GB humanitarian support in Nepal, updated on 9 October.Open E44
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedBangladesh: Japan’s Disaster Risk Management Enhancement Project recorded USD 41.2m in 2023–2024 through the recipient government.Open E26
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedUS-funded preparedness work recorded USD 1.0m over the same period for community response teams, rainfall monitoring and landslide early-warning protocols.Open E32
  • Who funds this—and which portfolios actually fit Source addedFor longer-term alignment, the World Bank lists Bangladesh Strategic Flood Resilience Program Phase 1, P517814, in the pipeline with USD 400.0m and planned approval on 29 March 2027.Open E45
  • Local funding routes: promising contacts, not verified capacity Source addedBangladesh’s AP-RHPF approved USD 168.41m in 2026 to date, including USD 4.79m—or 2.8%—in direct pooled-fund allocations to national NGOs.Open E34
  • Local funding routes: promising contacts, not verified capacity Source addedIslamic Relief and CARE Bangladesh received allocations covering shelter and WASH; Friendship received USD 1.89m for health.Open E35
  • Local funding routes: promising contacts, not verified capacity Source addedNepal received a USD 2.50m CERF flood allocation, approved on 24 September 2026, naming WFP, WHO and UNICEF as the largest recipient agencies.Open E36
  • Local funding routes: promising contacts, not verified capacity Source addedAmong philanthropic peers, Gates Foundation reported Supporting Humanitarian Initiatives for Transformation in Asia in Bangladesh through Oxfam-America in IATI, updated on 12 October 2026.Open E44

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E1 Norwegian disbursements by year · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Trend 2021–2025: 142.8 m to 58.4 m (5 years reported)In 2025 kroner: 142.8 m in 2021 → 58.4 m in 2025
YearDisbursed (NOK)In 2025 kronerAgreementsShare of all Norwegian aid to these recipients
2021120.4 m142.8 m924.4%
202284.0 m94.1 m818.0%
2023125.9 m133.7 m924.4%
202452.9 m54.6 m312.4%
202558.4 m58.4 m715.0%
Total441.6 m483.7 m

Nepal, Bangladesh; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2021–2025. Trend: 120.4 m in 2021 → 58.4 m in 2025 (-51%); peak 125.9 m in 2023. In 2025 kroner, adjusted for inflation with Statistics Norway's consumer price index (annual average, table 08981; retrieved 2026-10-14): 142.8 m in 2021 → 58.4 m in 2025 (-59%); peak 142.8 m in 2021.

E2 Largest agreement partners · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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PartnerTypeDisbursed (NOK)AgreementsYears
MPTF Office - Multi-Partner Trust Fund OfficeMultilateral institutions135.0 m22021–2025
FlyktninghjelpenNGO Norwegian116.4 m42021–2025
WFP - World Food ProgrammeMultilateral institutions63.0 m22021–2025
UNHCR - UN Office of the UN High Commissioner for RefugeesMultilateral institutions47.0 m32021–2025
UNFPA - UN Population FundMultilateral institutions21.8 m42021–2025
Kirkens NødhjelpNGO Norwegian19.5 m12021–2025
Norges Røde KorsNGO Norwegian15.0 m12021–2022
WHO - World Health OrganizationMultilateral institutions13.0 m32021–2023
IOM - International Organisation for MigrationMultilateral institutions6.5 m12024
UNOPS - UN Office for Project ServicesMultilateral institutions4.4 m12021–2023

Nepal, Bangladesh; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2021–2025. Agreement partner labels as recorded; not resolved organisation identities.

E3 Channels: who receives the funds · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Partner typeAssistance typeDisbursed (NOK)Share (rounded; listed groups only)Agreements
Multilateral institutionsEarmarked to multilaterals290.7 m66%16
NGO NorwegianBilateral150.9 m34%6

Nepal, Bangladesh; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2021–2025. Shares use the listed channel groups, not necessarily the entire portfolio. Rounded 100% is not exactly all and rounded 0% is not none; retain nonzero amounts.

E4 What the money is for (sub-sectors) · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Sub-sectorDisbursed (NOK)Agreements
10 - Material relief assistance and services318.4 m11
40 - Emergency food assistance63.0 m2
11 - Basic Health Care Services in Emergencies34.8 m7
50 - Relief co-ordination and support services21.0 m1
12 - Education in Emergencies4.4 m1

Nepal, Bangladesh; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2021–2025.

E5 Where Norway spends in this sector (recipients) · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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RecipientDisbursed (NOK)Rank among countries
Ukraine9,154.3 m1
Global Unspecified6,978.1 m—
Syria3,211.6 m2
Palestine2,080.6 m3
Sudan1,264.1 m4
Afghanistan1,133.9 m5
Middle East Regional1,012.7 m—
Yemen975.1 m6
Lebanon869.6 m7
South Sudan854.8 m8
Bangladesh437.2 m15
Nepal4.4 m46

All recipients; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2021–2025. 70 recipients in scope. Regional and unallocated lines (e.g. Global Unspecified) are shown but not ranked.

E6 Policy markers (share of disbursements tagged significant or principal) · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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MarkerShare
Gender equality40%
Climate adaptation0%
Climate mitigation0%
Disability inclusion2%

Nepal, Bangladesh; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2021–2025. Donor-reported OECD policy markers; not outcome evidence.

E7 Largest agreement: Bangladesh. Humanitarian Response · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-20/0048-18 — "Bangladesh. Humanitarian Response" in Bangladesh. Partner: Flyktninghjelpen (NGO Norwegian). Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2020–2024 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2024, which does not show that it ended); 75.6 m NOK in the selected years; 92.1 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Humanitarian response in Bangladesh

E8 Largest agreement: UN JRP SAFE plus II · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement BGD-20/0002 — "UN JRP SAFE plus II" in Bangladesh. Partner: MPTF Office - Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (Multilateral institutions); implementing: UNHCR - UN Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2023–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 75.0 m NOK in the selected years; 75.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Extension of the UN Joint Project to address cooking fuel needs, environmental degradation and food security for populations affected by the Rohinya Refugee crisis. It aims to address short, medium and longer-term challenges with activities benefitting both the refugee and the host community populations, and contributing to social cohesion. Following the UN MPTFO operational modality, UNHCR Bangladesh (Convening Party) will implement the Project jointly with International Organisation for Migration (IOM), UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP).

E9 Largest agreement: UN Joint Project for SAFE Access to Fuel and Energy in Cox'sBazar · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement BGD-18/0002 — "UN Joint Project for SAFE Access to Fuel and Energy in Cox'sBazar" in Bangladesh. Partner: MPTF Office - Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (Multilateral institutions); implementing: IOM - International Organisation for Migration. Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2018–2022 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2022, which does not show that it ended); 60.0 m NOK in the selected years; 112.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: UN Joint Project to address cooking fuel needs, environmental degradation and food security for populations affected by the Rohinya Refugee crisis. It aims to address short, medium and longer-term challenges with activities benefitting both the refugee and the host community populations, and contributing to social cohesion. International Organization for Migration (IOM) will execute the Project, in cooperation with UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP).

E10 Largest agreement: Emergency Food Assistance - Bangladesh Rohinga · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-22/0125-11 — "Emergency Food Assistance - Bangladesh Rohinga" in Bangladesh. Partner: WFP - World Food Programme (Multilateral institutions). Sector: 40 - Emergency food assistance. Payments recorded in 2022–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 52.0 m NOK in the selected years; 52.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: WFP's operations in Bangladesh

E11 Largest agreement: Global South The Rohingya Crisis · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-20/0048-56 — "Global South The Rohingya Crisis" in Bangladesh. Partner: Flyktninghjelpen (NGO Norwegian). Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2023 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2023, which does not show that it ended); 21.6 m NOK in the selected years; 21.6 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Global South - Response to the humanitarian consequences of the Ukraine war

E12 Largest agreement: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-18/0302-7 — "Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh" in Bangladesh. Partner: UNHCR - UN Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Multilateral institutions). Sector: 50 - Relief co-ordination and support services. Payments recorded in 2019–2022 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2022, which does not show that it ended); 21.0 m NOK in the selected years; 37.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Gender is a strategic element in the program, based on a gender analysis.

E13 Largest agreement: Bangladesh rohingya · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-23/0083-11 — "Bangladesh rohingya" in Bangladesh. Partner: UNHCR - UN Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Multilateral institutions). Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2023–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 21.0 m NOK in the selected years; 21.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Programme period stated in the description: 2023–2026. Description: Bangladesh rohingya. Softly earmarked contributions to UNHCR activities and appeals 2023-2026.

E14 Largest agreement: Humanitarian asistance · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-20/0052-12 — "Humanitarian asistance" in Bangladesh. Partner: Kirkens Nødhjelp (NGO Norwegian). Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2020–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 19.5 m NOK in the selected years; 32.4 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Save lives, alleviate suffering and protect human dignity. Focus:WASH, SGBV, ASRH and protection.

E15 Largest agreement: Bangladesh - NRC Strategic Partnership Agreement · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-25/0010-3 — "Bangladesh - NRC Strategic Partnership Agreement" in Bangladesh. Partner: Flyktninghjelpen (NGO Norwegian). Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 18.5 m NOK in the selected years; 18.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Flyktninghjelpen/NRC in Bangladesh provides lifesaving, multisectoral early recovery assistance and durable solutions to vulnerable hard-to-reach and displaced persons in Bangladesh. Sectors include Education, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). The project design is informed by a gender analysis and all indicators are disaggregated by sex.

