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    Freedom of expression course for Nepal (participant manual)

    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 manual aims to provide a course framework for those interested in the right to freedom of expression – whether they are journalists, NGO activists, officials or others – with an understanding
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    Recentralizing while decentralizing: how national governments reappropriate forest resources

    Elsevier, 2006
    This paper shows how central governments in six countries—Senegal, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia, Bolivia, and Nicaragua—use a variety of strategies to obstruct the democratic decentralisation of resource management and, hence, retain central control.
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    People, protected areas and global change: participatory conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe

    NCCR North South, 2008
    This document compares findings from in-depth research on protected area (PA) management in Latin America Africa, Asia and Europe. It describes how PAs have been managed over the last 50-100 years and considers the ecological, social and economic benefits brought by enhanced participation.
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    Forests and the biodiversity convention: independent monitoring of the implementation of the expanded programme of work: summary report

    Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008
    This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity.
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    Nepali voices: perceptions of truth, justice, reconciliation, reparations and the transition in Nepal

    The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2008
    For many nations the signing of a peace agreement in an intra-state conflict is just the beginning of a long process. A process which needs to address the grievances, concerns and needs of the many innocents affected by the violence, so that society can process, reconcile and heal.
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    Corruption in emergencies: what role for media?

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2006
    This document brings together the deliberations of a meeting of donors, NGOs and journalists from Sri Lanka, Liberia and Nepal on the role of the media in tackling corruption in humanitarian aid programmes. It draws on various case studies and suggests ways in which humanitarian agencies and the media can mutually support responsible coverage of corruption in emergency aid.
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    Knowledge systems and deliberative interface in natural resource governance: an overview

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    The focus of the publication is to analyse and understand how different groups of social agents engage in the diverse knowledge systems operating in the natural resource sector in Nepal. It examines how knowledge is developed, documented and applied at different levels of natural resource governance using six case studies from forest, agriculture and water sectors.
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    ICT infrastructure in emerging Asia. Policy and regulatory roadblocks

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This book addresses an important question: can technology by itself improve access to ICTs or must the policy and regulatory pre-conditions be satisfied in order to realise the potential of technological and service innovations?
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    Global Corruption Report 2007

    Transparency International, 2007
    This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. The report provides comparative analysis of judicial corruption based on 32 country reports and provides
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    General considerations on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples in Asia

    Tebtebba Foundation, Phillippines, 2007
    This report presents a general overview of the situation of the rights of indigenous peoples in Asia. Drawing from specific examples in various Asian countries, it focuses on issues of particular concern in the region including the loss of indigenous land and resources, internal conflict and the special abuses faced by indigenous women.

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