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Nepal: Local Development Strategy-Part 1

Insensitive Government, Conflicting Donor Agenda, and Emergent NGO Initiatives at the Grassroots Bihari Krishna Shrestha Kathmandu, Nepal “It would be tempting to think that the local cadres, who had more integrity and ability than the current standards, had played the role of catalyst, stimulating enthusiasm and subduing the conflicts and disputes found in any rural […]

Nepal-India relations: the midget, mammoth and the missing link in the Himalayas

From the archive Prof. Gopal Pokharel, Maitidevi, Kathmandu The background: Historically, culturally and strategically Nepal-India relation is traced back to antiquity that dates back at least to the time of ‘Ramayana’ in the ‘TretaYug’. The relations between the two needs no further explanation and is characterized as having its origin to people to people level […]

Nepal: Contribution of Remittances in Poverty Alleviation and Employment-

Prof. Sri Dhar Khatri, Nepal Looking only at geographical distribution of migrants within their own country and household distribution of remittances do not provide the full picture on the poverty reduction with remittances hypotheses. Sri Lanka’s and Nepal’s experience illustrates that even though large numbers of migrants going abroad are from the richest districts, and […]

Initiatives for Revelation: A feat of investigative reportage is rare in Nepal

Professor Parsuram Kharel Senior Journalist, Nepal Investigative reporting requires a high degree of skill, knowledge and contacts in addition to perseverance, hard work and constant support from colleagues in the newsroom. In the history of this class of reporting, the Watergate reporting in the 1970s that led to the resignation of a re-elected president in […]

Approaches to Poverty Reduction in Nepal: Implementing the Change

-Dr. Meena Acharya, Senior economist, Nepal Operationalizing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion:  There has been a shift in the development approach from “gender mainstreaming” to “gender equality and social inclusion mainstreaming”. The goal is to ensure that development addresses not only discrimination against women but also bias against women and men from historically excluded social […]