Nearly a week after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, humanitarian aid continues to pour into the South Asian country.
According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, bilateral and private donors have contributed $22 million toward the earthquake response, representing just 5 percent of the U.N.’s $415 million appeal over the next three months.
The second-poorest country in Asia after Afghanistan, Nepal was reliant on external financing for a quarter of its public expenditures even before the earthquake. In 2013-14, Nepal’s foreign aid receipts topped $1 billion, a jump of 8 percent from the previous year.