E16 Largest agreement: Bangladesh and Rohingya crisis - humanitarian · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-20/0074-14 — "Bangladesh and Rohingya crisis - humanitarian" in Bangladesh. Partner: Norges Røde Kors (NGO Norwegian); implementing: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross . Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2020–2022 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2022, which does not show that it ended); 15.0 m NOK in the selected years; 25.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Bangladesh and Rohingya crisis - humanitarian - soft earmarking SGBV

E17 Related project (semantic match): Improved livelihoods and resilience · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-23/0188-14 — "Improved livelihoods and resilience" in Nepal. Partner: Strømmestiftelsen (NGO Norwegian); implementing: KIRDARC - Karnali Integrated Rural Development And Research Centre. Sector: 20 - Employment creation. Payments recorded in 2024–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 13.6 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Poor and vulnerable communities have improved livelihoods and resilience through enhanced income generation. The program work to ensure access to public services for vulnerable groups and strengthen civil society organisations to hold governments responsible for human rights and ensure inclusive participation of citizens in decision-making. It has measures to ensure inclusion of persons with disability in all their activities. Gender equality is explicitly promoted in the activity and girls/women’s access to services promoted. The program aims to contribute to reduced social and economic inequalities between men/boys and girls/women. It also includes climate-smart agriculture and green practices such as solar energy, improved cookstoves, forest conservation and community waste management, and work with the communities to increase resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction measures, like …

E18 Related project (semantic match): Sustainable Development Planning Project · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-16/0389-29 — "Sustainable Development Planning Project" in Nepal. Partner: Utviklingsfondet (NGO Norwegian); implementing: NCDC - Namsaling Community Development Centre, Nepal. Sector: 60 - Disaster Risk Reduction. Payments recorded in 2017–2022 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates; no payment recorded after 2022, which does not show that it ended); 8.4 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Good governance through developing multi year local government plans and civil society participation. Climate adaptation and improved livelihood of women and marginalized groups, including rebuilding after 2015 earthquake .

E19 Related project (semantic match): Bangladesh Protection - NRC Strategic Partnership Agreement · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-25/0010-4 — "Bangladesh Protection - NRC Strategic Partnership Agreement" in Bangladesh. Partner: Flyktninghjelpen (NGO Norwegian). Sector: 10 - Material relief assistance and services. Payments recorded in 2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 602 k NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Flyktninghjelpen/NRC in Bangladesh provides lifesaving, multisectoral early recovery assistance and durable solutions to vulnerable hard-to-reach and displaced persons in Bangladesh. Sectors include Information counselling and legal assistance (ICLA) and Protection from violence (PfV). The project design is informed by a gender analysis and all indicators are disaggregated by sex.

E20 Related project (semantic match): Improved livelihoods and resilience · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-23/0188-16 — "Improved livelihoods and resilience" in Bangladesh. Partner: Strømmestiftelsen (NGO Norwegian); implementing: ESDO - Environment and Social Development Organization. Sector: 20 - Employment creation. Payments recorded in 2024–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 14.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Poor and vulnerable communities have improved livelihoods and resilience through enhanced income generation. The program work to ensure access to public services for vulnerable groups and strengthen civil society organisations to hold governments responsible for human rights and ensure inclusive participation of citizens in decision-making. It has measures to ensure inclusion of persons with disability in all their activities. Gender equality is explicitly promoted in the activity and girls/women’s access to services promoted. The program aims to contribute to reduced social and economic inequalities between men/boys and girls/women. It also includes climate-smart agriculture and green practices such as solar energy, improved cookstoves, forest conservation and community waste management, and work with the communities to increase resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction measures, like …

E21 Related project (semantic match): UNDP-NGI Landslide Risk Management in Cox’s Bazar · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement BGD-21/0001 — "UNDP-NGI Landslide Risk Management in Cox’s Bazar" in Bangladesh. Partner: UNDP - UN Development Programme (Multilateral institutions). Sector: 60 - Disaster Risk Reduction. Payments recorded in 2022–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 22.5 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: The Project proposed action will enhance resilience of Rohingya refugees and host-communities through improving localized landslide early warning and dissemination system, strengthening capacity of local government, humanitarian and first response agencies and implementing community-led nature-based solutions for landslide risk mitigation in underserved communities. The project will enhance functional and technical capacities of disaster management committees and DRM institutions of landslide affected areas, so that they can better plan, manage and respond to landslide disaster.

E22 Related project (semantic match): Impact 4 - Climate- Food Insecurity_NPL - Transforming the future - for and with children 2024-2028 · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-23/0199-43 — "Impact 4 - Climate- Food Insecurity_NPL - Transforming the future - for and with children 2024-2028" in Nepal. Partner: Redd Barna Norge (NGO Norwegian); implementing: KIRDARC - Karnali Integrated Rural Development And Research Centre. Sector: 72 - Household food security programmes . Payments recorded in 2024–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 2.9 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Programme period stated in the description: 2024–2028. Description: Transforming the future - for and with children 2024-2028. Impact area 4: Children, families and communities are resilient to the impacts of climate change. The projects include initiatives to address gender-based violence and promote girls education, in addition to collaborations with local organizations focused on women’s and girls empowerments. It includes explicit gender equality objectives and indicators. It also includes initiatives to support the inclusion of children with disabilities in education, and collaborations with organizations focused on disability rights to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities. The projects include measures to address climate resilience and environmental degradation and supports children and families in becoming resilient to climate impacts. This includes mobilizing children for advocacy campaigns on climate change and the development of …

E23 Related project (semantic match): Climate Resilient Rural Livelihoods Programme · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-20/0246-25 — "Climate Resilient Rural Livelihoods Programme" in Nepal. Partner: Utviklingsfondet (NGO Norwegian); implementing: CBODC - Community Based Organization Development Center. Sector: 20 - Agricultural development. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 2.7 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Increased climate resilience and well-being of rural communities through improved food security and nutrition, economic empowerment, responsive local government policies and more inclusive and stronger grass-roots organisations. This will be achieved by diversified and increased agricuture production, increased seed security, better livestock management, sustainable management of resources, capacity building of grassroots organisations and policy work at local, national and international level.

E24 Related project (semantic match): Climate Resilient Rural Livelihoods Programme · Norwegian development assistance data (bistandsresultater.no)

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Agreement QZA-20/0246-22 — "Climate Resilient Rural Livelihoods Programme" in Nepal. Partner: Utviklingsfondet (NGO Norwegian); implementing: LIBIRD - Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research. Sector: 20 - Agricultural development. Payments recorded in 2021–2025 (disbursement years in the Norwegian data, not the agreement's start or end dates); 15.0 m NOK 2015–2025 total. Description: Increased climate resilience and well-being of rural communities through improved food security and nutrition, economic empowerment, responsive local government policies and more inclusive and stronger grass-roots organisations. This will be achieved by diversified and increased agricuture production, increased seed security, better livestock management, sustainable management of resources, capacity building of grassroots organisations and policy work at local, national and international level.

E25 Who else funds this: all official donors (OECD CRS) · OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System

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Rank of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 combined, all official donors in scopeDonorTrend2019 (USD m)2020 (USD m)2021 (USD m)2022 (USD m)2023 (USD m)2024 (USD m)Share of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 combined, all official donors in scope
1United StatesTrend 2019–2024: 173 to 266 (6 years reported)173.3145.9258.6228.2227.2266.529%
2International Development Association [IDA]Trend 2019–2024: 213 to 225 (6 years reported)212.6207.8189.2248.8203.9224.929%
3United KingdomTrend 2019–2024: 167 to 55.3 (6 years reported)167.4119.450.930.236.655.310%
4EU InstitutionsTrend 2019–2024: 34.0 to 66.8 (6 years reported)34.049.554.555.740.166.87%
5AustraliaTrend 2019–2024: 30.1 to 47.1 (6 years reported)30.150.255.241.553.147.16%
6JapanTrend 2019–2024: 38.2 to 29.5 (6 years reported)38.219.832.826.433.329.54%
7Central Emergency Response Fund [CERF]Trend 2019–2024: 15.3 to 21.0 (6 years reported)15.315.117.217.218.021.02%
8CanadaTrend 2019–2024: 24.5 to 6.0 (6 years reported)24.518.418.48.28.46.02%
9NorwayTrend 2019–2024: 9.8 to 4.9 (6 years reported)9.811.014.08.711.94.91%
10GermanyTrend 2019–2024: 21.9 to 3.8 (6 years reported)21.918.05.12.73.83.81%
All official donorsTrend 2019–2024: 812 to 800 (6 years reported)811.9703.9744.8720.2697.5800.3100%

OECD Creditor Reporting System, gross disbursements, current USD millions; recipients BGD, NPL (combined); DAC sectors 720, 740; retrieved 2026-10-14. 48 individual donors report in scope. Latest OECD year lags national data. All official donors: Trend: USD 811.9m in 2019 → USD 800.3m in 2024 (-1%); peak USD 811.9m in 2019. United States: Trend: USD 173.3m in 2019 → USD 266.5m in 2024 (+54%); peak USD 266.5m in 2024. International Development Association [IDA]: Trend: USD 212.6m in 2019 → USD 224.9m in 2024 (+6%); peak USD 248.8m in 2022. United Kingdom: Trend: USD 167.4m in 2019 → USD 55.3m in 2024 (-67%); peak USD 167.4m in 2019. Rank and share use the combined displayed years and all official donors, including multilateral institutions; not a single-year or bilateral-only comparison.

E26 Other donors' largest projects in scope (OECD CRS, 2023 to 2024) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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DonorProjectChannel of deliveryRecipientDisbursed (USD m)
United StatesEmergency food assistanceWorld Food ProgrammeBangladesh98.8
International Development Association [IDA]Local Government COVID-19 Response & Recovery ProjectRecipient GovernmentBangladesh86.2
United StatesTitle II Emergency Commodity Credit Corporation FundWorld Food ProgrammeBangladesh78.0
United StatesHumanitarian AssistanceWorld Food ProgrammeBangladesh69.9
International Development Association [IDA]Bangladesh Second Recovery and Resilience DPCRecipient GovernmentBangladesh69.1
International Development Association [IDA]Bangladesh Modern Food Storage Facilities ProjectRecipient GovernmentBangladesh67.0
International Development Association [IDA]First Green and Climate Resilient Development CreditRecipient GovernmentBangladesh54.4
JapanDisaster Risk Management Enhancement ProjectRecipient GovernmentBangladesh41.2
United StatesEmergency Humanitarian AssistanceWorld Food ProgrammeBangladesh40.4
International Development Association [IDA]Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia – Bangladesh Phase 1 ProjectRecipient GovernmentBangladesh35.0
Australia2022-25 Bangladesh Rohingya and Host Communities Humanitarian PackageWorld Food ProgrammeBangladesh31.4
United KingdomBangladesh RRNRP (Objective 1) - Contribution to WFP for Emergency Food Aid to Rohingya RefugeesWorld Food ProgrammeBangladesh29.4

OECD CRS project-level records, gross disbursements 2023 to 2024, current USD millions; recipients BGD, NPL; DAC sectors 720, 740; Norway excluded (see the Norwegian data); retrieved 2026-10-14. 640 projects from 45 donors report in scope. Titles and descriptions are donor-reported; a project may cover more than the sector named.

