Action Aid Nepal (http://www.actionaidnepal.org/)
ActionAid Nepal has been working since 1982 with social outcastes, women and children and the marginalised poor of Nepal. Projects have dealt with poverty policies and programs, education, community forestry, micro finance, local governance, and gender equity. The site gives current projects, information on earlier projects, reports on kamaiya (bonded labor) and education (.pdf) and annual reports since 2000.
Atlapedia Online: Kingdom of Nepal. (http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/nepal.htm)
Presents information about the Kingdom of Nepal, provided by Latimer Clarke Corporation Pty. Ltd., as part of the Atlapedia Online Web site. Details the location and geography, the climate, the system of government, the people, demographical and vital statistics, religions, languages, education, modern history, currency, economy, transportation and communications, and the military. Links to the home page of Atlapedia Online.
Birla Academy of Art & Culture (http://www.birlaacademy.com/)
The Birla Academy of Art and Culture is involved in "collecting, preserving and displaying museum objects, holding exhibitions of Indian and international art objects, organizing cultural performances and educational programmes of varied nature." To encourage and help young artists, the Academy organises the All India Annual Exhibitions, one man shows, group shows and kala melas. The museum includes ancient terracottas, Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan sculpture, illuminated manuscripts in palm-leaf and paper from western India, Rajasthan, Orissa, Nepal and Tibet, miniature paintings from Rajasthani, Mughal and Pahari schools, Tibetian and Nepalese thankas, and textiles. The Web site features events calendar, sample images from collections, promotional video, discussion forums and online gallery.
Country Profile: Nepal (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south%5Fasia/country%5Fprofiles/1166502.stm)
Run by the British Broadcasting Corporation, this web page provides basic information about Nepal including its population, exports, religion, leaders, and media.
Country report. (http://db.eiu.com/report%5Flist.asp?deliveryKey=CRNP&title=Country+Report+Nepal)
Describes political and economic policy, the domestic economy, foreign trade and payments. Provides 18-24 month forecasts.
Destination Nepal (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/ind/nep.htm)
Provides basic information about the country.
Development aid to Nepal (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=94320)
Environment, culture, economy, and tourism (http://www.icimod.org.np/publications/imd/imd983.htm)
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Facts & figures (http://www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/facts%5Ffig.htm#stats)
Nepal population, literacy, economics, health, and education.
Forest places, political spaces : (http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/tarnowski%5Fchristopher%5Fb%5F200208%5Fphd)
This dissertation examines a number of overlapping social and political implications associated with the implementation of Nepal's Community Forestry Program. Based on several of the broad concerns of a post-structural political ecology, and inspired by the work of Foucault, Escobar, Ferguson, Scott, and others, this study combines an examination of the policies and practices of the state, development and forest management with the myriad ways in which villagers adopt, embrace, manipulate, redefine, and/or reconfigure community forestry as it is put into practice at the local level. The study is divided into two sections. The chapters of the first section explore the histories associated with the emergence and growth of the Nepal state, the expansion of development, and the changes in forest policy culminating in the current policy and practices associated with community forestry. Community forestry policy is seen to represent the devolution or 'decentralization' of management control to local communities. Through an examination of the practices associated with community forest management, this section argues, however, that contrary to claims of 'decentralizing' control, forest resources and the rural population are subject to an expanding apparatus of 'governmental' control. The second section of this study is based on fieldwork conducted among three user groups in a single 'village' setting, and situates local management practices within the context of an expanding state and the proliferation of numerous development imperatives. The chapters of this section highlight several aspects of social difference - caste and ethnic group membership, gender, wealth, education - that have salience for the outcome(s) associated with community forestry as put into practice. Despite a diverse set of objectives to foster 'participation' and 'empowerment' of women, poor and other disadvantaged 'community' members, to promote 'democracy, ' and simultaneously �depoliticize₂ community forestry, this study suggests that the community forestry program has instead opened a new political space within which local economic and political elite are able to expand their power and authority over forest management and local community development within the village.
Governments on the WWW. (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/np.html)
Links to websites of governmental institutions and political parties in Nepal.
Highland-lowland economic linkages (http://www.icimod.org.np/publications/imd/issu8.htm)
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Kathmandu metropolitan city and the Nepal home page (http://www.yomari.com/nhp/searchdata.asp/ Connect to this title online)
"Summary of election results 56' [1999]."
Mahila Web (http://www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/mahilaweb/index.htm)
Electronic repository of materials documenting women and gender issues in Nepal. Participating organizations include NGOs and INGOs based in Nepal that are involved in training, research, advocacy, publishing and information dissemination for the purpose of promoting Nepali women's empowerment. Provides a large amount of reports, government documents, statistics, and resources on many topics including poverty, education, health, violence, power and decision-making, human rights, media, environment, and children.
Nepal (http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/nepa.pdf)
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade presents a September 2001 fact sheet about the economy and country of Nepal. The fact sheet is available in PDF format. The department notes recent economic indicators, imports and exports, and trade relationships of Nepal. Information about the capital, surface area, official language, population, and exchange rate of Nepal is available.
