Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KATHMANDU263
2009-03-31 23:56:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000263
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EEB/IFD/OMA JULIA JACOBY AND SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET
REF: SECSTATE 28885
Budget Publicly Available
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000263
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EEB/IFD/OMA JULIA JACOBY AND SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET
REF: SECSTATE 28885
Budget Publicly Available
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1. The following is post's response to reftel regarding the
FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not
transparent.
A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving
U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds.
B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available.
C. YES, incomes and expenditures are included in the
publicly-available budget.
Post's Assessment of Accuracy of Budget
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2. (SBU) Post judges that the GON's budget to date
accurately reflects actual government incomes and
expenditures, but we have concerns about the Maoist-led
government's intentions to allocate funds. The budget for
FY09 has provisions for development and infrastructure,
including road building, for which Finance Minister Baburam
Bhattarai has yet to approve expenditures. The GON could use
these provisions to funnel money to the former combatants of
the People's Liberation Army or the Young Communist League,
the youth wing of the Maoists that continues to engage in
violent activities across Nepal.
POWELL
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EEB/IFD/OMA JULIA JACOBY AND SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET
REF: SECSTATE 28885
Budget Publicly Available
--------------
1. The following is post's response to reftel regarding the
FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not
transparent.
A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving
U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds.
B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available.
C. YES, incomes and expenditures are included in the
publicly-available budget.
Post's Assessment of Accuracy of Budget
--------------
2. (SBU) Post judges that the GON's budget to date
accurately reflects actual government incomes and
expenditures, but we have concerns about the Maoist-led
government's intentions to allocate funds. The budget for
FY09 has provisions for development and infrastructure,
including road building, for which Finance Minister Baburam
Bhattarai has yet to approve expenditures. The GON could use
these provisions to funnel money to the former combatants of
the People's Liberation Army or the Young Communist League,
the youth wing of the Maoists that continues to engage in
violent activities across Nepal.
POWELL