E27 Other donor's project: Tayar Nepal Improved DRM Activity (United States) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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Donor: United States. Channel of delivery: Private sector in provider country. Recipient: Nepal. Purpose: Multi-hazard response preparedness. Disbursed USD 1.8m in 2023 to 2024. Description (donor-reported): Tayarwhich means preparestrengthens the capacity of Nepals disaster risk management and preparedness institutions. At the national level, the project supports national agencies, including the newly created National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), to conduct national disaster simulations, improve disaster response technologies, and establish a National Disaster Training Academy. Locally, Tayar works with urban municipalities to develop risk-sensitive land use plans that increase disaster resilience. This local support includes technical assistance activities such as slope stabilization, humanitarian open spaces, and building retrofitting to reduce disaster risk. In the event of a disaster during the course of the project, Tayar will engage the programs rapid emergency response mechanism. The team will work closely with the Government of Nepal and Nepali emergency responders to mobilize

E28 Other donor's project: NRC's Humanitarian Programme 2021-2025 - NRC Humanitarian Country programmes 2021-2025 (Sweden) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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Donor: Sweden. Channel of delivery: Donor country-based NGO. Recipient: Bangladesh. Purpose: Material relief assistance and services. Disbursed USD 0.9m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): NRC has applied as well to Sida for funding of 364.5 million SEK to carry out the Humanitarian Programme for 2021 in 26 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania/Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen. The application includes provision of 40 million SEK to replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and 7 individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.The intervention's tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sida's funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, et

E29 Other donor's project: Protection and empowerment of Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh (EU Institutions) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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Donor: EU Institutions. Channel of delivery: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees. Recipient: Bangladesh. Purpose: Material relief assistance and services. Disbursed USD 8.1m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): Via this project, UNHCR and other partners will maintain adequate protection space and living conditions for refugees. Enhancing skills development and livelihood opportunities for refugees and maintaining support to the GoB, in line with the spirit of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), will be essential to achieving these overarching objectives. UNHCR strives to ensure an environment where the basic rights of refugees are respected through strategic advocacy, interventions and capacity building. UNHCR will continue to lead and coordinate the protection response, ensure protection mainstreaming and reinforce efforts to strengthen the prevention, mitigation and response to GBV. UNHCR will focus on ensuring access to essential and sustainable services and promoting activities centred on climate resilience. Promoting green livelihoods and ensuring access to basic energy services for cook

E30 Other donor's project: Action Against Hunger: HUM 2021-2025 (Sweden) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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Donor: Sweden. Channel of delivery: International NGO. Recipient: Bangladesh. Purpose: Material relief assistance and services. Disbursed USD 2.0m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): Based on the results of Sida's humanitarian allocation process carried out at the end of 2021, an agreement between Sida and AAH was signed for humanitarian funding in a number of selected crises during 2022-2025 (Agreement ID 14398A01). The decision on contribution (010195/21) together with number of supplementary decisions, enable financial support to AAH amounting to a total of SEK 1,686,045,466.Within the current agreement, the following modalities of support are funded in 2024:1. Country Programmes/annual projects in 8 countries – SEK 112, 500,000,2. Multi-year projects in 11 countries – SEK 174,000,000,2. Rapid Response Mechanism – SEK 50,000,000 SEK,3. Capacity Building/Method Support – 6 MSEK,During 2024, the programme and project support cover the following countries/crises: Bangladesh, Honduras, Kenya, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. In addition, the fol

E31 Other donor's project: Islamic Relief Humanitarian support 2022-2025 - Islamic Relief HUM 2022-2025 (Sweden) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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Donor: Sweden. Channel of delivery: International NGO. Recipient: Bangladesh. Purpose: Emergency food assistance. Disbursed USD 1.1m in 2024. Description (donor-reported): In 2022, Sida and Islamic Relief Sweden entered into a multi-year agreement for the period 2022-2025 to enable support for Islamic Relief's humanitarian activities. The intervention consists of two different types of support. One part relates to support for annual projects in specific countries with ongoing humanitarian crises. A second part concerns funds that can be allocated in the event of sudden crises (Rapid Response Mechanism, RRM). The proposed support for Islamic Relief is based on the fact that Islamic Relief is judged to have a good ability to respond to humanitarian crises, through its forty different country operations and 2000 employees globally. Sida has financed Islamic Relief for several years and based on the organization's abilityto deliver results in hard-to-reach areas, Sida has assessed Islamic Relief to be aappropriate implementing partners for humanitarian aid ope

E32 Other donor's project: Humanitarian Assistance (United States) · OECD Creditor Reporting System (project-level records)

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Donor: United States. Channel of delivery: Donor country-based NGO. Recipient: Bangladesh. Purpose: Multi-hazard response preparedness. Disbursed USD 1.0m in 2023 to 2024. Description (donor-reported): Mobilization and formation of local volunteer groups including community disaster response teams (CDRTs), formation of sub-district, district and national level landslide task forces (LSTF), early warning system simulations, observation of World Environment Day, National Disaster Preparedness Day (NDPD), International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), training volunteer groups on first aid, search and rescue, installation of rain gauges, training community volunteer groups on rain gauge operation and maintenance, integration of on-cast rainfall data into bmd portal for assembling and forecasting, standardization of LEWS protocol and validation, strengthening and capacity building of UDC and DMC structure on LEWS, rainfall data collection and sharing, plantation for land stabilization, HHS level session to build awareness on landslide risks and early warning, coordination and disseminati

E33 Norway's aid through multilateral organisations, attributed to the country (imputed, USD m) · ONE Imputed Multilateral Sectors and OECD DAC2A, via the Development Finance Observatory

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CountryMeasureTrend20202021202220232024
NepalAll sectors (OECD estimate)Trend 2020–2024: 9.8 to 5.6 (5 years reported)9.8112.868.025.065.57
NepalSectors in this brief (ONE estimate)Trend 2020–2024: 1.1 to 0.85 (5 years reported)1.061.261.080.920.85
Nepalof which Emergency response (720)Trend 2020–2024: 0.35 to 0.44 (5 years reported)0.350.660.520.480.44
Nepalof which Disaster prevention and preparedness (740)Trend 2020–2024: 0.71 to 0.41 (5 years reported)0.710.600.560.440.41
BangladeshAll sectors (OECD estimate)Trend 2020–2024: 24.2 to 20.7 (5 years reported)24.1723.4821.4823.9720.69
BangladeshSectors in this brief (ONE estimate)Trend 2020–2024: 3.3 to 2.9 (5 years reported)3.263.612.372.772.89
Bangladeshof which Emergency response (720)Trend 2020–2024: 2.4 to 2.0 (5 years reported)2.422.781.621.931.97
Bangladeshof which Disaster prevention and preparedness (740)Trend 2020–2024: 0.83 to 0.92 (5 years reported)0.830.830.750.840.92

Imputed multilateral ODA from Norway, gross disbursements in current USD millions: all sectors from OECD DAC2A, the brief's sectors from ONE's Imputed Multilateral Sectors (CRS purpose codes starting 720, 740), via the Development Finance Observatory; retrieved 2026-10-14. Modelled estimates: each multilateral organisation's spending in the country is attributed to Norway in proportion to Norway's share of its core funding. Norway did not direct this money to the country. It covers core contributions only, so it does not overlap with the Norwegian agreement data (Norway's own agreements, including funds earmarked through multilaterals). The OECD and ONE totals differ slightly because their methods do. Sector rows are sums of ONE's purpose-code rows, added up by this app.

E34 Country-based pooled fund allocations by partner type (OCHA CBPF) · UN OCHA Country-Based Pooled Funds (CBPF)

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FundAllocation yearUN agencies (USD m)International NGOs (USD m)National NGOs (USD m)Other organisations (USD m)Total approved (USD m)National NGO share
Bangladesh (AP-RHPF)2026 (to date)136.3526.974.790.31168.412.8%

UN OCHA Country-Based Pooled Funds; funds Bangladesh (AP-RHPF), Nepal (AP-RHPF); allocation years 2024-2026 (2026 to date); approved budgets, USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Approved allocations only (pipeline excluded); the current year is still being allocated, and years with no approved allocation are not shown. The national NGO share counts direct allocations, not sub-grants, so it is not the whole local share. Approved allocations as recorded by OCHA; one project counted once. Pooled funds allocate in rounds to partners that passed the fund's eligibility and capacity checks: past allocations are not open calls. Direct recipients only: sub-grants to other partners are not shown. Already counted in the FTS funding figures: never add them.

