nepal living standards survey 2010/11

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NEPAL LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
2010/11
STATISTICAL REPORT
VOLUME ONE
CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS
National Planning Commission Secretariat
Government of Nepal
November 2011
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NEPAL LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
2010/11
STATISTICAL REPORT
VOLUME ONE
CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS
National Planning Commission Secretariat
Government of Nepal
November 2011
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Published by
Central Bureau of Statistics
Thapathali, Kathmandu
Nepal
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PREFACE
It is my pleasure to present the main results of the third Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS
III). NLSS III is a nation-wide household survey conducted year round through February 2010 to
February 2011 which consists of multiple topics related to household welfare. The last Living
Standards Survey (NLSS II) was conducted in 2003/04 which updated the poverty profile of the
country prepared originally on the basis of the information provided by the first Living Standards
Survey (NLSS I) conducted in 1995/96. The present survey has been conducted at a time when
political and economic changes are taking place in the country. The survey results are presented
in two statistical volumes covering twenty sections of the household questionnaire. The re-
introduction of the anthropometric section in the household questionnaire in NLSS III and its
successful implementation has provided us new opportunities of multidimensional analysis of the
survey data. In fact, the successful completion of the survey has elevated the survey capacity of
the CBS in designing, operation, data management and analysis as well.
I, upon completion of the overall operation of NLSS III, would like to extend my sincere gratitude
to all the respondents who generously spared their time and cooperated with us by supplying their
intimate information to make the survey a success. May I express gratitude to the World Bank for
providing financial and technical support generously for the survey also. I would also like to thank
UNICEF Nepal for supplying anthropometric equipments and salt test-kit for the survey.
I heartily thank Mr. Gaurav Datt, Senior Economist, who led the project in the first half period of
the survey on behalf of the Bank. Likewise, I am grateful to Mr. Juan Munoz, Mr. Victor Canales
and Ms. Beatriz Godoy who contributed significantly in various stages of the survey from design
to data management and training. Mr. Dean Jolliffe, Senior Economist of the bank, Ms. Silvia
Radaelli, Economist and Mr. Maheshwor Shrestha have provided invaluable contribution in
analyzing the results and I am thankful also to them. I am also thankful to Mr. T.G. Srinivasan,
Senior Economist of the Bank for his ongoing contribution to the project. Members of the Steering
and Technical committee of the survey have provided invaluable inputs for the survey and I am
equally thankful to them.
Moreover, I appreciate Mr. Bikash Bista, Deputy Director General, for shouldering the overall
responsibility of the survey. The whole of the survey operation was successfully conducted by the
household survey section under the leadership of Mr. Dhundi Raj Lamichhane, Director of the
section. Other team members who were involved in the survey at various times with different
capacities were Mr. Shiv Nandan Prasad Shah, Mr. Anil Sharma, Mr. Keshab Kumar Gautam, Mr.
Dinesh Bhattarai, Mr. Dol Narayan Shrestha, Mr. Shiv Lal Sharma, Mr. Sunil Kumar Shrestha,
Mr. Jay Kumar Sharma, Mr. Bed Prasad Dhakal, Mr. Bikash Malla and Mr. Tulasi Prasad Paudel.
I would like to heartily thank them all for working hard day and night in order to bring the survey
to this end. Similarly, my appreciation goes to all the members of data collection teams and other
personnel from CBS who contributed to the survey.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Tunga S. Bastola, National Consultant, who has
put best of his efforts in various stages of the survey including the finalization of this report.
Finally, I request all the users to fully utilize these resources to carry out the analysis of their
choice and also request them to provide us invaluable suggestions if any.
Uttam Narayan Malla
November 2011
Director General
Kathmandu
Central Bureau of Statistics
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STEERING COMMITTEE
Honorable Member, National Planning Commission Chairperson
Joint-Secretary, Poverty Monitoring Division, National Planning Member
Commission Secretariat
Joint-Secretary, Ministry of Finance Member
Joint-Secretary, Ministry of Education Member
Joint-Secretary, Ministry of Health and Population Member
Chief, Poverty Alleviation Fund Member
Chief, Research Division, Nepal Rastra Bank Member
Director General, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Member Secretary
One or more of the Committee meetings were attended by
Secretary, National Planning Commission Secretariat
Joint-Secretary, Economic Analysis Division, National Planning
Commission Secretariat
Deputy Director General, Social Statistics Division, CBS
Deputy Director General, Economic Statistics Division, CBS
Deputy Director General, Planning and Human Resource Division, CBS
Director, Household Survey Section, CBS
Associate Professor Jyoti U. Devkota, Kathmandu University
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Deputy Director General, Social Statistics Division, CBS Chairperson
Chief, Central Department of Statistics, Tribhuvan University Member
Chief, Central Department of Economics, Tribhuvan University Member
Chief, Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University Member
Director, Research Division, Nepal Rastra Bank Member
Director, Social Statistics Section, CBS Member
Director, National Accounts Section, CBS Member
Director, Manufacturing Establishment Census and Survey Section, CBS Member
Director, Data Processing and GIS Section, CBS Member
Director, Agriculture Statistics Section, CBS Member
Director, Population Section, CBS Member
Director, Planning, Coordination and Standardization Section, CBS Member
Director, Household Survey Section, CBS Member Secretary
One or more of the Committee meetings were attended by
Director General, CBS
Deputy Director General, Economic Statistics Division, CBS
Deputy Director General, Planning and Human Resource Division, CBS
Director, Publication, Distribution and Library Section, CBS
National Consultant – Mr. Tunga S. Bastola
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