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    Community forestry and sustainable livelihoods: the Nepal-UK community forestry project

    Eldis Document Store, 1999
    Can the livelihoods approach refocus existing projects to better address poverty elimination? How difficult is it for already established projects to realign themselves with the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) framework? Can our understanding of the complexities of theSL approach be 'improved' by linking them with other frameworks?
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    Inclusive growth in Nepal

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
    Nepal has had a good economic growth since the mid 80s and throughout the 90s. This has led to increased inequality, but in general the poor have also benefited economically. The exception is some ethnic groups of the central and eastern hills, where labour migration has been more limited.
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    Operationalising participatory research and gender analysis

    Development in Practice, 2008
    This issue of the journal has a special focus on “Operationalising participatory research and gender analysis” , and aims to add value to the discussion of methodological, practical, philosophical, political, and institutional issues involved in using gender-sensitive participatory methods. The articles included are:
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    Local democracy in Asia: representation in decentralized governance – concepts and issues

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    This Background Paper is part of a wider UNDP regional initiative that focuses on a number of core issues related to representative systems and local elections. It includes a detailed review of the systems in place in eight countries in South/West Asia, five countries in Southeast Asia and three Pacific region countries.
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    Ensuring development supportive accession of least-developed countries to the WTO: learning from Nepal

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    This study analyses Nepal’s policy objectives and assesses whether World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership has contributed in achieving these objectives. Nepal was the first least-developed country (LDC) to become a member of the WTO. However, developments since Nepal’s WTO membership have not been very encouraging. The major economic reasons for this are:
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    The problems with decentralised forest management in the Asia and Pacific region

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    For the last thirty years, decentralisation has been a central approach within forest management in many countries. Policymakers claim it is the key to effective and efficient service delivery and social justice. But generally, governments have only devolved rights for degraded forests, keeping valuable areas under their control.
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    Learning from sanitation and hygiene progress in South Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Almost a billion South Asians lack access to safe sanitary facilities. Despite new policies and funding mechanisms, sanitation is difficult to get right. Increased efforts could result in more unused or unsafe latrines. Sanitation is not just about building facilities; it is also about working with communities to ensure sustainable and hygienic use.
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    Are public and private schools in Nepal competitors or partners?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    What role should the private sector play in the achievement of Education for All? How can social and commercial concerns be reconciled? Currently, the public versus private school debate is restricted to measurable levels of efficiency and effectiveness.
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    Are teachers facing a motivation crisis?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of basic education for all by 2015 will be a major challenge for national governments, especially as concern is growing that teachers are becoming increasingly demotivated. Is there a crisis in motivation among teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and if so, why? How can teachers be adequately motivated?
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    Institutional framework for legal and judicial training in South Asia

    World Bank, 2006
    This paper presents the experience of Bangladesh and Nepal in developing, planning, managing, and facilitating legal and judicial training. In particular the paper reviews the performance of the National Judicial Academy (NJA) of Nepal and the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) of Bangladesh.

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