E35 Largest pooled-fund partners (OCHA CBPF) · UN OCHA Country-Based Pooled Funds (CBPF)

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OrganisationTypeFundProjectsAll approved (USD m)Largest clustersAllocation years
World Food ProgrammeUN AgencyBangladesh (AP-RHPF)196.00Food Security, Nutrition2026 (to date)
United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUN AgencyBangladesh (AP-RHPF)118.67Emergency Shelter and NFI, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Camp Coordination / Management2026 (to date)
International Organization for MigrationUN AgencyBangladesh (AP-RHPF)112.57Emergency Shelter and NFI, Camp Coordination / Management, Health2026 (to date)
United Nations Children's FundUN AgencyBangladesh (AP-RHPF)18.53Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Nutrition2026 (to date)
Save the Children FundInternational NGOBangladesh (AP-RHPF)24.37Health, Protection, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene2026 (to date)
International Rescue CommitteeInternational NGOBangladesh (AP-RHPF)24.35Health, Protection2026 (to date)
Islamic ReliefInternational NGOBangladesh (AP-RHPF)24.15Emergency Shelter and NFI, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene2026 (to date)
CARE BANGLADESHInternational NGOBangladesh (AP-RHPF)33.23Emergency Shelter and NFI, Camp Coordination / Management, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene2026 (to date)
DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL (DRC)International NGOBangladesh (AP-RHPF)22.68Emergency Shelter and NFI, Camp Coordination / Management, Protection2026 (to date)
FriendshipNational NGOBangladesh (AP-RHPF)11.89Health2026 (to date)

UN OCHA Country-Based Pooled Funds; funds Bangladesh (AP-RHPF), Nepal (AP-RHPF); allocation years 2024-2026 (2026 to date); approved budgets, USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Ranked by total approved budget across all clusters; top ten. Approved allocations as recorded by OCHA; one project counted once. Pooled funds allocate in rounds to partners that passed the fund's eligibility and capacity checks: past allocations are not open calls. Direct recipients only: sub-grants to other partners are not shown. Already counted in the FTS funding figures: never add them.

E36 UN Central Emergency Response Fund allocations (CERF) · UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

About this source: The UN's global emergency fund, which releases money quickly to UN agencies and IOM for sudden or underfunded crises. Its grants signal where the UN sees urgent or neglected needs.

Trace this: CERF allocations (HDX, all countries and years) ↗ · CERF allocations by country ↗

CountryYearRapid Response (USD m)Underfunded Emergencies (USD m)Total approved (USD m)EmergenciesLargest recipient agenciesLatest approval
Bangladesh202417.610.0017.61Flood, StormWorld Food Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization2024-09-25
Nepal2026 (to date)2.500.002.50FloodWorld Food Programme, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund2026-09-24
Nepal20243.410.003.41FloodWorld Food Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization2024-09-29

UN CERF; countries BGD, NPL; 2024-2026 (2026 to date); approved amounts, USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Approved CERF grants by year; the current year is to date. CERF funds UN agencies and IOM only, which may pass funds on to partners. 'Agency to be confirmed' is approved money not yet split between agencies. Already counted in the FTS funding figures: never add them. Not an open call.

E37 Private finance mobilised by official development finance (OECD) · OECD, mobilised private finance for development

About this source: The OECD's measure of private money brought in by public development finance, for example through guarantees or co-investment. It is the main reference for blended finance; amounts follow the OECD's attribution rules and are published here for groups of providers.

Trace this: OECD mobilised private finance dataflow (DSD_MOB@DF_MOBILISATION) ↗

MechanismTrend2022 (USD m)2023 (USD m)2024 (USD m)
Direct investment in companies and SPVsTrend 2022–2024: 183 to 314 (3 years reported)183.0104.7313.6
GuaranteesTrend 2022–2024: 360 to 0 (3 years reported)360.074.40.0
Syndicated loansTrend 2022–2024: 96.3 to 89.4 (3 years reported)96.388.589.4
Simple co-financingTrend 2022–2024: 19.3 to 26.4 (3 years reported)19.396.326.4
Credit linesTrend 2022–2024: 0 to 0 (3 years reported)0.010.00.0
Shares in investment funds (CIVs)Trend 2022–2024: 0.1 to 0.1 (3 years reported)0.10.10.1
All mechanisms, all sectorsTrend 2022–2024: 659 to 430 (3 years reported)658.7374.0429.5
In this brief's sectors (720, 740)Trend 2022–2024: 0.1 to 0.2 (3 years reported)0.10.10.2
of which by multilateral banks and funds (all sectors)Trend 2022–2024: 454 to 326 (3 years reported)453.8203.0326.2
of which by bilateral donors (DAC) (all sectors)Trend 2022–2024: 205 to 103 (3 years reported)204.9171.0103.3

OECD, mobilised private finance for development; recipients Nepal, Bangladesh (combined); current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Private money that official donors and development banks brought into projects through guarantees, loans, equity and co-financing. Published for groups of providers only, not per institution. Guarantees: Trend: USD 360.0m in 2022 → USD 74.4m in 2023 (-79%); peak USD 360.0m in 2022. Mechanism and provider-group rows cover ALL sectors; only the explicitly labelled selected-sector subtotal covers this brief's sectors. No sector-level provider split is supplied. Latest amount, absolute increase and percentage growth are different comparisons; the highlighted trend is not a growth ranking.

E38 Donors' total aid (net ODA), all recipients (2021 to 2025, 2025 provisional) · OECD DAC1 (includes preliminary data)

About this source: The OECD's headline aid totals for each donor, the source of the yearly figures on aid as a share of national income. It shows a donor's overall trend, not where the money goes.

Trace this: OECD DAC1 dataflow (DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1) in the OECD Data Explorer ↗

DonorTrend2021 (USD m)2022 (USD m)2023 (USD m)2024 (USD m)2025 (USD m) provisional
United StatesTrend 2021–2025: 47,528 to 29,022 (5 years reported)47,528.260,328.764,461.965,336.829,021.9
United KingdomTrend 2021–2025: 16,278 to 16,365 (5 years reported)16,277.815,761.318,615.716,269.516,365.1
EU InstitutionsTrend 2021–2025: 20,639 to 52,905 (5 years reported)20,639.127,165.937,544.235,654.152,904.8
AustraliaTrend 2021–2025: 3,546 to 3,245 (5 years reported)3,546.43,078.83,250.53,654.83,244.6
JapanTrend 2021–2025: 15,767 to 13,524 (5 years reported)15,767.016,747.318,661.915,245.913,523.6
CanadaTrend 2021–2025: 6,258 to 10,131 (5 years reported)6,257.79,274.19,058.08,422.910,131.3
NorwayTrend 2021–2025: 4,673 to 5,157 (5 years reported)4,673.05,161.05,292.94,905.35,156.8
GermanyTrend 2021–2025: 32,456 to 28,032 (5 years reported)32,455.636,444.641,253.333,249.328,032.0

OECD DAC1, net ODA disbursements to all recipients and sectors, current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Shows each donor's overall aid, not its spending in this country or sector. 2025 figures are the OECD's preliminary estimates of aid already disbursed that year (not forecasts) and may be revised. United States: USD 65,336.8m in 2024 → USD 29,021.9m in 2025 (-56% in one year). United Kingdom: USD 16,269.5m in 2024 → USD 16,365.1m in 2025 (+1% in one year). EU Institutions: USD 35,654.1m in 2024 → USD 52,904.8m in 2025 (+48% in one year). Australia: USD 3,654.8m in 2024 → USD 3,244.6m in 2025 (-11% in one year). Japan: USD 15,245.9m in 2024 → USD 13,523.6m in 2025 (-11% in one year). The same donors in this country and sector (OECD CRS, gross disbursements; ends earlier): United States: USD 173.3m in 2019 → USD 266.5m in 2024. United Kingdom: USD 167.4m in 2019 → USD 55.3m in 2024. EU Institutions: USD 34.0m in 2019 → USD 66.8m in 2024. Australia: USD 30.1m in 2019 → USD 47.1m in 2024. Japan: USD 38.2m in 2019 → USD 29.5m in 2024. Canada: USD 24.5m in 2019 → USD 6.0m in 2024. Norway: USD 9.8m in 2019 → USD 4.9m in 2024. Germany: USD 21.9m in 2019 → USD 3.8m in 2024. Measure: net ODA disbursement flows in current USD, not budgets or grant-only funding. Preserve the provisional label on the corresponding observation year.

E39 Crisis risk: INFORM Risk Index Mid 2026 · INFORM Risk Index (EU Joint Research Centre)

About this source: An index from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and partners that rates how likely a humanitarian crisis or disaster is to overwhelm a country's capacity to cope. Humanitarian donors and agencies use it to compare countries; it measures structural risk, not current needs.

Trace this: INFORM Risk results and data (EU JRC) ↗

CountryINFORM Risk Mid 2026 (0-10)ClassRank (1 = highest risk)Hazard & exposureVulnerabilityLack of coping capacityINFORM Risk 2022
Nepal5.4High43 of 1916.24.45.85.0
Bangladesh5.9High31 of 1918.35.84.25.7

INFORM Risk Index Mid 2026, EU Joint Research Centre with IASC partners; retrieved 2026-10-14. Scores 0-10, higher means a higher risk that a humanitarian crisis overwhelms national capacity; the earlier score is from the published edition of that year, whose method differed slightly. Nepal: the highest of the three dimensions is Hazard & exposure (6.2); read the score through that dimension. Nepal: INFORM Risk 5.0 in 2022 → 5.4 in Mid 2026 (High → High). Bangladesh: the highest of the three dimensions is Hazard & exposure (8.3); read the score through that dimension. Bangladesh: INFORM Risk 5.7 in 2022 → 5.9 in Mid 2026 (High → High).

E40 Humanitarian crisis severity: INFORM Severity - September 2026 · ACAPS INFORM Severity Index (via HDX)

About this source: ACAPS's rating of how severe each ongoing humanitarian crisis is, based on its analysts' review of many sources. It is used to compare crises and to see whether one is getting worse.

Trace this: ACAPS INFORM Severity Index, monthly files on HDX ↗

CountryCrisisDriversSeverity (1-10)CategoryTrend (last 3 months)Complexity (1-10)Data reliability
BangladeshClimatic shocks and political/economic crisis in BangladeshCyclone, Floods, Political/economic crisis6.6HighIncreasing3.7Medium
BangladeshDisplacement of Rohingyas to BangladeshInternational Displacement5.9MediumDecreasing4.6Very High
NepalFloods in NepalFloods4.5Mediumnew or no trend5.2High

ACAPS INFORM Severity Index, monthly edition published on the Humanitarian Data Exchange; retrieved 2026-10-14. It rates the severity of ongoing crises (impact, conditions of people affected, complexity); countries without an active crisis are not listed.

