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    Governance and citizenship from below: Views of poor and excluded groups and their vision for a New Nepal

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2009
    Latent and violent unrest has plagued Nepal since the process of parliamentary politics was reintroduced in 1991 after 50 years of monarchical rule. This document focuses on grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and citizenship, and the implications of these for state building in post-conflict Nepal.
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    Creating the new constitution: a guide for Nepali citizens

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
    This document serves as a guide to constitution making in Nepal. It provides a brief history of past constitutions in Nepal, including an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the 1990 Constitution, to enable a better understanding of the current issues and debates.
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    The democracy barometers: surveying South Asia

    Democracy Asia, 2008
    This paper discusses results of the first-ever simultaneous survey of attitudes toward democracy in the five countries of South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - based on a large and representative sample of adult citizens. The survey provides evidence to suggest widespread support for democracy throughout the region.
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    Context-sensitive engagement: lessons learned from Swiss experiences in South Asia for aid effectiveness in fragile scenarios

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2008
    This paper was written for the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana and critically assesses Switzerland’s long-term experiences in South Asia particularly in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The authors evaluate the work conducted in these countries, and distil lessons for engagement in fragile, conflict countries.
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    Human rights and national poverty reduction strategies: conceptual framework for human rights analysis of poverty reduction strategies and reviews of Guatemala, Liberia and Nepal

    The Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 2007
    This paper is a consolidated report of a study commissioned by the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on developing a conceptual framework for integrating human rights into national strategies for poverty reduction and identifying operational priorities.
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    The applicability of the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations

    IDL Group, 2008
    The Paris Declaration sets out an overall framework of agreement and structure of mutual accountability between aid-receiving countries and their development partners to give substance to the consensus model of “country-led” development. This thematic study acts as a contribution to Accra discussions.
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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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    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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    Preventing recruitment of child soldiers in ‘pre-conflict’ Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Poverty, discrimination, inequality and a culture of political violence in Bangladesh are increasing children’s vulnerability to being recruited as soldiers. There is currently no armed conflict within Bangladesh.
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    Freedom of expression course for Nepal (trainer supplement)

    Article 19, 2008
    “Freedom of expression is widely recognised as a framework right, one which is important in its own right but which also serves to underpin respect for all other rights.” This training course aims to provide a framework for those interested in the right to freedom of expression – whether they are journalists, NGO activists, officials or others – with an understanding of the

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