[{"bbox": [96, 120, 1132, 174], "category": "Text", "text": "progress towards transformative change. Systematic collection of disability disaggregated data is foreseen in the monitoring framework of MSNP-III for all impact indicators."}, {"bbox": [96, 205, 342, 232], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 232, 1132, 524], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the Inequality Marker, this Action Document has been labelled as an I-2. National data on inequalities in terms of various nutrition outcomes reveals a picture of stark disparities and highlight the entrenched intersection of wealth, gender, disability, education, caste, ethnic and spatial inequalities. Stunting for example, is particularly high among children of the lowest wealth quintiles households (36.9% and 28.4% respectively for the 2 lowest wealth quintiles, compared to the national average of 24.8%). More disaggregated data at the provincial and local level will be key to drive political commitment and accountability and ensure that marginalised and vulnerable populations are not left behind. Correspondingly, the hallmark of the EU approach will be a focus on implementation of integrated local development plans, unleashing local potential and greater accountability to local populations. Strengthening the evidence and advocacy base with respect to the potential for social protection to address nutrition inequalities – in particular via a scaled up child cash grant – will be a policy priority, advanced in partnership with KfW and UNICEF."}, {"bbox": [96, 555, 209, 582], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Democracy"}, {"bbox": [96, 582, 1132, 742], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation of Nepal's federal constitution (2015) presents opportunities to address the long standing root causes of poverty, gender inequality and social exclusion by strengthening the representation of women and historically disadvantaged groups (including persons with disabilities), while strengthening horizontal and vertical accountability to all citizens. A key challenge to be addressed in the context of support to the MSNP-III will therefore be strengthening of lines of accountability and in particular, supporting the creation of greater space for meaningful civil society, particularly organisations of women, youth and persons with disabilities engagement."}, {"bbox": [96, 772, 485, 799], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 799, 1132, 985], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will contribute to strengthen the nutritional services at local government level and to reduce disparities between them, contributing to a decrease of the flaring up of political agitation and conflict. Respecting local differences and allowing local governments and communities to make their own informed choices is a guiding principle of the plan. In the context of Nepal, it will also be important to promote evidences to demonstrate the advantages of a rights based and inclusive lifecycle approach to tackling inequalities whereby the risks of exclusion, stigma, high costs and corruption associated with a more rigid poverty or geographically targeted strategy may be avoided."}, {"bbox": [96, 1015, 334, 1040], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [96, 1042, 1132, 1147], "category": "Text", "text": "MSNP-III explicitly incorporates enhanced nutrition preparedness and response during emergency as a core component. Strengthening functional capacities of nutrition clusters at provincial level and ensuring that local governments have developed nutrition-sensitive emergency contingency plans are key indicators included in the results framework of the MSNP-III."}, {"bbox": [85, 1190, 422, 1218], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [85, 1231, 1165, 1635], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Risk 1: Federalisation process slower than expected, affecting technical and functional capacities. Difficulty in implementing depending on type of source of funding (nutrition-specific interventions delivered by health system and nutrition-sensitive interventions through resources through MoFAGA). Confusion at various levels of government with respect to implications of</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Complementary support designed strategically to provide support to strengthen capacities to delivery both nutrition specific and sensitive interventions. Building on existing initiatives to assess MSNP-III related capacity gaps, priority will be given to governance and public finance including alignment with efforts of the PLGSP regarding evolving institutionalisation of fiscal federalism and intergovernmental transfers and local service delivery mechanisms. Regular evidence-based advocacy and policy consultation</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 27"}]