E41 Humanitarian access constraints: ACAPS, Oct 2026 · ACAPS Humanitarian Access

About this source: ACAPS's rating of how hard it is for humanitarian organisations to reach people in a crisis, because of insecurity, bureaucratic restrictions or physical obstacles.

Trace this: ACAPS Humanitarian Access dataset ↗

CountryCrisisAccess constraints (0-5)LevelPeople's access to aidAid actors' access to peopleSecurity and physical constraintsStrongest constraints
NepalFloods in Nepal1Low013physical constraints (terrain, climate, infrastructure)
BangladeshMultiple crises in Bangladesh2Moderate223obstructed access to services and aid; interference in humanitarian work; physical constraints (terrain, climate, infrastructure)
BangladeshDisplacement of Rohingyas to Bangladesh2Moderate223obstructed access to services and aid; interference in humanitarian work
BangladeshClimatic shocks and political/economic crisis in Bangladesh1Low013physical constraints (terrain, climate, infrastructure)

ACAPS Humanitarian Access dataset, Oct 2026 edition (API); retrieved 2026-10-14. Scores 0 (no constraints) to 5 (extreme), from three pillars and nine indicators; countries without a tracked crisis are not listed. Nepal: the most constrained crisis is Floods in Nepal (1 of 5, Low). Bangladesh: the most constrained crisis is Multiple crises in Bangladesh (2 of 5, Moderate).

E42 Conflict and protest events reported by ACLED, to Sep 2026 · ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project), files on HDX

About this source: A widely used dataset of reported political violence and protests, coded from news, local partners and other sources. Counts depend on reporting, so areas with little coverage may be under-recorded.

Trace this: Nepal - Conflict Events: ACLED's monthly files on HDX (2026-10-09) ↗ · Bangladesh - Conflict Events: ACLED's monthly files on HDX (2026-10-09) ↗ · ACLED terms of use and attribution policy ↗

CountryAreaCategoryEvents Sep 2026Fatalities Sep 2026Events, 12 monthsFatalities, 12 monthsEvents, previous 12 monthsFatalities, previous 12 months
NepalNationalPolitical violence901301016414
NepalNationalCivilian targeting40685912
NepalNationalDemonstrations62Not reported1,836Not reported1,792Not reported
BangladeshNationalPolitical violence110211,3653611,028376
BangladeshNationalCivilian targeting4517780259605260
BangladeshNationalDemonstrations134Not reported2,003Not reported2,724Not reported

ACLED monthly event counts from ACLED's files on HDX; latest complete month Sep 2026, twelve months Oct 2025–Sep 2026; retrieved 2026-10-14. National and regional figures are sums of ACLED's district rows, added up by this app; the district card lists the districts. Counts are of events reported in news, NGO and local sources and coded by ACLED; fatalities are reported estimates and ACLED does not count them for demonstrations. The three categories overlap (an attack on civilians can also be political violence): never add them. ACLED updates its files weekly and can revise recent months. Source: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), acleddata.com.

E43 Private foundations in scope (OECD PPFD) · OECD Private Philanthropy for Development (reporting foundations)

About this source: Foundations that report their grants to the OECD in the same format as government donors, among them the largest ones. Useful for comparing peer foundations; most smaller foundations do not report.

Trace this: OECD PPFD: exact scoped aggregate query (CSV) ↗

RankFoundationTrend2019 (USD m)2020 (USD m)2021 (USD m)2022 (USD m)2023 (USD m)2024 (USD m)Reported period total (USD m)
1LEGO Foundationnot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported4.1524.152
2IKEA FoundationTrend 2019–2024: 1.8 to 0 (3 years reported)1.772not reportednot reportednot reported0.8550.0002.628
3Conrad N. Hilton FoundationTrend 2021–2024: 1.0 to 0.5 (3 years reported)not reportednot reported1.000not reported0.2140.5001.714
4Gates FoundationTrend 2021–2024: 0.35 to 0.35 (3 years reported)not reportednot reported0.3500.750not reported0.3501.450
5Margaret A. Cargill Foundationnot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported0.500not reported0.500
6UBS Optimus FoundationTrend 2019–2020: 0.252 to 0.133 (2 years reported)0.2520.133not reportednot reportednot reportednot reported0.385
7H&M Foundation0.100not reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported0.100

OECD Private Philanthropy for Development; recipients BGD, NPL; DAC sectors 720, 740; 2019-2024; gross disbursements, current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-14. Top ten by sum of available observations. OECD reporting foundations only, not all private philanthropy; absence is not proof of no activity. Missing observations are not zero. Do not add to official aid, humanitarian funding or mobilised-private-finance totals: scopes may overlap. Project drilldown unavailable; foundation aggregates remain available.

E44 Current activities reported to IATI: who is active now, and through whom · IATI Datastore (activities as published by each organisation)

About this source: The International Aid Transparency Initiative: an open standard under which donors, UN agencies and NGOs publish their own activity data, often more up to date than the OECD's. Completeness and quality depend on each publisher.

Trace this: UNHCR Humanitarian Partnership Framework Agreement 2022-2026 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark) ↗ · Supporting Humanitarian Initiatives for Transformation in As (Gates Foundation) ↗ · Rohingya Refugee Crisis - emergency response - Development a (Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)) ↗

CountryPublisherActivityImplementing organisationsStartPlanned endLast updatedIATI identifier
BangladeshMinistry of Foreign Affairs, DenmarkUNHCR Humanitarian Partnership Framework Agreement 2022-2026Not stated2022-01-012026-12-312026-10-13XM-DAC-3-1-286888-35592
BangladeshGates FoundationSupporting Humanitarian Initiatives for Transformation in AsiaOxfam-America Inc2025-07-082027-06-302026-10-12DAC-1601-INV-080999
BangladeshForeign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)Rohingya Refugee Crisis - emergency response - Development and Peace - Caritas Canada 2024Not stated2025-01-082026-12-312026-10-12CA-3-P015008001
BangladeshForeign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)UNHCR - Global - 2025Not stated2025-02-202026-12-312026-10-12CA-3-P015654001
Bangladesh, NepalSwedenAction Against Hunger: Humanitärt stöd 2021-2025Not stated2021-01-012026-12-312026-10-09SE-0-SE-6-14398
NepalSwedenOxfam GB - HUM 2021-2025Not stated2021-04-012026-12-312026-10-09SE-0-SE-6-14405
BangladeshHaut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)UNHCR operation in BangladeshUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)2025-01-012026-12-312026-10-08XM-DAC-41121-2025-ASO-BGD
NepalHaut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)UNHCR operation in NepalUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)2025-01-012027-12-312026-10-08XM-DAC-41121-2025-ASO-NPL
NepalWorld Food Programme02 Emergency preparedness and responseNot stated2024-01-012028-12-312026-10-06XM-DAC-41140-NP03.01.011.EPA1
NepalWorld Food Programme01 Food assistance to affected peopleNot stated2024-01-012028-12-312026-10-06XM-DAC-41140-NP03.01.011.URT1
Bangladesh, NepalThe Netherlands Red Cross2022 onwards Asia Pacific EmergenciesNot stated2022-07-062027-07-052026-10-05NL-KVK-40409352-PRJ13-179
BangladeshThe Netherlands Red Cross2026 Topup Bangladesh Population Movement (Cox's Bazar)International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies2017-01-132027-12-312026-10-05NL-KVK-40409352-PRJ13-179-0029

IATI Datastore, activities in implementation (status 2) in Nepal, Bangladesh, DAC sectors 720, 740; most recently updated first, at most two per publisher; activities whose planned end has passed or that have no end date and started over five years ago are left out; retrieved 2026-10-14. Published by each organisation to the IATI Standard, usually more current than the OECD but uneven: coverage depends on who publishes, and the same work can be reported by both funder and implementer. Leads to check, not a complete list; amounts are not shown or totalled here and must not be added to OECD or OCHA figures.

E45 World Bank projects: pipeline and active · World Bank Projects API (active and pipeline projects)

About this source: The World Bank's own database of the projects it finances, with approved amounts, dates and status, including projects still in preparation.

Trace this: Nepal Catastrophe Bond Project (P518602) ↗ · Nepal Safer Schools Project (P517087) ↗ · Greater Lumbini Area Development Project (P512377) ↗ · World Bank projects and operations ↗

CountryProjectProject IDStatusBoard approvalCommitment (USD m)Major sectorsClosing date
NepalNepal Catastrophe Bond ProjectP518602PipelinePlanned 2027-01-1520.0Not reportedNot reported
NepalNepal Safer Schools ProjectP517087PipelinePlanned 2027-03-0875.0Not reported2032-06-30
NepalGreater Lumbini Area Development ProjectP512377Active2026-03-1385.0Public Administration; Industry, Trade and Services2031-04-30
NepalNepal Clean Air and Prosperity ProjectP506527Active2026-03-0557.0Public Administration; Industry, Trade and Services2031-06-30
NepalNepal Digital TransformationP511767Active2026-02-0950.0Digital Development2031-07-31
NepalSustainable and Inclusive FinanceP508961Active2026-01-2995.0Financial Sector2030-06-30
NepalPublic Financial Management for Development Effectiveness ProjectP505226Active2025-08-0610.0Public Administration2027-07-16
NepalModernization of Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project - Phase 3P507433Active2025-05-29137.0Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry; Water, Sanitation and Waste Management2031-07-17
NepalElectricity Supply Reliability Improvement ProjectP501985Active2025-05-29120.0Energy and Mineral Resources2030-06-30
NepalAdditional Financing to the School Sector Transformation ProgramP181687Active2025-03-3127.7Education2027-07-16
BangladeshBangladesh One Health ProjectP512376PipelinePlanned 2026-10-30225.0Health; Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry; Social Sustainability and Inclusion2031-09-30
BangladeshLearning Enhancement and Acceleration in Primary Education in BangladeshP512645PipelinePlanned 2026-11-06300.0Education; Water, Sanitation and Waste Management; Social Sustainability and Inclusion; Social Protection2030-12-31
BangladeshDhaka MRT Development (Line-2) and Institutional StrengtheningP512368PipelinePlanned 2026-11-2670.0Not reportedNot reported
BangladeshBangladesh: Digital Service Transformation for Access and ResilienceP511786PipelinePlanned 2026-12-15160.0Digital Development; Education; Social Sustainability and Inclusion2031-12-31
BangladeshBangladesh Strategic Flood Resilience Program Phase 1P517814PipelinePlanned 2027-03-29400.0Not reported2032-12-31
BangladeshAccelerating Clean Energy InvestmentsP519380PipelinePlanned 2027-04-28366.2Not reported2032-05-31
BangladeshLearning Acceleration in Secondary Education OperationP518987Active2026-10-0660.0Not reportedNot reported
BangladeshBangladesh Resilient Urban and Territorial Development ProjectP518982Active2026-09-3095.0Not reportedNot reported
BangladeshChattogram Water Supply Improvement ProjectP518975Active2026-09-30140.0Not reportedNot reported
BangladeshEmergency Support for Food SecurityP517487Active2026-06-26300.0Industry, Trade and Services2027-06-30

