Opinion | AI: The new face of foreign aid
Summary
Nepal is encouraged to integrate Artificial Intelligence into its foreign aid policies to improve disaster prediction, agricultural productivity, social security efficiency, and misinformation control, aligning with global trends in aid mobilization.
Key Points
- Nepal's Foreign Aid Mobilisation Policy 2025 aims to align aid with national priorities and acknowledges digital technologies like AI, but lacks detailed provisions on AI use.
- Global powers are incorporating AI into foreign aid strategies, marking it as the new frontier in development assistance.
- AI applications can significantly enhance Nepal's efficiency in flood and disaster prediction, agriculture productivity, social security distribution, and combating misinformation.
- Nepal's draft AI policy 2025 focuses on growth areas like agriculture, healthcare, and education but faces challenges such as infrastructural limitations and skill shortages.