Nepal Geography (http://www.photius.com/wfb/wfb1999/nepal/nepal%5Fgeography.html)
Photius Coutsoukis presents information on Nepal. Coutsoukis discusses the country's climate, terrain, natural resources, and land use, as well as the country's population, government, economy, transportation, and transnational issues.
Nepal Geography 2000. (http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/nepal/nepal%5Fgeography.html)
Photius Coutsoukis presents information on the geography of Nepal for 2000. Coutsoukis also provides access to information on the population, government, economy, communications, military, and transnational issues of Nepal. Coutsoukis covers the climate, terrain, natural resources, land use, natural hazards, and the current environmental issues of Nepal.
Nepal Visa Application (http://www.traveldocs.com/np/index.htm)
A source for information about the documents required for travel to a particular country. The forms themselves are offered in PDF format as well as basic travel information.
Nepal in the Family (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010606wednesday.html?searchpv=learning%5Flessons)
"Nepal in the Family" is a social studies lesson that explores the history of the monarchy in Nepal, requiring the students to speculate about the impact of the June 2001 murder of the royal family, allegedly by a family member. Annissa Hambouz and Javaid Khan created this lesson, which is based on a "New York Times" article. The lesson includes objectives, procedures, and extension activities, and is intended for use with students in grades 6-12. The Learning Network, a service of the New York Times Co., provides the lesson online as part of the Daily Lesson Plan Teacher Connections educational tool.
Nepal, a country study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/nptoc.html)
Presents information on Nepal, provided by the U.S. Library of Congress. Includes information on Nepal's geography, economy, society, transportation, communications, government, politics, and national security. Discusses the country's history, ethnic groups, religion, international trade, land use, foreign affairs, and armed forces.
Nepal. (http://www.interknowledge.com/nepal/index.html)
This country profile of Nepal highlights the history, climate, people, and geography of the country, as well as descriptions of places of interest to travelers. InterKnowledge Corporation provides the information as part of its Geographia Travel Services resource.
NepalNet (http://www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/)
NepalNet is an electronic network of thirty organizations focused on sharing information on socioeconomic development in Nepal. Provides access to reports, press releases and general information on member organizations' work in agriculture, ecology, biodiversity, education, economics, forestry, sociology, demography, policy, law, technology, infrastructure, water, earth, and atmosphere. Some documents in .zip format.
Patan Museum (http://www.asianart.com/patan-museum/)
Museum of traditional sacred art of Nepal that features cast bronzes or gilt copper repousse work and traditional local crafts. Presents sample images from the collections and a detailed report on the construction and history of the royal palace from the Malla dynasty which currently houses the museum.
Poverty-environmental resource degradation links (http://www.icimod.org.np/publications/imd/imd981.htm)
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Ms. Asma Jahangir, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/31 (http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/8b28981c68a13fd7c12569f2005b1513/$FILE/G0014709.pdf)
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Tibetan Buddhist wall paintings of Mustang, Nepal (http://dl.lib.brown.edu/BuddhistTempleArt/)
A photographic survey of the wall paintings of three gompas or monastery-temples of Mustang, an ethnically and culturally Tibetan district in northwestern Nepal, on the edge of the Tibetan plateau.
Toward bottom-up accountability (http://thesis.haverford.edu/archive/00000087/01/2004AndrewA.pdf)
This paper introduces the intricacies of top-down development programs of organization such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Literature produced by many top-down development programs today admits to the failures of past projects and praises people-centered development projects. These bottom-up development projects are praised for their cost-effectiveness and sustainability. The development literature states that when community members take part in the planning and implementation of development projects that will benefit them, they feel an ownership of the project and are dedicated to see the project succeed and sustain. International Development is at an important juncture now that the large donors endorse and are beginning to finance bottom-up programs. After the success of the Grameen Bank strategy of micro-credit lending, top-down donors began channeling funds to bottom-up community organizations for joint-accountability loans. These micro-credit groups tap the advantages of a location's pre-existing networks of trust, what Robert Putnam calls social capital. This paper analyzes these themes in the context of Nepal using my fieldwork data and supplementary internet sources. When a community displays aspects of discrimination, should the top-down funder of the project step in and silence that aspect of the community? The last question I examine in this paper is should development projects separate out underprivileged members of the community into their own development organizations or whether they should remain in the mainstream development projects.
UMN (http://www.umn.org.np/projects/rural/promoting.htm)
A cooperative venture of approximately forty religious groups to "serve the poor and marginalised in the Name and Spirit of Christ in the areas of education, engineering and industrial development, health services and rural development work in Nepal." The site provides descriptions of projects and activities in these areas.
Women in Nepal (http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Country%5FBriefing%5FPapers/Women%5Fin%5FNepal/default.asp)
Examines the socio-economic status of women in Nepal, including issues of education, gender-based violence, access to political and administrative decision-making, and rural infrastructure, with the aims of eliminating gender inequality and empowering women.
The career of Bhanubhakta as a history of Nepali national culture, 1940-1999 (http://www.iisg.nl/%7Esephis/pratyoush.pdf)
"June 1999."
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