World Bank Projects API (search.worldbank.org), active and pipeline projects, all sectors; pipeline first, then newest approvals, up to 10 per country; retrieved 2026-10-14. Commitment is the IBRD/IDA amount plus World Bank grants at approval, not money disbursed. Pipeline projects are plans: dates and amounts change, and some are dropped. A project can span several sectors.

E46 Acute food insecurity: people in Phase 3 (Crisis) or worse (IPC / Cadre Harmonisé) · HDX Humanitarian API (OCHA needs overviews; IPC / Cadre Harmonisé)

About this source: The IPC, and the Cadre Harmonisé in West Africa and the Sahel, are the standard, consensus-based classifications of food insecurity used by governments, the UN and NGOs. Phase 3 means crisis; Phase 5 means catastrophe or famine.

Trace this: Global: Acute Food Insecurity Country Data (ipc_global_national_wide.csv, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)) ↗ · FEWS NET, Nepal ↗

CountryAnalysisStatusPeriodPeople in Phase 3+Share of analysed populationPeople in Phase 5 (Catastrophe)Population analysed
NepalFEWS NET outlook Sep 2026FEWS NET estimate, currentSep 20261.0–1.5 millionNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
NepalFEWS NET outlook Sep 2026FEWS NET estimate, projectionMar 2027750,000–999,999Not reportedNot reportedNot reported
BangladeshIPCCurrentMay–Aug 202615,270,91415%099,213,141
BangladeshIPCProjection (first)Sep–Dec 202618,135,37318%099,213,141

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global country data, including Cadre Harmonisé results for West Africa and the Sahel, national figures via the HDX Humanitarian API; latest current analysis per country and its projections; retrieved 2026-10-14. Phase 3+ counts people in Crisis, Emergency or Catastrophe. Shares are of the population analysed, which may be smaller than the national population. Projections are estimates made at the time of the analysis, not observations; a past projection covers a period that has ended without a newer published analysis. No IPC or Cadre Harmonisé analysis in the data for Nepal: no figure, not zero need. Where no IPC or Cadre Harmonisé period covers today, FEWS NET's monthly estimate is added: people in Phase 3+ as a range, from FEWS NET's own analysis (a different method, so not comparable with the shares above).

E47 Staple food prices in local markets (WFP) · WFP market monitoring via the HDX Humanitarian API

About this source: Prices of staple foods that WFP and partners collect in local markets. Rising prices are an early warning of hunger and reduce what cash assistance buys.

Trace this: Global - Food Prices (Global WFP food prices 2026, WFP - World Food Programme) ↗ · Global - Food Prices (Global WFP food prices 2025, WFP - World Food Programme) ↗

CountryCommodity (unit)Latest monthMedian retail priceMarketsChange from a year earlier (same markets)Markets compared
NepalChickpeas (KG)Aug 2026150 NPR24-9%24
NepalOil (mustard) (L)Aug 2026320 NPR24+8%24
NepalOil (soybean) (L)Aug 2026290 NPR24+21%24
NepalRice (medium grain) (KG)Aug 2026102 NPR24+8%24
BangladeshLentils (masur) (KG)Jul 202692 BDT75-13%34
BangladeshOil (palm) (L)Jul 2026168 BDT68+10%38
BangladeshOil (soybean, fortified) (L)Jul 2026189 BDT82+14%46
BangladeshWheat flour (KG)Aug 202656 BDT75+9%35

WFP market monitoring via the HDX Humanitarian API; retail prices of cereals, pulses and oils; four staples per country reported by the most markets; median across markets; retrieved 2026-10-14. Nominal prices in local currency: a change includes general inflation and currency depreciation, not only food scarcity, and prices cannot be compared across countries. The year-on-year change uses only markets reporting in both months. Markets are those WFP monitors, not a national average.

E48 Rainfall against the long-term average, by region, to 30 Sep 2026 (CHIRPS via WFP) · CHIRPS rainfall (Climate Hazards Center, aggregated by WFP) via the HDX Humanitarian APINewest: 30 Sep 2026

Older than usual. Newest available: 30 Sep 2026, about 2 months old. CHIRPS rainfall (WFP) usually covers the last few weeks; the publisher has released nothing newer yet.

About this source: Satellite rainfall estimates combined with weather-station data, produced by the Climate Hazards Center at UC Santa Barbara and widely used in food-security early warning; WFP averages them by region.

Trace this: Nepal: Rainfall Indicators at Subnational Level (npl-rainfall-subnat-5ytd.csv, WFP - World Food Programme) ↗ · Bangladesh: Rainfall Indicators at Subnational Level (bgd-rainfall-subnat-5ytd.csv, WFP - World Food Programme) ↗

CountryRegionRegion code (P-code)Rainfall, 3 months (mm)Average, 3 months (mm)3 months, % of averageLast month, % of average
NepalKoshi (formerly 1)NP01893101888%111%
NepalGandaki (formerly 4)NP0483891392%113%
NepalMadhesh (formerly 2)NP0292497195%116%
NepalLumbini (formerly 5)NP05971100397%120%
NepalBagmati (formerly 3)NP0310081005100%114%
NepalKarnali (formerly 6)NP06658596110%179%
NepalSudur Paschim (formerly 7)NP071031810127%215%
BangladeshRangpurBD55858123769%57%
BangladeshMymensinghBD451031129780%52%
BangladeshSylhetBD601409173581%50%
BangladeshName not confirmedBD101105130685%89%
BangladeshRajshahiBD5074886087%76%
BangladeshBarishalBD101196129792%98%
BangladeshDhakaBD3092899294%72%
BangladeshChattogram (formerly Chittagong)BD201429148396%99%
BangladeshKhulnaBD4093995498%93%

CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates with station data, averaged per region by WFP, via the HDX Humanitarian API; rolling periods ending 30 Sep 2026; retrieved 2026-10-14. Percentages compare with the 1989-2018 average for the same period. Recent periods use preliminary estimates that are replaced by final data about a month later. 'Dry period' marks regions whose average for the period is under 30 mm, where a percentage says little. Rainfall is one input to harvests and water supply, not a drought declaration. Driest regions first. Region names are matched to WFP's region codes from OCHA's common operational boundaries (current and earlier editions), checked against the size of each region in WFP's data; 1 region without a confirmed name is shown by code only.

E49 Displacement: people hosted at the end of 2025 (UNHCR year-end count, not a current figure) · UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics

About this source: UNHCR's official statistics on refugees and other forcibly displaced people, compiled from governments and its own operations; the global reference for refugee numbers.

Trace this: UNHCR population API: hosted in NPL, 2025 ↗ · UNHCR population API: hosted in BGD, 2025 ↗ · UNHCR Refugee Data Finder ↗

CountryEnd of yearRefugees hostedAsylum seekersInternally displaced
Nepal202519,613302not reported
Bangladesh20251,178,03867not reported

UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics API, end-year figures by country of asylum; retrieved 2026-10-14. Internally displaced counts cover people UNHCR protects or assists and may be zero where it does not report them.

E50 Economic outlook (IMF World Economic Outlook and Fiscal Monitor) · IMF World Economic Outlook

About this source: The IMF's twice-yearly economic figures and forecasts for its member countries, the standard reference for growth, inflation and public debt; revenue comes from its Fiscal Monitor. Forecasts are revised as conditions change.

Trace this: IMF WEO DataMapper: real GDP growth ↗ · IMF WEO DataMapper: inflation ↗ · IMF WEO DataMapper: government debt ↗

CountryMeasure20252026 (projection)2027 (projection)
NepalReal GDP growth (%)4.43.63.7
BangladeshReal GDP growth (%)3.53.63.2
NepalInflation, average consumer prices (%)4.13.15.8
BangladeshInflation, average consumer prices (%)10.08.710.9
NepalGovernment gross debt (% of GDP)47.449.450.6
BangladeshGovernment gross debt (% of GDP)42.040.540.4
NepalGovernment revenue including grants (% of GDP)19.719.320.3
BangladeshGovernment revenue including grants (% of GDP)8.07.87.9

IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026) (growth, inflation, debt) and Fiscal Monitor (October 2026) (revenue) via the DataMapper API; retrieved 2026-10-14. 2026 and 2027 are IMF projections and are revised twice a year.

E51 Risk of external debt distress (IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis) · IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis

About this source: Joint IMF and World Bank assessments of whether low-income countries can carry their debt, rated from low risk to in debt distress. They influence how much of the World Bank's IDA support a country gets as grants rather than loans.

