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    Child Marriage in South Asia

    Center for Food Safety, 2013
    Child marriage is a human rights crisis occurring on an alarming scale in South Asia. South Asia accounts for almost half of all child marriages that occur globally. Child marriage does not constitute a single rights violation; rather, every instance of it triggers a continuum of violations that continues throughout a girl’s life.
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    Gender Responsive Budgeting and Aid Effectiveness Knowledge Briefs

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2010
    This series investigated how gender responsive budgeting (GRB) tools and strategies had been used in the context of aid modalities, such as general budget support (GBS) and sector budget support (SBS). Research was carried out in ten countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nepal, Mozambique, Peru, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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    Key challenges of security provision in rapidly urbanising contexts: Evidence from Kathmandu Valley and Terai regions of Nepal

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    We know that urban violence not only affects people’s health and wellbeing, it has a devastating impact on the social fabric and economic prospects of entire cities. It can also set recursive cycles of vulnerability in motion – violence-affected individuals find it increasingly harder to be gainfully employed, while poverty is sustained through inter generational transfers.
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    Rapid review: Nepal road safety

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    This rapid desk-based study is sought to provide evidence to support improved road safety in Nepal.
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    The potential of NGOs to build resilience to climate extremes and disasters in the Sahel and a selection of DFID priority countries

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    The BRACED is a multi-year programme which will scale up funding to NGOs interventions that build community resilience to extreme climate events in ten African and South Asian countries.
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    Under China's shadow: mistreatment of Tibetans in Nepal

    Human Rights Watch, 2014
    Nepal has imposed increasing restrictions on Tibetans living in the country as a result of strong pressure from China. This new report aims to show that Tibetan refugee communities in Nepal are now facing a de facto ban on political protests, sharp restrictions on public activities promoting Tibetan culture and religion, and routine abuses by Nepali security forces.
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    Peace audit: Nepal

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    This Peace Audit reviews Nepal’s progress after signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2006.
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    Climate Change and Rural Institutions in Nepal

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2013
    This working paper provides findings on the factors influencing how intermediate-level institutions in Nepal are responding to climate change and extreme climate events. Nepal has been ranked as the fourth most at risk country according to one Climate Change Vulnerability Index. The country is also experience transition as a post-conflict state. The paper presents a complex picture.
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    What makes for peaceful post- conflict elections?

    Swisspeace, 2013
    Elections play a crucial role in post-conflict peace and democratization processes as, among other factors, they provide an answer to the question of who is to legitimately rule the country. However, because of the competitiveness arising from their central role in allocating power they can also represent windows of vulnerability where deeply rooted societal conflicts can come to the surface.
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    The missing middle - examining the Armed Group phenomenon in Nepal

    Small Arms Survey, 2013
    This brief reports on the history of the country’s armed groups, their initial proliferation following the signing of the peace agreement following the civil war, their development and overlap with other societal groups, the reasons behind their recent decline, and their relationship to the state.

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