Trace this: IMF list of LIC DSAs (as of March 31, 2026) ↗ · IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework for low-income countries ↗

CountryRisk of external debt distressDebt sustainable?Assessment publishedJoint with the World Bank
NepalLowNot assessed (only at high risk or in distress)6 Oct 2025Yes
BangladeshModerateNot assessed (only at high risk or in distress)30 Jan 2026Yes

IMF, List of LIC DSAs for PRGT-eligible countries, as of March 31, 2026; retrieved 2026-10-14. Ratings come from the latest published debt sustainability analysis for each low-income country and change only when a new one is published, so check the date. Debt sustainability is assessed only for countries at high risk or in debt distress. The list covers countries eligible for the IMF's concessional lending; others are not rated.

E52 External debt and public debt service (World Bank International Debt Statistics) · World Bank International Debt Statistics

About this source: The World Bank's official statistics on low- and middle-income countries' external debt and debt payments, reported by the borrowing countries.

Trace this: World Bank International Debt Statistics ↗ · World Bank data: External debt stocks (USD m) ↗ · World Bank data: External debt stocks (% of GNI) ↗ · World Bank data: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (USD m) ↗

CountryMeasureTrend20202021202220232024
NepalExternal debt stocks (USD m)Trend 2020–2024: 7,906 to 10,152 (5 years reported)7,905.88,820.99,183.89,982.810,152.2
NepalExternal debt stocks (% of GNI)Trend 2020–2024: 23.4 to 23.3 (5 years reported)23.423.822.224.023.3
NepalPublic and publicly guaranteed debt service (USD m)Trend 2020–2024: 259 to 384 (5 years reported)258.6276.5308.6351.3383.9
BangladeshExternal debt stocks (USD m)Trend 2020–2024: 73,551 to 104,487 (5 years reported)73,550.991,477.696,944.4101,370.8104,486.9
BangladeshExternal debt stocks (% of GNI)Trend 2020–2024: 18.9 to 22.3 (5 years reported)18.920.920.322.322.3
BangladeshPublic and publicly guaranteed debt service (USD m)Trend 2020–2024: 2,014 to 5,108 (5 years reported)2,014.02,778.83,401.74,425.25,108.0

World Bank International Debt Statistics via the World Bank API (DT.DOD.DECT.CD, DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS, DT.TDS.DPPG.CD), current USD; retrieved 2026-10-14. Debt stocks are all external debt outstanding at year end (public, publicly guaranteed and private non-guaranteed, including IMF credit). Debt service is principal and interest actually paid on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in the year. The World Bank publishes the statistics once a year, in December.

E53 Who funds climate action here: climate-related development finance by provider (OECD) · OECD Climate-related development finance (recipient perspective)

About this source: The OECD's dataset of development finance for climate adaptation and mitigation from bilateral and multilateral providers, the basis of many climate finance studies. Its counting rules make bilateral totals generous.

Trace this: OECD: development finance for climate and the environment ↗ · OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2022.xlsx ↗ · OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2023.xlsx ↗ · OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2024.xlsx ↗

CountryRankProviderProvider typeTrend2022 (USD m)2023 (USD m)2024 (USD m)Share
Nepal1International Development AssociationMultilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 255 to 246 (3 years reported)255.015.5245.530%
Nepal2Asian Development BankMultilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 91.9 to 68.7 (3 years reported)91.9143.768.718%
Nepal3JapanDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 178 to 6.1 (3 years reported)178.210.66.111%
Nepal4United StatesDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 53.9 to 80.8 (3 years reported)53.958.380.811%
Nepal5United KingdomDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 105 to 41.0 (3 years reported)105.36.141.09%
Nepal6NorwayDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 0.4 to 54.7 (3 years reported)0.49.854.74%
Nepal7EU Institutions (excl. EIB)DAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 23.1 to 35.2 (3 years reported)23.10.035.23%
Nepal8GermanyDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 5.7 to 25.7 (3 years reported)5.77.225.72%
Nepal9SwitzerlandDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 28.9 to 6.8 (3 years reported)28.92.76.82%
Nepal10IFADOther multilateralTrend 2022–2024: 0 to 36.7 (3 years reported)0.00.036.72%
NepalAll providersTrend 2022–2024: 790 to 661 (3 years reported)790.1282.8661.3100%
NepalAll providers: adaptation (includes overlap)Trend 2022–2024: 530 to 518 (3 years reported)529.8260.7518.4
NepalAll providers: mitigation (includes overlap)Trend 2022–2024: 358 to 232 (3 years reported)357.951.4231.8
NepalAll providers: principal objective or climate component onlyTrend 2022–2024: 508 to 442 (3 years reported)508.0188.2442.1
Bangladesh1International Development AssociationMultilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 936 to 1,754 (3 years reported)935.51,178.81,754.226%
Bangladesh2JapanDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 1,499 to 331 (3 years reported)1,498.7885.3330.618%
Bangladesh3Asian Development BankMultilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 582 to 107 (3 years reported)582.21,669.1107.116%
Bangladesh4KoreaDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 140 to 127 (3 years reported)139.81,107.0126.69%
Bangladesh5IMF Resilience and Sustainability TrustOther multilateralTrend 2022–2024: 0 to 0 (3 years reported)0.01,334.00.09%
Bangladesh6Asian Infrastructure Investment BankMultilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 64.1 to 690 (3 years reported)64.13.5689.85%
Bangladesh7FranceDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 0.1 to 116 (3 years reported)0.1498.6116.54%
Bangladesh8European Investment Bank (EIB)Multilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 0 to 119 (3 years reported)0.0378.5119.03%
Bangladesh9GermanyDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 292 to 63.1 (3 years reported)292.568.063.13%
Bangladesh10Islamic Development BankMultilateral development bankTrend 2022–2024: 0 to 2.0 (3 years reported)0.0274.32.02%
Bangladesh31NorwayDAC memberTrend 2022–2024: 0 to 0 (3 years reported)0.00.90.00%
BangladeshAll providersTrend 2022–2024: 3,828 to 3,539 (3 years reported)3,828.17,732.63,539.1100%
BangladeshAll providers: adaptation (includes overlap)Trend 2022–2024: 1,909 to 2,006 (3 years reported)1,909.35,279.52,005.9
BangladeshAll providers: mitigation (includes overlap)Trend 2022–2024: 2,101 to 1,797 (3 years reported)2,100.74,884.51,796.9
BangladeshAll providers: principal objective or climate component onlyTrend 2022–2024: 3,222 to 3,004 (3 years reported)3,221.75,042.73,003.5

OECD Climate-related development finance, recipient perspective, 2022–2024: commitments in current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-13. Commitments, not disbursements. Bilateral activities count at full value when climate is a principal or significant objective (OECD Rio markers), so the totals are an upper bound; multilateral development banks report only each project's climate component. The 'principal objective or climate component only' row is the stricter measure. Adaptation and mitigation overlap where an activity targets both, so they do not add up to the total. Nepal: USD 790.1m in 2022 → USD 661.3m in 2024 (-16%); peak USD 790.1m in 2022. Bangladesh: USD 3,828.1m in 2022 → USD 3,539.1m in 2024 (-8%); peak USD 7,732.6m in 2023.

E54 Largest climate-related commitments in 2024 (OECD) · OECD Climate-related development finance (recipient perspective)

About this source: The OECD's dataset of development finance for climate adaptation and mitigation from bilateral and multilateral providers, the basis of many climate finance studies. Its counting rules make bilateral totals generous.

Trace this: OECD CRDF recipient perspective, CRDF-RP_2024.xlsx ↗

CountryProviderProjectPurposeClimate objectiveInstrumentUSD m
NepalInternational Development AssociationNEPAL DISASTER RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY CREDIT WITH CAT DDO (NDRC)Infectious disease control; Multi-hazard response preparednessClimate ComponentsStandard loan108.0
NepalInternational Development AssociationNEPAL SECOND GREEN, RESILIENT, AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY CREDITWater sector policy and administrative management; Water supply - large systems and 5 moreClimate ComponentsStandard loan75.0
NepalNorwaySASEC ETDSP KARNALI TRANSMISSION LINEElectric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids)SignificantStandard grant37.2
NepalEU Institutions (excl. EIB)GREEN+ - GREEN AND RELIABLE ENERGY FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN NEPALElectric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids)PrincipalStandard grant25.5
NepalInternational Development AssociationPROVINCIAL AND LOCAL ROADS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - PHASE 1Transport policy and administrative management; Multi-hazard response preparednessClimate ComponentsStandard loan23.8
NepalUnited StatesNUTRITION FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIESWater supply and sanitation - large systems; Agricultural policy and administrative management and 3 moreSignificantStandard grant23.0
NepalAsian Development BankCLIMATE-RESILIENT LANDSCAPES AND LIVELIHOODS PROJECTAgricultural land resources; Agricultural water resourcesClimate ComponentsStandard grant20.0
NepalInternational Development AssociationNEPAL FINANCE FOR GROWTH DPC (3 OF 3)Financial policy and administrative management; Business policy and administrationClimate ComponentsStandard loan19.4
BangladeshInternational Development AssociationBAY TERMINAL MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTWater transport; Multi-hazard response preparednessClimate ComponentsStandard loan570.6
BangladeshAsian Infrastructure Investment BankCLIMATE RESILIENT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (SUBPROGRAM 1)Macroeconomic policy; Social ProtectionClimate ComponentsStandard loan400.0
BangladeshInternational Development AssociationSECOND BANGLADESH GREEN AND CLIMATE RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT CREDITWater sector policy and administrative management; Public sector policy and administrative management and 4 moreClimate ComponentsStandard loan305.0
BangladeshInternational Development AssociationBANGLADESH RESILIENT URBAN AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTDecentralisation and support to subnational government; Multi-hazard response preparednessClimate ComponentsStandard loan280.1
BangladeshJapanJAMUNA RAILWAY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (III)Rail transportSignificantStandard loan252.3
BangladeshInternational Development AssociationHOST AND ROHINGYA ENHANCEMENT OF LIVES PROJECTWater supply and sanitation - large systems; Waste management/disposal and 2 moreClimate ComponentsStandard loan, Standard grant229.4
BangladeshAsian Infrastructure Investment BankBANGLADESH INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTWaste management/disposalClimate ComponentsStandard loan199.8
BangladeshInternational Development AssociationCHATTOGRAM WATER SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTWater supply and sanitation - large systems; Water supply - large systems and 1 moreClimate ComponentsStandard loan177.2

OECD Climate-related development finance, recipient perspective, 2024; climate-related amount of each commitment, current USD millions; retrieved 2026-10-13. The climate-related amount of each activity as the OECD counts it (the whole activity when climate is a Rio-marked objective; the climate component for multilateral development banks). Titles as reported by the provider.

E55 Human development, poverty and displacement (UNDP, IOM) · UNDP Human Development Report Office and IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix

About this source: UNDP's Human Development Index combines health, education and income into one measure and is the best-known summary of human development; IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix counts people displaced within their own country in crises.

Trace this: UNDP Human Development Report: data center ↗ · UNDP country data and charts: Nepal ↗ · UNDP country data and charts: Bangladesh ↗ · UNDP and OPHI global Multidimensional Poverty Index: downloads ↗

CountryMeasureValueYearTrend
NepalHuman Development Index (0-1)0.6222023Trend 2013–2023: 0.57 to 0.622 (11 years reported)
NepalHDI rank1452023
NepalInequality-adjusted HDI (0-1)0.4372023
NepalHuman development lost to inequality (%)29.7%2023
NepalGender Inequality Index (0-1, higher is more unequal)0.4872023
NepalPeople in multidimensional poverty (%)13.9%2024/2025 (MICS)
BangladeshHuman Development Index (0-1)0.6852023Trend 2013–2023: 0.589 to 0.685 (11 years reported)
BangladeshHDI rank1302023
BangladeshInequality-adjusted HDI (0-1)0.4822023
BangladeshHuman development lost to inequality (%)29.6%2023
BangladeshGender Inequality Index (0-1, higher is more unequal)0.4872023
BangladeshPeople in multidimensional poverty (%)14.9%2022 (DHS)

UNDP Human Development Report, composite indices time series; UNDP and OPHI global Multidimensional Poverty Index; latest year per measure; retrieved 2026-10-14. The HDI combines life expectancy, schooling and income per person; the inequality-adjusted HDI discounts it for how unequally these are shared. Multidimensional poverty counts people deprived in several of health, education and living standards at once, from the household survey named in the year column. Displacement counts are IOM's latest national round and are shown only where IOM reports one; check the year before comparing. Nepal HDI: 0.570 in 2013 → 0.622 in 2023 (+9%); peak 0.622 in 2023. Bangladesh HDI: 0.589 in 2013 → 0.685 in 2023 (+16%); peak 0.685 in 2023.

E56 Recent disaster alerts (GDACS, 2025-10-14 to 2026-10-14) · GDACS (UN OCHA and EU Joint Research Centre)

About this source: A UN and European Commission alert system that estimates within hours how serious an earthquake, cyclone, flood or drought may be for people. Alerts are model estimates to guide international response, not damage assessments.

Trace this: GDACS alert archive ↗

CountryHazardAlertsHighest alert levelDate of highest alertLatest alert (any level)
NepalFlood8Red2026-08-262026-10-11
NepalEarthquake4Green2026-09-082026-09-08
NepalWildfire4Green2026-04-162026-04-16
NepalDrought1Green2026-01-212026-01-21
BangladeshWildfire15Green2026-04-152026-04-15
BangladeshFlood4Green2026-09-102026-09-10
BangladeshEarthquake2Orange2026-02-272026-02-27
BangladeshDrought1Green2026-01-212026-01-21

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (UN OCHA and EU Joint Research Centre), automatic near-real-time alerts; retrieved 2026-10-14. Colours estimate the need for international humanitarian assistance: Green = unlikely (local impact can still be significant), Orange = possible, Red = likely; one disaster can raise several alerts. Country attribution uses affected-country ISO3; window applies to event start date, not last update. Counts are returned records, not unique disasters; regional records may appear for multiple countries. Map shows only valid coordinates in the displayed frame. Nepal orange/red alerts: Flood in Nepal (Red, 2026-08-26). Bangladesh orange/red alerts: Earthquake in Bangladesh (Orange, 2026-02-27); Earthquake in Bangladesh (Orange, 2025-11-21).

E57 Governance and investment climate · World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators

About this source: The World Bank's composite measures of governance, built from surveys and expert assessments. They are widely used to compare countries, but they measure perceptions and come with margins of error.

Trace this: Worldwide Governance Indicators in the World Bank DataBank ↗ · WDI FDI net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS) ↗

CountryMeasureScoreYearScore 2019
NepalControl of corruption32202533
NepalPolitical stability and absence of violence58202558
NepalRegulatory quality44202545
NepalGovernment effectiveness37202535
NepalRule of law54202552
NepalVoice and accountability55202555
NepalFDI net inflows (% of GDP)0.12025
BangladeshControl of corruption28202526
BangladeshPolitical stability and absence of violence49202548
BangladeshRegulatory quality39202540
BangladeshGovernment effectiveness43202543
BangladeshRule of law44202544
BangladeshVoice and accountability44202542
BangladeshFDI net inflows (% of GDP)0.42025

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (absolute scores 0-100, higher is better; perception-based composites with wide margins of error) and World Development Indicators for FDI; retrieved 2026-10-14. WGI uses an absolute 0-100 scale anchored to fixed reference points, not percentile ranks. Perception-based estimates have uncertainty; small differences should not be overinterpreted.

E58 Country indicators — Nepal, Bangladesh · World Bank World Development Indicators

About this source: The World Bank's main collection of development statistics on poverty, health, education and the economy, compiled from national and international sources. It is the common reference for country indicators; the latest years are often missing.

Trace this: Population (SP.POP.TOTL) ↗ · GDP per capita (current US$) (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD) ↗ · Poverty headcount at $3.00/day (% of population) (SI.POV.DDAY) ↗

CountryIndicatorValueYearTrend
BangladeshPopulation175,686,8992025Trend 2016–2025: 160.8 m to 175.7 m (10 years reported)
NepalPopulation29,618,1182025Trend 2016–2025: 28.0 m to 29.6 m (10 years reported)
BangladeshGDP per capita (current US$)2,5972025Trend 2016–2025: 1,649 to 2,597 (10 years reported)
NepalGDP per capita (current US$)1,5362025Trend 2016–2025: 877 to 1,536 (10 years reported)
BangladeshPoverty headcount at $3.00/day (% of population)5.92022Trend 2016–2022: 19.5 to 5.9 (2 years reported)
NepalPoverty headcount at $3.00/day (% of population)2.42022

World Bank World Development Indicators, most recent value; retrieved 2026-10-14. Most recent non-empty year differs by indicator. Trend lines cover the reported years of the last ten.

E59 Need against funding at a glance (computed) · Computed by the app from the cards it names
CountryMeasureValueDetailCard
BangladeshPeople in food crisis or worse (Phase 3+)15.27 m → 18.14 mNow (May–Aug 2026) → projected (Sep–Dec 2026), +19%E46

Computed by the app from the cards named in the last column. Each figure is taken from the named card; changes are computed from the card's own figures.

E60 How exposed the money is: donor concentration and cuts (computed from cards E25, E38) · Computed by the app from the cards it names
Donor or measureAid in this scope, 2024 (USD m)ShareChange in the donor's total aid, 2024→2025Exposed
United States266.533%-56%Yes
International Development Association [IDA]224.928%Not in the OECD totals (multilateral or not reported)n/a
EU Institutions66.88%+48%No
United Kingdom55.37%+1%No
Australia47.16%-11%Yes
Japan29.54%-11%Yes
Central Emergency Response Fund [CERF]21.03%Not in the OECD totals (multilateral or not reported)n/a
Canada6.01%+20%No
Norway4.91%+5%No
Germany3.80%-16%Yes
Largest donor's share33%
Three largest donors' share70%
Share from donors whose total aid fell more than 10% (2024→2025)346.943%
Rough estimate for 2025, not a forecast: less in this scope if those cuts fell evenly157.320%

Computed by the app: OECD CRS gross disbursements in this scope, 2024 (card E25), all official donors USD 800.3m; donors' total net ODA from OECD DAC1 (card E38). Exposed: a donor whose total aid fell more than 10% in the OECD's provisional latest year. Rough estimate method: each donor's 2024 aid in this scope, reduced by the same percentage as its total aid fell from 2024 to 2025 in the OECD's provisional figures, summed over donors that fell more than 10%; donors that did not cut count as unchanged. It assumes each donor cut this country as much as its overall aid; in practice donors protect some countries and cut others harder. The OECD's country figures for 2025 will replace it, usually about a year after the year ends. Only the donors listed on the OECD card are assessed; multilateral donors are not in the OECD's donor totals.

How this brief was made

Scoped as: Understand current flood risks and humanitarian access constraints in Nepal and Bangladesh, and identify other major funders of locally led preparedness and emergency response.

Data path: Norwegian aid data (bistandsresultater.no), cleaned and reconciled → exact totals and search by meaning over 20k agreement descriptions. Live: OECD CRS (all donors), World Bank WDI, web search.

Timings (s): inform 0.0, governance 0.0, outlook 0.0, severity 0.0, access 0.0, debt_risk 0.0, climate_finance 0.0, education 0.0, private_finance 0.18, philanthropy 0.21, oecd 0.51, oecd_totals 0.51, refugees 0.57, semantic_search 0.64, imputed_multilateral 0.65, disasters 0.72, human_development 0.82, presence 0.93, iati 1.07, humanitarian 1.12, conflict 1.08, oecd_projects 1.3, portfolio 1.34, bank_projects 1.55, indicators 1.96, external_debt 2.25, cbpf 2.32, needs 2.53, rainfall 2.62, cerf 5.29, food_prices 8.3, plan 4.43, web 20.21, web_compare 4.15, compose 70.23, total 87.16.

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